Animal rights groups such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) discourage buying dogs as gifts (especially for unsuspecting recipients). However, if you’ve decided (after careful consideration) to make good on the promise to bring a pooch into the family fold this holiday season, you can adopt a deserving mutt (after all, today’s
National Mutt Day), or you might consider one of these hot-ticket “designer dogs.”
