# "Guess my dog's breed mix" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769 "2015-11-27T21:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/21 "2015-11-30T17:15:08Z")
Fun thread. Here’s our [little guy](http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/eleventyseven1/media/IMG_0244.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0), adopted in April. He’s 35 pounds, tail was docked and his ears are remarkable both for their size and their expressiveness – they are normally perked as in the photo, but they can also lay independently all the way flat. We haven’t had him tested (and probably won’t), but the shelter said: Australian Cattle Dog and Shiba Inu. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/22 "2015-11-30T18:28:53Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Ok here is my girl - I’ll be honest, I don’t know here actual breed mix. She’s a shelter pup. > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/4ydZ3cG.jpg) Wow, my dog is about 60 lbs and from a shelter and looks exactly like that except he is grey. I think it’s an Irish wolfhound/terrier mix. Maybe giant Schnauzer? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/23 "2015-11-30T19:35:06Z")
“Wee brown dog”. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/24 "2015-11-30T20:46:12Z")
> [@Time\_Like\_Tears](#): > > In the ‘your guess is as good as mine’ category, I present Saga! > One contributor is obvious, it’s what was mixed with the German Shepherd that has us stumped. Note her glorious tail. Where did that come from? > > [http://i67.tinypic.com/20zcpog.jpg](http://i67.tinypic.com/20zcpog.jpg) > > [http://i68.tinypic.com/xcpwnm.jpg](http://i68.tinypic.com/xcpwnm.jpg) > [@raventhief](#): > > Maybe husky? Pretty dog, glorious tail indeed! I was thinking Malamute; very similar to Huskies. What a beauty. Oh, that belly-scratch pic is just shameless! ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/25 "2015-12-01T00:30:15Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I was thinking Malamute; very similar to Huskies. What a beauty. > > Oh, that belly-scratch pic is just shameless! We’ve considered Husky and Malamute and others like them. Her eyes are a much lighter brown than many dogs. My mom thinks Collie or Setter, some of her tail hair is over 10 inches long. I’m sure there’s probably a nice mix up, maybe one day I’ll have her genome sequenced and find out. All we know is that her mom was a German Shepherd - she came from a bucket of pups that was being taken to the shelter. Here she is posing. [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Stuff/2014-03-14%2015.18.03.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Stuff/2014-03-14%2015.18.03.jpg.html) [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Facebook/Saga/10624752\_10153208174617166\_3621299134494102724\_n.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Facebook/Saga/10624752_10153208174617166_3621299134494102724_n.jpg.html) Here you can see her eye color from when she was a puppy. [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Facebook/Saga/1412774\_10152405927242166\_2034211147\_o.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Facebook/Saga/1412774_10152405927242166_2034211147_o.jpg.html) And just because it’s awesome and DOGGY PICTURES! [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Facebook/Saga/1403158\_10152405927752166\_1632874907\_o.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Facebook/Saga/1403158_10152405927752166_1632874907_o.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/26 "2015-12-01T01:56:51Z")
> [@Time\_Like\_Tears](#): > > We’ve considered Husky and Malamute and others like them. Her eyes are a much lighter brown than many dogs. My mom thinks Collie or Setter, some of her tail hair is over 10 inches long. I’m sure there’s probably a nice mix up, maybe one day I’ll have her genome sequenced and find out. All we know is that her mom was a German Shepherd - she came from a bucket of pups that was being taken to the shelter. > > Here she is posing. > [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Stuff/2014-03-14%2015.18.03.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Stuff/2014-03-14%2015.18.03.jpg.html) > [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Facebook/Saga/10624752\_10153208174617166\_3621299134494102724\_n.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Facebook/Saga/10624752_10153208174617166_3621299134494102724_n.jpg.html) > > Here you can see her eye color from when she was a puppy. > [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Facebook/Saga/1412774\_10152405927242166\_2034211147\_o.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Facebook/Saga/1412774_10152405927242166_2034211147_o.jpg.html) > > And just because it’s awesome and DOGGY PICTURES! > [http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm173/Aequitas-Guild/Facebook/Saga/1403158\_10152405927752166\_1632874907\_o.jpg](http://s296.photobucket.com/user/Aequitas-Guild/media/Facebook/Saga/1403158_10152405927752166_1632874907_o.jpg.html) Keeshond? I had one and that fur looks familiar… ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/27 "2015-12-01T01:58:33Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Wow, my dog is about 60 lbs and from a shelter and looks exactly like that except he is grey. I think it’s an Irish wolfhound/terrier mix. Maybe giant Schnauzer? My girl is about 45 pounds and the shelter went "ummm, maybe welsh terrier? " But she was a little red fluff ball at the time, and I’m not seeing any welsh in her now. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/28 "2015-12-01T02:51:19Z")
We found the world’s most rediculous-looking dog at the pound about a year ago. [Petunia.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12234921_965135510196396_1418947610751225445_n.jpg?oh=c52036027a2c6a4811cca137b83c2db8&oe=56E6C9A3) [AKA, Crazy Pants](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/1378659_683116945064922_1673068269_n.jpg?oh=d9695c99402728c0dc01711895f751f6&oe=56D71437) [Quality time with her sister, Hazelnut.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11921761_934011286642152_2361204176738575294_n.jpg?oh=17ca70efa36ba23bf807b4021063311a&oe=56F7EC63) [Dislikes the cold.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/11754461_918448344865113_7693643066418199231_o.jpg) She’s about 12 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/29 "2015-12-01T02:59:48Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Ok here is my girl - I’ll be honest, I don’t know here actual breed mix. She’s a shelter pup. > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/4ydZ3cG.jpg) She looks like a lhasa apso mix to me. Really cute dog. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/30 "2015-12-01T03:15:55Z")
