# What Kind oF Dog Is Brian From "Family Guy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133 "2011-03-02T00:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/21 "2011-03-02T06:55:01Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > _Canis lupus sapiens._ No. It’s never lupus. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/22 "2011-03-02T11:26:25Z")
Labrador fits pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/23 "2011-03-02T13:11:42Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > That helps. It makes him a beagle. Bit of a tangent: I’ve never understood how Snoopy is a beagle. The body shape is sort of beagle-ish, but he’s white with a black spot and black ears. I’ve never seen an all-white beagle. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/24 "2011-03-02T19:27:41Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Damn you & such! > > MY answer! MINE! > > You shall **rue** the day you trifled with me! Well? Start rueing! Didn’t there used to be a Doper named **Rue de Day**? He’s a mutt. Snoopy’s a mutt. I loved the line from **Stand By Me** > [@](#): > > Gordie: Alright, alright, Mickey’s a mouse, Donald’s a duck, Pluto’s a dog. What’s Goofy? > Vern: If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That’s easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it. > Teddy: Goofy’s a dog. He’s definitely a dog. > Gordie: I knew the $64,000 question was fixed. There’s no way anybody could know that much about opera! > Chris: He can’t be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat. > Gordie: Wagon Train’s a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training. > Vern: Oh, God. That’s weird. What the hell is Goofy? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/25 "2011-03-02T19:41:26Z")
Well what kind of dog does Brian resemble in real life? In other words if you took a real dog what kind of dog has the features closest to Brian? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/26 "2011-03-02T20:51:52Z")
I don’t like the Lab answer. Compared to the animated family, Brian is too small to be an eight year old Lab. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133/27 "2011-03-02T21:19:42Z")
He’s clearly a mongrel. His colouring is indicative a pit bull breed, but the ears and muzzle are wrong for all of them. The ears are Spaniel-ish (albeit a bit too short). The muzzle is really hard to place, given the level of stylization, but it’s long and broad, not particularly squared, and has no jowls - pretty much requires a mongrel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-brian-from-family-guy/573133.md?page=1)