Purebred????

I've heard many people say my dog is "purebred" and i just wanted to know what exactly that means, if you take it to mean what the word actullay means then there is no dog which is a pure breed as they have all been mixed at one stage or another thus making the only pure breed a wolf???

Purebred, is a dog who is for examble pure labrador, no other breed in the history of that dog. Yeah true all dogs were mixed with other breeds hundreds of years ago, but in the present they are pure of the breed

ok and the history how far back would we have to go? parents? gran parents? great gran parents???

In MOST breeds you can go back 100's of generations of pure bred dogs.
Your right the term purebred is a confusing one, im confusing myself lol

Dictionary Definition:

with ancestors of same breed: having ancestors that belong to the same breed or variety as a result of controlled breeding

I thnik that if they are bred pure for seven generations, they are entiled to be called purebred.

Purebred means that there are no 'intruders' in the family tree. A pure-bred Boxer, for e.g., has pure-bred Boxers (confirmed by pedigree) as parents, grandparents, g-grandparents, g g-grandparents, g g g-grandparents, g g g g-grandparents, etc. etc. as far back as the first registered dog of that breed. I can trace my dogs back many, many, many, generations, as can most owners of pure-bred dogs.

I'd say that "Purebred" meant that all the characteristics of the breed appear in the present version, with no signs of anything else; e.g. a purebred Wooflehound today would look the same as a Wooflehound of (say) 1800, with no bits of (eg) Biscuitmunchkin showing up "lol"

My two BCs are purebred (no signs of "intruder" and breeding true every time) but have no pedigrees. They are, however, unmistakably BCs. A pedigree would, of course, prove it beyond any possible doubt, but I don't think that anyone could have any misgivings, nonetheless.

Ha ha, but I might claim, lightheartedly, that my BCs are more "authentic", as they were "created" (not exactly "bred", as that implies a deliberate decision ) in the same way as BCs were "created" for generations before they were benched (1976)

Snorri
(a firm believer that a Border Collie is a superior dog!)

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Ok I dont know about wolfhounds of today looking & being able to do what the wolfhounds did pre show times, but there are plenty of breeds in the todays world that barely resemble let alone able do to what they where bred for
but to get back to the purebred??? well I think a dog that has a true 5 gen ped is a purebred

i would disagree i think any mixed blood anywere in a dogs pedigree be it 7,8 or 9 generations ago is not purebreed.

But pete every breed in the world had mixed blood at one stage, it is how breeds were created, how far back would you go before saying its purebred?