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**VIDEOHITE** · 06-20-2012, 01:56 AM

Registration itself does nothing to prove a dog's ability, other than give you the ability to compete and show under some registries, and title your dog easier.

It's not the pedigree that makes the dog, it's the dogs behind it that do.

I've met mutts of all sorts at the shelter, highly unstable, to rock solid steady. Couch potato, to energy out the rear end. Dogs that would make good house pets, to dogs that would make superb sporting dogs.

One could argue the couch potato is the superior dog because he does better in a home setting. And others would say the sporting dog for his physical abilities and determinations.
What a person considers "Superior" will vary between each individual.

The only real difference I see is known heritage (excluding those who lie about lineage) and those with unknown heritage. (there's going to be the physical variability in the likes of course, but just in general)

06-20-2012, 01:56 AM	#39
VIDEOHITE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	Registration itself does nothing to prove a dog's ability, other than give you the ability to compete and show under some registries, and title your dog easier. It's not the pedigree that makes the dog, it's the dogs behind it that do. I've met mutts of all sorts at the shelter, highly unstable, to rock solid steady. Couch potato, to energy out the rear end. Dogs that would make good house pets, to dogs that would make superb sporting dogs. One could argue the couch potato is the superior dog because he does better in a home setting. And others would say the sporting dog for his physical abilities and determinations. What a person considers "Superior" will vary between each individual. The only real difference I see is known heritage (excluding those who lie about lineage) and those with unknown heritage. (there's going to be the physical variability in the likes of course, but just in general)
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