purebred

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They compared popular designer doodle breeds - cockapoos, labradoodles and cavapoos - to their purebred parent breeds across multiple behaviour categories.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

For 31 years Labradors topped the American Kennel Club’s purebred rankings, which are based on more than one million annual registrations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

I mention specific breeds, but please read each with an asterisk: I am not suggesting a dog has to be purebred to be pure fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

We also have the means to purchase a purebred pet from a woman who raises her cats in an immaculate home, where they take turns snoozing on a blanket in front of a fireplace.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

But he was obviously a purebred Rottweiler, except of course that he was twice the size of a woolly mammoth, mostly invisible, and had three heads.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan