Designer Cross Breeds

Designer crosses are one of the family groupings used in the records, and this page lists every breed filed under that heading. In plain terms, a designer cross is a named cross between two established breeds, bred deliberately as a combination rather than developing as a long standing breed of its own. Membership on this page comes from the family filing in the records, nothing else. It does not depend on a particular size, coat type or energy level, and the records handle those dimensions separately for each breed listed. Because crosses combine two backgrounds, individual dogs within one named cross can vary in looks and build, so the details on each breed page matter more than the family label alone.

Nobody here was chosen for looks. The picks are the lightest and heaviest members by mid range weight, the longest lived by mid range lifespan, the shortest at the shoulder, and one dog from the set's most numerous family. At the light end sits the Morkie, whose recorded weight is 4 to 12 lb. The Saint Berdoodle tops the weight table, 70 to 130 lb in the records. By mid range lifespan the Cockapoo leads the set, recorded at 14 to 18 years. Least height belongs to the Chiweenie, standing 6 to 10 inches in the records. With 27 of the 27 places, the designer crosses are the deepest bench in the set, represented here by the Aussiedoodle.