Having a mutt is fun...

[crysania4]

I don't know if I've mentioned this, but almost every time I post pictures of Dahlia, someone comes along and says "she looks just like..." and lists of some dog or a mix of dogs. So far, Dahlia appears to be a mix of:

1. Border collie
2. Australian shepherd
3. Belgian sheepdog
4. Black German shepherd
5. Black lab
6. Flat coated retriever
7. Golden retriever
8. Chow

I think those are all the dogs listed (so far!). Pics of the various dogs behind the cut, in case you don't know what some of them look like.

Border collies:







Here's an all-black BC:





Australian Shepherds:








Here's an all-black Aussie:





Belgian sheepdogs (always all black, ears always pricked):









Black German shepherds:








Black labs:








Flat-coated Retrievers:








Golden retrievers:









Chows (I think it's pretty clear there is NO CHOW in Dahlia -- people just say this because of her tongue):








So the point of all this? Who knows. I just thought it was amusing.

Comments

[magnoliafly.livejournal.com]

Really? I haven't heard that.

[crysania4.livejournal.com]

Really? I thought people had said they weren't really that accurate, that they tested their purebred XYZ and it came up with something totally random.

But either way, I can't quite justify the $100+ for them at this point. Maybe someday!

[magnoliafly.livejournal.com]

We've had some clients do it on their mixed breeds and got some surprising results (things you wouldn't guess just looking at the dog) but made sense behaviorally.

[crysania4.livejournal.com]

That's cool. Someday maybe I'll do it. Birthday or Christmas present or something. I'd love to know what the hell is in her that makes her so mellow. Every breed people mention she looks like is high energy and she doesn't appear to be high energy at all. lol