I have never wanted, nor had (with one exception) a pure bred dog. They can have so many problems due to inbreeding. The only exception was the most beautiful, white German Shepherd in the world, and we only had her because her original owner gave her to Rick when I wasn’t looking.
Other than Dakota I’ve only had mutts and it is so interesting to see certain traits emerge that can be attributed to a certain breed that you can see is part of the mix.
For example, we had a dog, from a random farm litter, who I always called some manner of Spaniel, until Fluther pinpointed as mostly border collie when she was 10 years old. That explained some of her amazing behavior!

Anyway, pure bred or mutts? That is the question.