MotherOfChickens
MotherDucker
I wonder why it is deemed more acceptable to cross horse breeds but not dogs?
don't see much point in that either. I mean, before WBs took over you had ID x TB and anglos, got the point of those.
But (and I will upset folk with this) why cross (for example) an Iberian with a WB? They are two very different animals, you either want one type or the other surely and if you want something thats middling at extension or collection, there are breeds that do that too.
There are (or maybe were) breeds of horses and ponies for every job that your leisure rider could want-before people wanted something to ride in an arena day in day out and thought that they needed something else for that.
And to be honest, this does happen in horses-Belwade I believe have just rescued 100 poorly bred cross bred colts. No doubt they will all go on to be useful companion horses.