The must-have mixed-up mutts that have seen the number of designer dogs rise eightfold in a decade... so can you tell a shorkie from a puggle?

What do you get if you cross a pug with a beagle, a shihtzu with a Yorkshire terrier or a maltese with a poodle?

The reply is Britain's newest pet craze – as 'puggles', 'shorkies' and 'maltipoos' have seen the variety of designer canines rise virtually eightfold in a decade.

Final yr the preferred had been the 'cockapoo', a cross between a cocker spaniel and poodle, and the 'labradoodle', a mix of labrador and poodle, in line with analysis.

White Cross Vets, which has 16 practices, stated that in 2006 it had 115 designer crossbreeds registered. By final yr, it had 886.

Are you able to match the canines to the breeds named right here? A jackahuahua – a jack russell and chihuahua cross, a goldendoodle – golden retriever and poodle, a shorkie – shihtzu and Yorkshire terrier, a cockapoo – cocker spaniel and poodle, a cavapoo – cavalier King Charles spaniel and poodle, a puggle – pug and beagle, a Labradoodle – labrador and poodle, a sprocker – springer spaniel and cocker spaniel, and a maltipoo – maltese and poodle (solutions in image captions under)

Andrew Miller, of White Cross Vets, stated: 'There was an explosion in poodles and cavalier King Charles spaniels being crossed with nearly the whole lot.'

Crossbred canines are sometimes family-friendly, having inherited a number of the finest traits from their breeding pairs.

They're additionally hypoallergenic, so allergy-sufferers can personal them. Homeowners embody Jennifer Aniston, who has a labradoodle, and Sylvester Stallone, who has a puggle.

Labradoodles, regarded as the primary kind of designer crossbreed canine, had been first bred in Australia in 1988, by Wally Cochran, of The Royal Information Canine in Victoria.

He acquired a request from a blind lady residing in Hawaii, who wanted a information canine that wouldn't worsen her husband's allergy symptoms.

Hair and saliva samples from 33 completely different poodles in Hawaii had been despatched to the couple to see if the canines would trigger an allergic response within the husband; all of them did.

Mr Cochran then requested the supervisor of The Royal Information Canine about crossing one among their labrador retrievers with a normal poodle, which created a breed appropriate for the Hawaiian couple, and the labradoodle was born.

Are you able to match the canine breeds as much as their images?