# What kind of dog are you? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/21 "2005-03-30T17:53:30Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > That’s what I got. Seems relatively accurate. Yup. Looked right to me. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/22 "2005-03-30T17:54:12Z")
Ugh! An _Afghan Hound_? I would like to consider myself to be most _unlike_ an Afghan! stoopid self-assessment tests… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/23 "2005-03-30T17:56:38Z")
I can’t run the Flash. But anyway I know I am a Golden Retriever anyway. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/24 "2005-03-30T18:11:08Z")
German Pincher. I think that fits me really well, actually. ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/25 "2005-03-30T18:13:42Z")
> [@Spree](#): > > Swedish Vallhund. Similar to (and possible precursor to) the Welsh Corgi. “An independent thinker that gets bored easily.” ☹ Mine was very matronly. But she’d be out playing the instant you hit grass. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/26 "2005-03-30T18:56:32Z")
**waves to phouka** Another Shar-Pei here: > [@](#): > > A very affectionate dog with a frowning expression that belies an independent and devoted frame of mind. Oh-kay. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/27 "2005-03-30T19:14:38Z")
Schnauzer. It says “good with children.” But I specifically clicked the “poor” option for dealing with kids. I think it may have some details that need to be ironed out. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/28 "2005-03-30T19:36:08Z")
Italian Greyhound. :wtf: I don’t think so… ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/29 "2005-03-30T19:47:14Z")
German Shepard ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/30 "2005-03-30T19:47:17Z")
I’m a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. WTF?! It says they’re “quiet and obediant”, which so not me. But they do look quite cute. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/31 "2005-03-30T20:07:23Z")
KAVKAZSKAYA OVCHARKA / CAUCASIAN SHEEPDOG Close to what I was hoping: And English Sheepdog. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/32 "2005-03-30T20:09:38Z")
Classic erroneous addition of the letter ’d’ to the intended word ‘An’ there :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Prancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Prancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prancer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/33 "2005-03-30T20:15:17Z")
Another French Bulldog here. Pretty fair assessment. And I do snuffle & wheeze a lot, so there you go. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/34 "2005-03-30T20:24:58Z")
Italian Setter. Seems to fit me pretty well! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/35 "2005-03-30T23:55:44Z")
I am English Cocker Spaniel. Good with Children, but does not respond well to teasing. Will obey commands well, if trained gently. Yeah, pretty much. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/36 "2005-03-31T00:35:00Z")
phouka, twickster, and I are all Chinese Shar-pei’s. Too bad we can’t meet IRL and see how accurate the descriptions are! ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/37 "2005-03-31T00:52:26Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I’m not a dog! I’m a [MOP](http://www.thedoghows.com/factory/graphics/dogs/hungarian%20puli.JPG)!! A Hungarian Puli, apparently. Aw, you’re cute! I’m a [bichon bolognese](http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet/images/breeds/bolognese.jpg). Meh. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/38 "2005-03-31T01:03:57Z")
I’m a Dogue de Bordeaux. Hmmm… the personality traits I picked didn’t match up. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/39 "2005-03-31T01:07:24Z")
Dogue de Bordeaux Big, ugly… Seems about right. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937/40 "2005-03-31T01:07:41Z")
Good grief, I’m a **Basset Hound** – cute as pie, but dumb as a bag of hammers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-are-you/296937.md?page=3)