Dog crossbreed major registry as purebred breeds. However, as of 2006, the portmanteau words cockapoo and Labradoodle are found in some dictionaries. Fanciful label names such as these are often found in for-sale ads, or on the websites that allow sellers to make up their own names for litters of crossbred puppies. The terms are only loosely descriptive and are seldom consistent. Among the trendier crossbreed dog are Labradoodles and Cockapoos, which each have their own fancier associations and affinity groups. Poodle and pug crossbreeds are also popular. In 2012, a new designer cross emerged called the Pomsky, which is a cross
Dog crossbreed dog with the poodles' hypoallergenic coat, along with various desirable characteristics from other breeds. The primary identifying mark of a crossbred "designer dog" is that the resulting puppies are called by a portmanteau word made up of syllables (or sounds) from the breed names of the two purebred parents, such as Schnoodle ("Schn"auzer and p"oodle" cross). or Shepsky (German Shepherd/Siberian Husky cross). Other purebred breeds are being crossed to provide designer dogs described with an endless range of created labels, such as the Puggle ("Pug" and Bea"gle" cross). There are even complex crosses (with multiple breeds in recent ancestry) being