# What kind of dog is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723 "2006-03-02T04:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/1 "2006-03-02T04:01:58Z")
I have a mixed dog. I have theories as to what breed she is, but no confirmations. I saw a dog that is a dead ringer for her on a Yahoo page, and my wife was curious as to whether or not any of my doper friends could identify the breed. Here is the link: [http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/scp/viewer/index.php?event\_id=16433&client\_id=1173&ref\_state=poststate](http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/scp/viewer/index.php?event_id=16433&client_id=1173&ref_state=poststate) The dog I’m talking about is popping out of the lady’s shirt in the picture on the bottom right corner of the page, underneath the heading “Horror/Scifi”. ---
**Author:** ![Tevildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/2 "2006-03-02T04:07:50Z")
The dog in the photo appears to be a [Jack Russell](http://www.terrier.com/). ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/3 "2006-03-02T04:18:18Z")
I couldn’t enlarge the photo…large-ish JRT (Jack Russel Terrier) or maybe a Beagle mix? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/4 "2006-03-02T04:27:16Z")
If you cross a poodle with a pug, you get puggle puppies. If you breed one of those with a golden retriever, the pups will be Googles. They’re not good show dogs, but they can track down anything, and bark in twelve languages. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/5 "2006-03-02T05:04:49Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > If you cross a poodle with a pug, you get puggle puppies. If you breed one of those with a golden retriever, the pups will be Googles. They’re not good show dogs, but they can track down anything, and bark in twelve languages. I just wrote out a reasoned response. It took me five minutes. Then I realized I had been whooshed. I salute you, AskNott! ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/6 "2006-03-02T07:27:42Z")
That dog appears to be a sheltie or sheltie mix. [http://www.akc.org/breeds/shetland\_sheepdog/photos.cfm](http://www.akc.org/breeds/shetland_sheepdog/photos.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/7 "2006-03-02T08:55:27Z")
> [@peri](#): > > That dog appears to be a sheltie or sheltie mix. > [http://www.akc.org/breeds/shetland\_sheepdog/photos.cfm](http://www.akc.org/breeds/shetland_sheepdog/photos.cfm) I’m I the only one that sees two dog pictures!? One is a [Pug](http://www.dfwpugs.com/) I agree with **peri** on the second. But it’s hard to tell if the hair is long enough, though. Shelties look just like tiny collies. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/8 "2006-03-02T12:48:09Z")
Jack Russell ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/9 "2006-03-02T12:49:21Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > If you cross a poodle with a pug, you get puggle puppies. If you breed one of those with a golden retriever, the pups will be Googles. They’re not good show dogs, but they can track down anything, and bark in twelve languages. Ugh, I can’t stand those cutesy names. puggle? cockapoo? labradooodle? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/346723/10 "2006-03-02T12:56:52Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Ugh, I can’t stand those cutesy names. puggle? cockapoo? labradooodle? They used to be called “mutts” or “crossbreeds” until people figured out that calling them something cutesy meant people would pay ridiculous amounts of money for them.