Mutt's all the way!!! My 15 year old shelter rescue dog Cirrus is the greatest dog who has ever owned me. The other day I was walking him and a woman with an obviously very expensive dog asked me what kind of a dog Cirrus was. I said a shelter dog, the best kind. To which she replied "Oh, and why is that? And, without missing a beat I said, because they need our help. Must not have been the answer she was looking for because she didn't say another word.