# What kind of dog are you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937 "2005-03-30T14:00:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/1 "2005-03-30T14:00:13Z")

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I’m a King Charles Spaniel, bless my heart.

What are you?

[http://www.gone2thedogs.com/](http://www.gone2thedogs.com/)

click on game once you get there.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/2 "2005-03-30T14:12:55Z")

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Hungarian Kuvasz?

Never heard of it.

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/3 "2005-03-30T14:13:18Z")

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Doberman Pinscher

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**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/4 "2005-03-30T14:16:43Z")

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Keeshond. Never heard of it.

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/5 "2005-03-30T14:22:05Z")

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I am a fox terrier.

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/6 "2005-03-30T14:27:25Z")

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I’m not a dog! I’m a [MOP](http://www.thedoghows.com/factory/graphics/dogs/hungarian%20puli.JPG)!! A Hungarian Puli, apparently.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/7 "2005-03-30T14:36:24Z")

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I’m a bitch.

But I thought you already knew that!

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**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/8 "2005-03-30T14:40:42Z")

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I’m a Pug. I can live with that. 😃

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/9 "2005-03-30T14:46:41Z")

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Black Mouth Cur - aka Ol’ Yeller… Southern, loyal, hunting dog

am not.

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/10 "2005-03-30T14:47:14Z")

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Apparently I am a **French Bulldog** (never heard of it either).

I’m good-natured and courageous, although owners have to get used to my gentle snuffling.

I also have the tendency to wander off and sulk on the rare occasions that I am in disgrace?

Courageous, moi?

I suppose I _do_ tend to snuffle and sulk though.

But I rather fancied being a Border collie, or a labrador, or even a good spaniel, or red setter. Or an Old English Sheepdog, or a German Shepherd.

Oh well.

I’m off for a quick sulk, then.

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**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/11 "2005-03-30T14:48:49Z")

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I’m a [Polish Lowland Sheepdog](http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/polishlowlandsheepdog.htm). Pretty cute, if I do say so myself!

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/12 "2005-03-30T14:53:02Z")

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I’m a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. I wanted to be a pug, but truth be told, I score too low on the “I wanna sit on your lap all the time” and “let’s spaz out and kill our toys” catagories to make a good pug.

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**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/13 "2005-03-30T15:19:13Z")

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Bearded Collie here. Looks like a cross between and English Sheepdog and a Border Collie.

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**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/14 "2005-03-30T15:34:31Z")

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Swedish Vallhund. Similar to (and possible precursor to) the Welsh Corgi. “An independent thinker that gets bored easily.”

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**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/15 "2005-03-30T15:52:41Z")

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I am a **Chinese Shar Pei**. Yes, the wrinkly one. Hmmm.

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**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/16 "2005-03-30T15:53:37Z")

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Tibetian Terrier. Lots of shag–hair, that is.

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/17 "2005-03-30T17:21:59Z")

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Slight hijack, but I have to give a plug for my all-time favorite New Yorker cartoon:

A dog, dressed in a business suit, is entering a building lobby. Another dog, dressed as a security guard, has stopped him and says -

“I’m sure that you are you who say you are, but I still need to sniff your butt.”

I’m a Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

Hmmm…one of these chased me onto the top of a car once threatening to eat me alive, and according to the site they have “an oily coat that gives off a slight odor.”

It got the right vicinity though, as I love the Chesapeake Bay and go there as often as I can.

OK - who wants their leg humped?

Do you mind if I lick my own balls?

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/18 "2005-03-30T17:29:45Z")

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I’m a Dalmatian!

_sidesteps Cruella de Vil_

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**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/19 "2005-03-30T17:45:41Z")

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Curly Coated Retriever.

Never heard of it but now I want one.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/20 "2005-03-30T17:49:54Z")

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> [@Greenback](#):
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> Curly Coated Retriever.
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> Never heard of it but now I want one.

That’s what I got. Seems relatively accurate.

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