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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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Mixed Breed? Can you identify?
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. -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ |
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Mixed Breed? Can you identify?
"doglover" said in
rec.pets.dogs.breeds: 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. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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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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Mixed Breed? Can you identify?
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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Mixed Breed? Can you identify?
"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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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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Mixed Breed? Can you identify?
"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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Mixed Breed? Can you identify?
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. -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ |
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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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