I’ve [posted this](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/moondog.jpg.html) before, but maybe some fresh eyes might give a differ’nt opine: ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/31 "2015-12-01T03:21:55Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I’ve [posted this](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/moondog.jpg.html) before, but maybe some fresh eyes might give a differ’nt opine: Schnauzer/Border Collie? ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/32 "2015-12-01T05:26:18Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > My girl is about 45 pounds and the shelter went "ummm, maybe welsh terrier? " But she was a little red fluff ball at the time, and I’m not seeing any welsh in her now. Soft coated Wheaten? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/33 "2015-12-01T07:48:46Z")
> [@Time\_Like\_Tears](#): > > In the ‘your guess is as good as mine’ category, I present Saga! > One contributor is obvious, it’s what was mixed with the German Shepherd that has us stumped. Note her glorious tail. Where did that come from? > > [http://i67.tinypic.com/20zcpog.jpg](http://i67.tinypic.com/20zcpog.jpg) > > [http://i68.tinypic.com/xcpwnm.jpg](http://i68.tinypic.com/xcpwnm.jpg) A friend has a full-blood Belgian Tervuren who looks just like this. Was an expensive puppy, acquired in Germany. Gorgeous dog. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/34 "2015-12-01T08:31:55Z")
Here’s my dog. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/QCraotl) She was about 8 months old and 60 lbs in that picture. It’s clear to me that she’s part one breed, but but beyond that? > [@Renee](#): > > We found the world’s most rediculous-looking dog at the pound about a year ago. > > [Petunia.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12234921_965135510196396_1418947610751225445_n.jpg?oh=c52036027a2c6a4811cca137b83c2db8&oe=56E6C9A3) > [AKA, Crazy Pants](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/1378659_683116945064922_1673068269_n.jpg?oh=d9695c99402728c0dc01711895f751f6&oe=56D71437) > [Quality time with her sister, Hazelnut.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11921761_934011286642152_2361204176738575294_n.jpg?oh=17ca70efa36ba23bf807b4021063311a&oe=56F7EC63) > [Dislikes the cold.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/11754461_918448344865113_7693643066418199231_o.jpg) > > She’s about 12 lbs. You realize you’re living with the next internet sensation, right? I could see that face in all kinds of memes. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/35 "2015-12-01T16:56:25Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Here’s my dog. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/QCraotl) She was about 8 months old and 60 lbs in that picture. It’s clear to me that she’s part one breed, but but beyond that? > > You realize you’re living with the next internet sensation, right? I could see that face in all kinds of memes. I know, it’s like she was born to be an Internet meme. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/36 "2015-12-01T17:17:16Z")
Here’s [mine](http://imgur.com/IsWv6jg) ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/37 "2015-12-01T17:45:55Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Here’s my dog. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/QCraotl) She was about 8 months old and 60 lbs in that picture. It’s clear to me that she’s part one breed, but but beyond that? Wiemeraner/Pit Bull ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/38 "2015-12-01T18:04:41Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Here’s [mine](http://imgur.com/IsWv6jg) Now that’s one cute doggie right there. Reminds me of my last hound who was a terrier-mutt and had that same \*Benji \*look. That one looks like a Wheaton Terrier crossed with German Shepard. What do I win? 🙂 > [@Renee](#): > > We found the world’s most rediculous-looking dog at the pound about a year ago. > > [Petunia.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12234921_965135510196396_1418947610751225445_n.jpg?oh=c52036027a2c6a4811cca137b83c2db8&oe=56E6C9A3) > [AKA, Crazy Pants](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/1378659_683116945064922_1673068269_n.jpg?oh=d9695c99402728c0dc01711895f751f6&oe=56D71437) > [Quality time with her sister, Hazelnut.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11921761_934011286642152_2361204176738575294_n.jpg?oh=17ca70efa36ba23bf807b4021063311a&oe=56F7EC63) > [Dislikes the cold.](https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/11754461_918448344865113_7693643066418199231_o.jpg) > > She’s about 12 lbs. That Petunia is an interesting-looking girl and appears (from the various photos) to have a unique \*dog-\*onality to go with the look. And Hazelnut is precious. Here’s a few shots of [Duncan](http://s1004.photobucket.com/user/staubej/library/Duncan%20Wagner). He’s quite a mix; I’ve even seen him “point” before. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/39 "2015-12-01T18:37:42Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Now that’s one cute doggie right there. Reminds me of my last hound who was a terrier-mutt and had that same \*Benji \*look. That one looks like a Wheaton Terrier crossed with German Shepard. What do I win? 🙂 I have no idea what he is! I should do one of those DNA tests. People always say he looks like a “big Benji.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769/40 "2015-12-01T18:51:35Z")
My entry is [Loki](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/image.jpg2_zpsc5ambeou.jpg). We know what her mom was, but we do not know the pedigree of the male rapist. [Puppy shot](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/LokiandKali_zpsec730fca.jpg)of her first meeting with Kali, our GSD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-my-dogs-breed-mix-thread/738769.md?page=3)