# What breed is this puppy?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305 "2009-11-29T03:44:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/1 "2009-11-29T03:44:29Z")

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/2 "2009-11-29T06:54:19Z")

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Corgi or Corgi-mix?

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**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/3 "2009-11-29T11:42:50Z")

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Mixed, with at least one achondroplastic breed like a Corgi or Dachshund. I’d say Corgi because of the color and the coat, but of course mixed-breed dogs can come out looking any which way so it’s not a definite. 😃

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/4 "2009-11-29T12:44:39Z")

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“Pawple” :smack:

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/5 "2009-11-29T15:18:12Z")

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The face says Chow to me, I’d say Chow/Corgi or Chow/Daschund.

I’m also not convinced it’s a puppy.

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**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/6 "2009-11-30T15:14:15Z")

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I used to know some Chow / Basset crosses that looked just about like that, color coat and all.

We called them Chow Hounds.

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breed-is-this-puppy/519305/7 "2009-12-01T14:03:58Z")

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> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> The face says Chow to me, I’d say Chow/Corgi or Chow/Daschund.
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> I’m also not convinced it’s a puppy.

I’m with you that I don’t think it’s a puppy. However, it doesn’t seem quite lean enough to be a Dachshund. I know that could be because of cross breading, but it still seems a bit meaty to be a Dachshund.