THERE IS MANY REASONS TO CROSS BREED. oops caps/ the most obvious is to improve on what you have in your kennel in some way or other. simple as that. why has the bedlington terrier been outcrossed to different breeds. to bring down the size/ to improve the coat/ to strengthen the head/ to improve the working qualities. some folk dont have long term plans so they use the nearest working terrier to there bitch and produce crossbred workers. wasnt the bedlington used many years ago to stiffen the lakys that were found lacking. i produced crossbreds years ago by useing a laky over a russell bitch