Dog people: what mix do you think this dog is?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

Last edited Sun Mar 24, 2013, 03:04 PM - Edit history (2)

We are almost approved to get her, there is a home visit later today and hopefully this dog becomes ours.


Any guesses as to what her various breeds may be?

[warrior1]

1. maybe a little of a kelpie

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=639&q=kelpie&oq=kelpie&gs_l=img.3..0l10.2810.3673.0.3877.6.5.0.1.1.0.116.562.0j5.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.7.img.XPvXKwJciB4

[In_The_Wind]

2. She looks like she may be part German Shepherd.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i think so too

[In_The_Wind]

4. She also looks very sweet!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. she is. somewhat shy and submissive and plenty affectionate

[In_The_Wind]

7. As she gets older, with your love, she will outgrow some of the submissive behavior.

methinks

[hedgehog]

20. I was thinking that the markings on her face look like our

part German Shepherd. Does she have the thick German Shepherd coat? Ours has a lot of hairs that are dark at the root, blond at the tip. When I got his license, i put the color down as "tweed".

[In_The_Wind]

33. Tweed. Sounds nice.

[eShirl]

6. my guess, pit bull/ german shepherd mix

[Wounded Bear]

8. I agree...

The head and face have that wider solid look of a pit bull, while the body looks like it has the slimmer belly and hips of a shepard.

BWDIK?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. that could be, but lisa says she didn't look pitty at all in person

[Callmecrazy]

13. That would be my guess too...

[Honeycombe8]

18. I don't see any pit in her. Long muzzle, Shepherd ears, large eyes, not particularly wide

face with the muscles on the jaws on sides, not a wide mouth (pits have a mouth that looks like goes from ear to ear), not hte mark on forehead (pits often have a distinguishing mark on forehead....a depression line). But she does have the heart shaped coloring above the eyes, like a Shepherd, Shepherd coloring, long straight legs, slender build, thick prick ears.

It'd be interesting to see the tail.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. just posted a tail shot. you seem really knowledgeable in this area

[RebelOne]

10. If you really want to know,

PetsMart has DNA tests for dogs.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. i just really am curious more than anything

i dont need to know that badly.

though, thanks for the info

[GoCubsGo]

12. Australian cattle dog (blue heeler)-hound mix

The ears and face look a lot more like a cattle dog than a German shepherd. The body, longer legs, and coloration seem more like a fox hound or some other long-legged hound breed.

[marzipanni]

14. Put different combos in google images and see some x examples

I'd say Basenji with some Siberian Husky or German shepherd genes- the distinct "mask" is a husky trait.


http://www.justdogbreeds.com/basenji.html


http://www.justdogbreeds.com/siberian-husky.html

on edit- Does she have a curly tail? Basenjis do.

[a la izquierda]

15. She looks like a tall version of one of my dogs.

We think he is Shiba Inu and dachshund. Shibas have very particular faces.
Is she a pup or an adult? Is she very vocal (Shiba inus are "warblers" as my husband says)?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. she is almost a year and doesn't make any sounds

from what we know. hence the guess that she might be part basenji

[Honeycombe8]

22. She might be part basenji. Could be. White stripe down nose, for one thing. Ears.nt

[Honeycombe8]

17. German Shepherd. What else is there, I'm not sure. Not enough pics. But

looks like German Shepherd. In particular, look at the heart shaped area above her eyes. What kind of tail does she have? Is she a pup? But those aren't Shepherd eyes, I think. Distinctive looking eyes. That's a clue. (Not a pit bull's eyes, BTW.)

She's a beauty.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. she is about a year old. straight tail. not bushy

here is another image

[Honeycombe8]

24. She looks very different from the side. Still, I see Shepherd in her.

Here's a shepherd mix. Note the distincting eye-liner eyes, like yours has, and the heart shaped area above the eyes. I didn't think yours had Shepherd eyes, but yours have the eyes of this dog, which is a shepherd mix:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. she looks pretty different from shot to shot..

like her eyes look so different in this one

[Honeycombe8]

34. Wow...yes, she does. Her eyes are still eye-liner eyes. I still see Shepherd.

I used to have a Shepherd mix years ago. He was mainly Shepherd, so looked like a standard Shepherd. I see Shepherd in your dog, but to a much lesser extent. Your dog is probably a Heinz 57.

I have a mix, too. She's a Jack Russell Terrier mix. No telling what else is in her, but I look to common breeds, since that's most likely. It's not likely she's partly some exotic breed. My guess is JRT & lab. Labs are very common, and my dog has a a couple of traits that labs have. But there's no mistaking the JRT.

I see now that your dog has the droopy cheeks. Not all breeds have that, so that's important. Something else about her looks familiar, but I can't place it. Hound, maybe? But don't listen to the posters that think maybe part pit bull...I'm no expert, but I did research pit bulls thoroughly,trying to decide if mine had pit bull in her (when I found her years ago). I don't see any of the distinguishing pit bull traits in your dog. Of course, a Heinz 57 can have 57 breeds and not look like most of 'em. In which case, the breeds don't matter. She's one a kind!

What I also noticed about your dog is that she has a deep chest and very high tucked in tummy. That's a trait of runners and hunters. Some hound dogs, for example. Greyhounds and such. The deep chest is on breeds that run distances. Not Shepherds or pit bulls. (Unless your dog is malnourished and still skinny from her abandonment days.)

Congratulations on your new member of the family!

[olddots]

19. My neighbor had her dog DNA tested to find out what breeds he is

In the end he is a super cool dog and kind of looks like this beauty .

[ZombieHorde]

26. German shepard + besenji? nt

[drm604]

27. I'm curious about your mentions of a home visit and being "almost approved"?

Where are you getting her from that's so rigorous? Not that it's not necessarily a bad idea to make sure that the animal gets a good home, but when I was a kid, we went to the pound, saw a puppy we loved, paid the $5 fee and took it home.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. from a rescue shelter. they often go down south to high kill shelters and bring

these dog up to the north east to adopt them out

its an EXTENSIVE process. long application, references, vet reference, home visit and a large adoption fee

[drm604]

29. Vet reference?

What if it's your first pet? How would you get a vet reference?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. not sure. i assume if its your first pet, then you would have no vet ref

[Kali]

31. sheppard, pit, and maybe a bit of dane

some smaller terrier in there too, keeping the size down

[La Lioness Priyanka]

32. yeah, she is around 32 lbs and almost a year old. so not too big at all