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Old December 18th 06, 10:27 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
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Default Mixed Breed? Can you identify?

Guesses are welcome. He is going to a couple of vets - we are curious
though, as no two vets seem to be able to agree. And rational or not,
my wife is concerned that he has Pit Bull in him. We both think he is
adorable and he certainly has an excellent puppy disposition - but
would love to hear opinions on what anyone else thinks he may have in
him other than lab.

Pictures at: http://windows.scares.us/puppy/

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Old December 18th 06, 10:46 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
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on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:27:10 GMT, "doglover"
wrote:

Guesses are welcome. He is going to a couple of vets - we are curious
though, as no two vets seem to be able to agree. And rational or not,
my wife is concerned that he has Pit Bull in him. We both think he is
adorable and he certainly has an excellent puppy disposition - but
would love to hear opinions on what anyone else thinks he may have in
him other than lab.

Pictures at: http://windows.scares.us/puppy/


I see some hound in that cute little pup!

But who knows? The guessing game sure is fun, but you're never going to
*know* for sure. As the puppy grows, the guesses will probably change,
too.

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Old December 18th 06, 11:19 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
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"doglover" said in
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Guesses are welcome.


Looks like there's Lab in there.

FWIW, one of the best breed intifiers in this group, Liisa,
probably won't be able to access your photos because of their
size. Try reducing the colour depth to 256 colours. Also, a
good standing side shot would help.

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Old December 19th 06, 01:21 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
Janet Puistonen
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Default Mixed Breed? Can you identify?

doglover wrote:
Guesses are welcome. He is going to a couple of vets - we are curious
though, as no two vets seem to be able to agree. And rational or not,
my wife is concerned that he has Pit Bull in him. We both think he is
adorable and he certainly has an excellent puppy disposition - but
would love to hear opinions on what anyone else thinks he may have in
him other than lab.

Pictures at: http://windows.scares.us/puppy/


To me, he looks like yellow lab x boxer, or maybe yellow lab x "pit," or
yellow lab x boxer x pit. His head looks pittish to me, and he has the ghost
of a white chest that I've seen in other boxer x lab mixes. Cute guy.


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Old December 19th 06, 02:27 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
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At this very young age it would be very hard to determine the mix (are
you sure he is mixed?), but I can pretty much assure you that he is not part
Pit Bull. I'm sure that there are exceptions eventhough I have never seen
it, but the basic head shape and adorable almond shaped eyes of a bully are
dominant and are present in a mix.
Even in my new rescue, a Whippet X Pit Bull, that looks predominantly
Whippet, she has the face and heart of an American Pit Bull Terrier.
Your wife is (probably) taking the media as fact instead of the
sensationalism that it is about Pit Bulls. I got my first Pit Bulldog off
of the street sick and starving 10 years ago and because she was so
incredible I started researching and meeting other "responsible" bully
owners and found that she was the norm for the breed. I cannot imagine my
life with any other breed. (I'm overlooking the Whippet part just this once)
:^)


Pam


"doglover" wrote in message
ups.com...
Guesses are welcome. He is going to a couple of vets - we are curious
though, as no two vets seem to be able to agree. And rational or not,
my wife is concerned that he has Pit Bull in him. We both think he is
adorable and he certainly has an excellent puppy disposition - but
would love to hear opinions on what anyone else thinks he may have in
him other than lab.

Pictures at: http://windows.scares.us/puppy/



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Old December 19th 06, 05:26 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
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"PJK" wrote:

Your wife is (probably) taking the media as fact instead of the
sensationalism that it is about Pit Bulls.


That's possible. It's equally possible that she would simply prefer not to
have to deal with serious dog aggression. I like Pits a lot, but you
couldn't pay me to own one; I spend too much time with my dogs off leash
around other dogs to want a dog which requires that level of caution when in
the presence of other dogs.

And I'm speaking, btw, out of about 18 years of personal observation of
many, many Pit Bulls in the park where I run my dogs; I have yet to see one
that didn't "turn on" to other dogs at some point, usually between 8 and 18
months - although I have seen one Pit who was displaying serious aggressive
intent at 3 months.
(At 3 months, he attacked my 13-lb JRT because she was the only dog
reasonably near his size; he lost interest a few weeks later, when he got
big enough that she was no longer a challenge. His owner stopped bringing
him after having to pay a fairly hefty vet bill for another dog's injuries
when he was, IIRC, 10 months old.)
A small handful of them have been reasonably safe in that situation past
puppyhood because they had extremely vigilant owners who kept them occupied
with games of ball or the like, but most have to stop coming before they're
2 years old.





