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Markxxx
03-01-2011, 06:33 PM
Seeing as he's a cartoon he probably isn't any specific type of dog, other than being describe as a Melan-Collie (melancholy), for comic effect, what breed of dog, in real life looks closest to Brian?
Thudlow Boink
03-01-2011, 06:36 PM
He looks sorta like Snoopy, but with smaller ears. Not that that necessarily helps.
Musicat
03-01-2011, 06:38 PM
Mutt.
Nzinga, Seated
03-01-2011, 06:49 PM
He looks sorta like Snoopy, but with smaller ears. Not that that necessarily helps.

That helps. It makes him a beagle.

ETA: Unless 'smug asshole' is a recognized breed.
Richard Pearse
03-01-2011, 07:17 PM
Except big floppy ears are one of a beagle's defining features, so taking that away pushes him back towards "generic dog".
awldune
03-01-2011, 07:18 PM
Bull terrier?

http://my-doggy.com/images/articles/Bull-Terrier.jpg
Kamino Neko
03-01-2011, 07:28 PM
Mongrel.
Acid Lamp
03-01-2011, 07:34 PM
Jack russel.
B. Serum
03-01-2011, 07:35 PM
Racist.
Derleth
03-01-2011, 07:45 PM
Booze hound.
Biggirl
03-01-2011, 07:48 PM
A talking dog.
Der Trihs
03-01-2011, 07:50 PM
Canis lupus sapiens.
Rushgeekgirl
03-01-2011, 07:51 PM
The animated kind.

I could swear one one of his benders of self-discovery he mentioned being a mutt.
Sailboat
03-01-2011, 08:00 PM
There's a wiki (http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian_Griffin) that says he's a "white labrador."
Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor
03-01-2011, 08:08 PM
A talking dog.Damn you & such!

MY answer! MINE!

You shall rue the day you trifled with me! Well? Start rueing!
thelurkinghorror
03-01-2011, 08:47 PM
In an episode (IIRC the one where he and Stewie travel the multiverse), they show a live action version of him. It looked like a yellow Labrador.
Tom Tildrum
03-01-2011, 09:19 PM
In an episode (IIRC the one where he and Stewie travel the multiverse), they show a live action version of him. It looked like a yellow Labrador.

Here (http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/2009/09/family-guy-the-cleveland-show-premiere-big/) is a pic from that sequence.
Munch
03-01-2011, 09:28 PM
It's unlikely he's a mutt, since he came from a puppy mill. They only really make money by cranking out "pure" breds.
Magiver
03-01-2011, 09:43 PM
Horn
TravisFromOR
03-01-2011, 10:53 PM
It's unlikely he's a mutt, since he came from a puppy mill. They only really make money by cranking out "pure" breds.

My cousin bought a "mixed breed" in a pet shop. She paid $350 for the thing.

:smack:
Tim R. Mortiss
03-02-2011, 12:55 AM
Canis lupus sapiens.

No. It's never lupus.
Richard Pearse
03-02-2011, 05:26 AM
Labrador fits pretty well.
Sally Mander
03-02-2011, 07:11 AM
That helps. It makes him a beagle.

Bit of a tangent: I've never understood how Snoopy is a beagle. The body shape is sort of beagle-ish, but he's white with a black spot and black ears. I've never seen an all-white beagle.
Cartooniverse
03-02-2011, 01:27 PM
Damn you & such!

MY answer! MINE!

You shall rue the day you trifled with me! Well? Start rueing!

Didn't there used to be a Doper named Rue de Day ?

He's a mutt. Snoopy's a mutt.

I loved the line from Stand By Me


Gordie: Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy?
Vern: If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it.
Teddy: Goofy's a dog. He's definitely a dog.
Gordie: I knew the $64,000 question was fixed. There's no way anybody could know that much about opera!
Chris: He can't be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat.
Gordie: Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training.
Vern: Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?
Markxxx
03-02-2011, 01:41 PM
Well what kind of dog does Brian resemble in real life? In other words if you took a real dog what kind of dog has the features closest to Brian?
Ike Witt
03-02-2011, 02:51 PM
I don't like the Lab answer. Compared to the animated family, Brian is too small to be an eight year old Lab.
Kamino Neko
03-02-2011, 03:19 PM
He's clearly a mongrel.

His colouring is indicative a pit bull breed, but the ears and muzzle are wrong for all of them. The ears are Spaniel-ish (albeit a bit too short). The muzzle is really hard to place, given the level of stylization, but it's long and broad, not particularly squared, and has no jowls - pretty much requires a mongrel.