what is my dog?

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I see all the hiking dog related posts here, so I figured itd be alright to post here. Anyways this is my mutt daisy, shes 2.5yrs old, weighs about 55lbs and is a cutie.

I was wondering if you guys had any idea what breeds she is. I am guessing she is rhodesian ridgeback, lab, chow, and pitt or boxer.

Another off topic fact, in may of this year, she was hit by a car going around 50mph. Alot of you may remember the thread I started in community forum about her, praising god when she was able to walk again. Now, you couldnt tell she was hit at all, except that she cannot jump as high, due to nerve damage in her left leg.

I am really interested to know what breeds she is, so anyone more experienced, feel free to chime in.






 
It is essentially impossible to tell by pictures alone. If I could hang out with your dog for a day I could give you a good idea based upon behavior. The fact that she recovered from a car hit so well suggests plenty of pitbull, a good thing in my book. By looking at her stance I would also agree to some rhody, but again, I would prefer to see some behavior. FWIW, I am married to a vet. and spend quite a bit of time at the clinic. I also have had a number of the breeds that you have suggested. If you get so curious as to want to get a genetic test, don't do it. They are notoriously unreliable.
No matter what that is a good lookin' dog!
 
good looking dog!
looks like a lab/pit cross. lab but more squared off head/shoulders/musculature, with slightly shorter haircoat.

-and you're correct, it could also be boxer or chow influence squaring everything off like that instead (or even a chesapeake bay retriever, though they usually have some wave to the haircoat if that's in there). kind of depends on which is more common running around intact and unsupervised impregnating female dogs left alone in backyards in your neck of the woods - them's usually labs and pits around here (Spokane, WA).

-if you've got about $75 to spare and want to spend it on a whim, the genetic testing for dog breed has improved drastically in the last couple years. ask your vet if they do it. simple blood draw, quick results, good reliability. i don't do it but about once or twice a year, but i've agreed with the results everytime the last 2-3 yrs. if it says 'part Pomeranian' you can crumple it up and throw it away, but in general they're reliable (now. they weren't the first couple years).

-fyi almost all the dogs i see (i'm a vet) with ANY rhodesian in them have at least some of that hair swirl and line of forward facing hairs along the top of the back.
 
didn't mean to contradict 762 who posted right before me as i was typing. there sure are some really really crappy genetic tests out there. the ones that will tell you from among 150 breeds are junk, and a waste of money.
the ones that have come out in the last 2 yrs that test for about the 20-25 most common breeds where there is lots of background genetic sampling to back it up are a lot better. not perfect, but a lot better than the original ones and the cheapo ones.

o's usually have to talk me into it, and be the one to bring it up, b/c it's not medicine it's entertainment (for a C-bill), but it's fun to see what shows up. there are blood draw versions and cheek swab versions. i wouldn't do it, personally, but that's b/c i'd rather spend the $100 on a knife or gas for a flyfishing trip on my days off.
 
She's not a mix I dont think, she looks like my dog Roscoe. He is an American Staffordshire terrier. (AmStaff)
 
If so she will be a loving playful puppy her whole life. love kids and real protective of her family. will be shy around men.
 
She very well maybe an AmStaff, great dogs by the way.
My old buddy is an eleven year old Staffordshire Bullterrier, he is pretty lazy these days.

However, she is most likely a mix.
 
She's a K'nardly; you can hardly tell what kind of dog she is. She IS very cute.
 
If you really want to know for sure, you can go to PetSmart and buy one of those DNA test kits. You swab her mouth with it, seal it up, and send it off to the lab. They'll mail you back results and tell you exactly. Or, you could just keep guessing! It's kind of fun, that way.
 
762 shooter said:
It is essentially impossible to tell by pictures alone. If I could hang out with your dog for a day I could give you a good idea based upon behavior. The fact that she recovered from a car hit so well suggests plenty of pitbull, a good thing in my book. By looking at her stance I would also agree to some rhody, but again, I would prefer to see some behavior. FWIW, I am married to a vet. and spend quite a bit of time at the clinic. I also have had a number of the breeds that you have suggested. If you get so curious as to want to get a genetic test, don't do it. They are notoriously unreliable.
No matter what that is a good lookin' dog!
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Little brother worked at an animal refuge thingy as a volunteer. After he had to go to school, as a gift for his volunteering, they did a DNA test of our dog, who was about the best dog we've ever had, temperament wise, etc. We expected her, based off her size, body, etc. to be whippet mixed with lab, and maybe some chow. I forget the full results, but it was mostly pit. No way to tell, at ALL, except a test. Any guessing without knowledge is as meaningful as solutions to world peace that are discovered at 3:45 AM in college dorms after much drinking, drugs, etc. Except I once saw a Basset mixed with a lab that was a basset body with a lab head. Looked a little freaky, to be honest. But they knew the parents, so it wasn't a mutt.

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I agree with the American staff part - I do volunteer transport rescue dogs every weekend I have 15 to 25 dogs in my van and I do volunteer work with shelters and rescue often during the week so I see a lot of dogs and spend time with people better educated in it than I am

The test my vet uses takes a few months it gets sent away to a lab – (not dog) and cost 90 dollars but I trust them – like someone said already there are scammers everywhere. But these people are good I am trying to find the papers to give you the name – but if you have a good vet that you trust and the vet thrust them then I would use them.

I am disabled and money is tight always but I spent the hundred on my dog (nothing to good for my dogs)


The girl in my profile picture is Boxer and American staff and I tiny bit – ten percent Norwegian elkhound – that’s pretty dam accurate for a scam - I paid for the test because everyone called her a pit-bull but anyone that knows Pitt’ies would see she isn’t; but because so many people are stupid and scared of pits now days I wanted papers on her.

My dog Jake is part Rhodesian ridgeback and your Dog Daisy reminds me of him especially standing proud like that – Google up pics of Rhodesian ridgebacks and ignore the ridge part.

So that might be a possibility – (only the pure breed have the ridge that runs all the time and backwards) (it is actually good if they don’t have it because of a skin and parasite problem that it can create)

I would defiantly think part American Staffordshire mixed with maybe Labrador retriever

People always ask me what kind of dog is Jake and I tell them he is a special breed called “Jake-dog”

So if she were my Dog and someone asked what breed she is I would tell them she is a special breed called a “Daisy Dog”




Jake

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Jake and Princess

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whenever discussing Labs it is important to know which type of Lab so people do not misunderstand


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