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Old December 19th 06, 07:02 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
Liisa Sarakontu
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Default Mixed Breed? Can you identify?

Rocky wrote in
:

FWIW, one of the best breed intifiers in this group, Liisa,
probably won't be able to access your photos because of their
size.


I can see the photos, although they are a tad too large. Photos are best
when they fit to a normal-sized computer screen without any scaling, and
they are edited so that the dog is as big as possible and extra backround
is cut away.

Cute pup, but it is still a rather generic "cute pup". Its possible breed
cross will be better visible (or at least might be...) when it has reached
adult size, and then (but only then) that "show quality photo" will be the
most important pic to identify a possible breed cross.

It looks very retrievish. It seems to have too much white on chest to be a
purebred Labrador. It is solid yellow and has pale whiskers, which makes it
genetically ee recessive yellow (just like yellow Labs and Goldens), and it
also means that it has to have inherited that e allele from BOTH parents.
That rules out several breeds, like Boxers, as they just don't have that
allele in their gene pool. Pits might have, but it is rare.

The pup might be something like 50 % Labrador, 25 % Golder Retriever, and
then the last 25 % could be totally anything from Shih Tzu to Great Dane!

Liisa
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Old December 19th 06, 04:06 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
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"PJK" wrote in message
...
At this very young age it would be very hard to determine the mix (are
you sure he is mixed?), but I can pretty much assure you that he is not

part
Pit Bull. I'm sure that there are exceptions eventhough I have never seen
it, but the basic head shape and adorable almond shaped eyes of a bully

are
dominant and are present in a mix.
Even in my new rescue, a Whippet X Pit Bull, that looks predominantly
Whippet, she has the face and heart of an American Pit Bull Terrier.
Your wife is (probably) taking the media as fact instead of the
sensationalism that it is about Pit Bulls. I got my first Pit Bulldog off
of the street sick and starving 10 years ago and because she was so
incredible I started researching and meeting other "responsible" bully
owners and found that she was the norm for the breed. I cannot imagine my
life with any other breed. (I'm overlooking the Whippet part just this

once)
:^)


Pam


"doglover" wrote in message
ups.com...
Guesses are welcome. He is going to a couple of vets - we are curious
though, as no two vets seem to be able to agree. And rational or not,
my wife is concerned that he has Pit Bull in him. We both think he is
adorable and he certainly has an excellent puppy disposition - but
would love to hear opinions on what anyone else thinks he may have in
him other than lab.

Pictures at: http://windows.scares.us/puppy/

=================

That is one handsome pup. He has the sweetest face.
It looks like he has a lot of lab in him, but the pup is too young to tell
right now what he might be. They change all the time; Show us another photo
in a couple of months. His paws look big, so he might be turn out to be on
the large side.


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Old December 19th 06, 04:36 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.breeds
Lynne
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on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:06:06 GMT, "pfoley" wrote:

His paws look big, so he might be turn out to be on
the large side.


with some breeds/breed mixes, large paws are not an indicator of eventual
size. My hound mix had GIANT paws as a pup and the shelter folks said they
thought she would be between 50 and 70 lbs full grown. She's 34 lbs full
grown.

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Old December 19th 06, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by doglover
Guesses are welcome. He is going to a couple of vets - we are curious
though, as no two vets seem to be able to agree. And rational or not,
my wife is concerned that he has Pit Bull in him. We both think he is
adorable and he certainly has an excellent puppy disposition - but
would love to hear opinions on what anyone else thinks he may have in
him other than lab.

Pictures at: Index of /puppy
What a great face!

I'm far from an expert, but I once had a pup that had some pit in her. By the way, she ended up with a softer mouth than my lab mix. Go figure!

In terms of appearance, my pit mix had a much broader jaw line. I don't see that trait in the pictures you posted. The short hair could indicate some boxer, but once again I don't see the trait of a shorter snout or broad jaw line. Also, the base of the ear isn't as wide as a boxer, but after all, he IS a mix.

While there are exceptions, I'm a believer in "nurture vs nature" especially when you adopt an animal at such a young age.

Enjoy your holiday season with your new baby!
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