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Yet another "What the heck is THIS dog?" post
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amberd...bum?.dir=/7d36
Medium- sized; height is approximately 21", weight... not sure, but no more than 45 lbs. Much more fine-boned than she appears in the pictures (look at the sitting shot in the truck). Double coated. Seems to have a fairly high prey drive -likes to run, high interest in critters and critter holes; little or no dog-aggression (mild-mannered, but did tell off a young male who tried to take a toy out of her mouth); no human-aggression although she'll bark to protect car or home; talks/roos; rear dew claws; dock *may* be natural. From the Pacific NW.... |
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Sionnach wrote: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amberd...bum?.dir=/7d36 Medium- sized; height is approximately 21", weight... not sure, but no more than 45 lbs. Much more fine-boned than she appears in the pictures (look at the sitting shot in the truck). Double coated. Seems to have a fairly high prey drive -likes to run, high interest in critters and critter holes; little or no dog-aggression (mild-mannered, but did tell off a young male who tried to take a toy out of her mouth); no human-aggression although she'll bark to protect car or home; talks/roos; rear dew claws; dock *may* be natural. You know, her face looks labby. But she's got dews on her rear doesn't she? I'd think if boxer cross the muzzle would be shorter and there would be more white. I had a momentary thought of something with dutch shepherd, but her head and body shape are all wrong for that. Some sort of molossus breed in there I think, despite the finer bones. |
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"Robin Nuttall" wrote: You know, her face looks labby. But she's got dews on her rear doesn't she? Yep. With one of them grown around in a DOUBLE curl... looks like a snail. I had a momentary thought of something with dutch shepherd, but her head and body shape are all wrong for that. She does, however, act in a herding-dog sort of way - it's most noticable when she's playing with Rocsi, who instantly fell in love with her. Which is also a possible indication of herding dog somewhere in the mix, since Rocsi tends to react that way to BCs & Aussies... those are the only larger breeds she really lights up for that way. (She also does it with Pugs, Boston Terriers, and other JRTs.) What's also odd is the dock on a mixed breed, unless it's natural... |
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"Sionnach" wrote in message
... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amberd...bum?.dir=/7d36 Medium- sized; height is approximately 21", weight... not sure, but no more than 45 lbs. Much more fine-boned than she appears in the pictures (look at the sitting shot in the truck). Double coated. Seems to have a fairly high prey drive -likes to run, high interest in critters and critter holes; little or no dog-aggression (mild-mannered, but did tell off a young male who tried to take a toy out of her mouth); no human-aggression although she'll bark to protect car or home; talks/roos; rear dew claws; dock *may* be natural. I see Lab and *at least* one other breed. The brindling and tail dock could be any of the bully breeds. Although, the lack of stocky build is what makes me think there's at least one other breed there or no bully at all. The overall appearance of the dog looks Lab to me. I've seen alot of Boxer x Lab and the dogs generally look like pointy-snouted Boxers, occasionally without the deep chest, so I don't think Boxer is in the mix. -- Tara |
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"Sionnach" writes:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amberd...bum?.dir=/7d36 Medium- sized; height is approximately 21", weight... not sure, but no more than 45 lbs. Much more fine-boned than she appears in the pictures (look at the sitting shot in the truck). Double coated. Seems to have a fairly high prey drive -likes to run, high interest in critters and critter holes; little or no dog-aggression (mild-mannered, but did tell off a young male who tried to take a toy out of her mouth); no human-aggression although she'll bark to protect car or home; talks/roos; rear dew claws; dock *may* be natural. From the Pacific NW.... Looks kinda catahoula-ish to me. I do occasionally seem catahoulas here in the Portland, OR area. -- Stafford A. Rau raudog @ rauhaus.org |
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"Sionnach" wrote in
: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amberd...bum?.dir=/7d36 Hmm, perhaps more than two breeds? Docked tail would hint to a purebred dam, which comes from a breed where pups are routinely docked. Boxer would be the closest, but this one doesn't look like a Boxer cross to me. Color fits, bot not body and head shape. Natural bobtail then? Catahoulas do have them (don't they, Amanda?) and I think that the shape and looks of this dog fit to that breed. Catahoula would explain both the labradorish and pitbullish look this dog has. So unless Catahoulas are very rare where this dog is from, I vote for one Catahoula parent. Liisa |
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-- Updated Website: http://www.geocities.com/shellybrosnan/index.html "Liisa Sarakontu" wrote in message . .. "Sionnach" wrote in : http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amberd...bum?.dir=/7d36 Hmm, perhaps more than two breeds? Docked tail would hint to a purebred dam, which comes from a breed where pups are routinely docked. Boxer would be the closest, but this one doesn't look like a Boxer cross to me. Color fits, bot not body and head shape. Natural bobtail then? Catahoulas do have them (don't they, Amanda?) and I think that the shape and looks of this dog fit to that breed. Catahoula would explain both the labradorish and pitbullish look this dog has. So unless Catahoulas are very rare where this dog is from, I vote for one Catahoula parent. There are a couple around that I can think of in the PacNW (Oregon/Washington), and those are just ones I know of. However, I will say that it's not totally unheard of for mixed-breeds to be cropped out here, especially if the dam is a purebred & the people hope that by cropping the tail it will help place/sell the puppies. (Trust me, I worked for a vet that did cropping--it was really common if they were Aussie/AussieX's, ACD/ACDX's and another popular breed around here with the hunters, GSP's) While if she weren't brindle, I'd think maybe GSPx? Maybe she looks a bit GSP/Boxer, or even moreso GSP/Pit to me...I'm not sure what sort of color patterning you'd get when mixing a brindle dog with a ticked/speckled (whatever GSP coloration pattern is called?) dog? Although, I have seen a good number of solid liver GSP's (my parents live near a man who raises them, and takes in other's dogs for retreiver training) around. Especially since her tail appears to be left in that little bit longer dock that is commonly seen w/ GSP's. Shelly & The Boys |
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in
: While if she weren't brindle, I'd think maybe GSPx? ...I'm not sure what sort of color patterning you'd get when mixing a brindle dog with a ticked/speckled (whatever GSP coloration pattern is called?) dog? Body shape and face fit rather nicely to German Pointer, but color doesn't. GSPs are always dominant blacks, either black or brown and not any combo of black and tan. This dog here is a brindle sable, and you can't get a sable pup if one parent is homozygous for dominant black. All the pups would be just black (or brown) with or without white spotting. So if this one has a gundog parent, it has to be from a breed with either sable or tanpoint pattern. Sable is nearly non-existing in this breed group, and tanpoint is common only in setter/spaniel-type gundogs like English Setter and some French setting spaniels. Hound parent would work better, as saddle and tanpoint are so common hound colors, and sable exists in some breeds too. Even brindle. Liisa (Please Shelly, don't put the signature line -- BEFORE your message, as it turns it into a mess with no contents and a huge sig on my screen.) |
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