# Small dog people, what am I? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024 "2017-04-22T21:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/21 "2017-04-24T02:48:30Z")
Very cute! It’s hard to be sure, but I get a “Chihuahua mix” feel from the face/head. Mutts are great. They tend to be hardier than the purebreds. I have two poodle mix mutts and will never own another purebred again. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/22 "2017-04-24T11:56:47Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > She isn’t necessarily a cross of two purebreeds, bear in mind. She could be 6 different breeds, in different proportions. This. Rarely is a mixed breed dog a cross between Purebred A and Purebred B. It is far more common for two mix breed dogs to reproduce, creating offspring that observers then try to categorize simply as an AxB. A friend’s dog is the result of an English Setter looking male bred to a female that looks like a German Shepard. His dog looks _exactly_ like a purebred Golden Retriever. [There’s always genetic testing, if your curiousity demands it.](http://www.wisdompanel.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/23 "2017-04-24T13:17:11Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > (“Content not available” at the links above) > I think she’s a mutt, but I also think she’s awesome. And so are you! > > Happy dogging! Try again with the video, I fixed the settings. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/24 "2017-04-24T22:24:23Z")
Cute, cute and cute!! Such a bright and alert little face. There is Jack Russell in her heritage mix or I will eat my hat, but it is tough to say what the other components might be. The fluffy ears could well be Papillion or possibly even a soupcon of Cocker Spaniel. Congrat’s on your new addition. ������ ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/25 "2017-04-25T02:19:21Z")
Papillion would explain the floofy ears and the delicate gate. There’s a defined squat to her rear haunch that makes me want to say “Dachsund.” When they get the tall gene they look a lot like her. And they tend to get the red too: [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1361&bih=756&q=dachsund+papillion+mix&oq=dachsund+papillion+mix&gs\_l=img.3...1208.5910.0.6234.23.14.0.9.0.0.192.1552.0j12.12.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..2.11.1428.0..0j0i10k1j0i10i24k1.6sawY\_W023o#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=dachshund+papillon+mix](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1361&bih=756&q=dachsund+papillion+mix&oq=dachsund+papillion+mix&gs_l=img.3...1208.5910.0.6234.23.14.0.9.0.0.192.1552.0j12.12.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..2.11.1428.0..0j0i10k1j0i10i24k1.6sawY_W023o#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=dachshund+papillon+mix) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/26 "2017-04-25T02:22:25Z")
P.S. While I was looking for that I [found this](http://i.imgur.com/qheVB5e.jpg), which I’m finding absolutely hysterical. Must be bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024/27 "2017-04-25T04:36:18Z")
She looks like a mini-mutt, heavy on the Chihuahua, to me. She looks like a real li’l sweetie, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-dog-people-what-am-i/785024.md?page=1)