# What kind of dog is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218 "2008-08-16T13:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/1 "2008-08-16T13:49:51Z")
[http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6936/picture034py2.jpg](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6936/picture034py2.jpg) [http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6062/picture030xm7.jpg](http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6062/picture030xm7.jpg) [http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iz2cma&s=4](http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iz2cma&s=4) just ignore all the stuffed toys in this one. The kid’s pictures are clearer than mine though. 🙂 She’s very dark brown, almost black in unless in bright light, with a patch of white on the chest. She’s part lab, but has flatter head and triangular ears. Right now she’s about 20 lbs and 2.5- 3 months old. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/2 "2008-08-16T14:23:26Z")
Labrador mix? ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/3 "2008-08-16T14:30:08Z")
> [@](#): > > What kind of dog is this? The cute kind! What a doll. But “lab mix” is probably the best you’re going to get at this age. She might be more obvious when she’s older. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/4 "2008-08-16T16:07:09Z")
Chocolate Lab? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/5 "2008-08-16T16:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] Chocolate Lab? [/QUOTE] My guess as well, but the muzzle doesn’t look _quite_ right. But puppies often look funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/6 "2008-08-16T17:00:24Z")
Could have some Chesapeake Bay Retriever in there–or the muzzle shape might be due to a pit bull in the woodpile somewhere. Lab/pit mixes are really common for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/7 "2008-08-16T17:43:50Z")
Most definitely mostly Lab. I had a Chocolate Lab/Black Lab mix (100% Lab), and he looked almost identical to yours at the puppy age. That pic with the stuffed animals is adorable. Squeee! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/8 "2008-08-16T23:41:26Z")
Awwww, he looks almost exactly like my new puppy! He looks like a chocolate lab/pit mix. So cute!! ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/9 "2008-08-19T19:25:35Z")
Pit would make sense, and explain shape of her head and muzzle. She’s definitely part Lab, as I said in the OP. The mom is Lab, and the father is a mystery. She is sort of cute though. Want her? Just kidding, but I’d forgotten how much of a handful puppies can be. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/10 "2008-08-19T20:22:43Z")
To me the head looks too round and the shoulders/chest a bit narrow to be pit. Pits tend toward thickishness. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/11 "2008-08-19T20:37:56Z")
Looks like a [Chocolate Lab](http://www.dogexplorer.com/content/view/125/1/) to me. Not all of them fit the breed “standard.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/12 "2008-08-19T20:39:26Z")
Looks like a Chocolate Lab with a bit of Pit Bull (and a whole lot of cute). ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/13 "2008-08-19T22:31:42Z")
She looks just like the hundreds of lab pups we’d get in the shelter. What a little cutie! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/14 "2008-08-19T23:36:21Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to General Questions. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/15 "2008-08-19T23:41:37Z")
Chocolate lab/sneaky neighbor dog mix. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/16 "2008-08-20T01:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Moving thread from IMHO to General Questions. [/QUOTE] Really? While there is a factual answer, we’ll never know for sure what that answer is. Not that I’m complaining. Good point, **Tupug**. As far as I know, it was an accidental breeding\*, so her parents might not have fit the standard. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/17 "2008-08-20T02:55:42Z")
Puppies look more or less alike. When she gets older the father’s input might be more apparent. Right now, ‘cute’ will have to do. A couple years ago, my sister-in-law, once removed\* got a rescue dog from the pound. He was touted as a Newfoundland Retriever / Labrador Retriever cross. When we saw Roy the first time, **DesertRoomie** and I said, “Newfie, yes (lookit the _size_ of him!) but that’s no lab.” It took a few minutes’ pondering and then it struck us at the same time: Flatcoat Retriever. I was keying on the head shape, **DR** on the coat. We brought a dog breed encyclopedia the next time and there was no doubt; you could see both breeds’ characteristics in Roy. \*The sister of the wife of my brother. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/18 "2008-08-20T03:31:16Z")
I was going to say Chesapeake Bay Retriever as well. The are more stocky than labs, with a chunkier face [http://www.breederretriever.com/photopost/data/528/medium/chessie\_2.jpg](http://www.breederretriever.com/photopost/data/528/medium/chessie_2.jpg) However, the coat of a Chessie is different and notable from a brown Lab. If it comes in kind of rough and almost curlyish, I would think Chessie. If smooth and shiny, then Brown Lab/maybe pit bull cross. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/19 "2008-08-20T04:00:37Z")
Whozafuzzywuzzywiddlepuppydoggie? Good god, don’t let **supervenusfreak** see this thread! We’ll have a puppy within the week… ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218/20 "2008-08-20T12:06:39Z")
the ears would suggest a terrier of some sort … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-dog-is-this/460218.md?page=2)