Quote Originally Posted by Garter_Gertie View Post
OH!!!

DOGS!!!

You can breed - dear gods, PLEASE DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!! - beagles and Pugglettes.

But you don't HAVE a new species. They're still canines. And I don't even think they've a sub species, other than any other breed.

"A rose by any other name, smells as sweet." W. Shakespeare
Dogs are classed as a subspecies of Canis lupus, Canis lupus familiaris. That's after 15 000 years of reproductive isolation from the natural form and selective breeding. And it's still debatable whether or not it deserves that status.