According to the London Telegraph, some dog breeds in the UK are on the brink of extinction because more people are interested in the modern hybrid dogs such as labradoodles and puggles.

Some of the breeds with dangerously low numbers in the UK include bloodhounds, Skye and Glen of Imaal terriers, field spaniels, smooth collies, otterhounds, dandie dinmont terriers, sealyham terriers, Sussex spaniels, and Cardigan Welsh corgis.

According to the article,

New figures for the number of pedigree pups born have alarmed breeders as they show 24 breeds below the benchmark deemed viable for a healthy long-term population.

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Breeders reckon that a birthrate of 300 puppies a year is needed to guarantee a large gene pool and a long term, healthy population, but 10 breeds had less than 100 puppies in the last year.

Some of the popular crossbreds, or hybrids, in the UK are labradoodles, puggles, dorgis (part-corgi and part-dachshund), peek-a-poms (a mix of Pekinese and Pomeranian), and jackabees (a Jack Russell and beagle mix).

I have not heard of this problem in the United States. Maybe this is because there are probably greater numbers of all dog breeds here. However, there are some breeds that are different in the UK than here in the US.

Read the entire article here.

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