What Kind of Dog is This?

[Donna K & Quincy]

Lately there have been lots of discussion about the mixes in our doodles and then trying to guess what kind of puppy it is that Linda (Linda and Murphy) found themselves caring for.

I was watching a recent episode of the Dog Whisperer and they had this cute little fellow, who just happened to have his DNA tested. I thought it might be fun for you to guess what his pedigree is. There are 4 breeds in the mix, one of which is really unexpected. Take your best guess and see how close you can come. Sorry, there is no prize for being the winner, just the satisfaction of knowing you are right. If anyone can get three of the four you are a genius. The pics were taken from the TV so not the greatest quality.

I will post the answer in a couple of days. Get your thinking caps on!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Ricki, You know we are in alliance, so I am going to help you :) Donna is being tricky again. We have already established it is Lab (although she said GR..again with the trickery), Collie, and Sheepdog and one more is all we have to guess. I was 0 for 4 at first, so I think we should stick to Limericks. LOL

PS I think you may be right with the Rottweiler

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

I KNOW!! I just forgot to refresh page and you guys got WAY ahead of me. LOL! Than I tried to delete my obviously uninformed guess but I couldn't figure out how to do that either!! Thanks for coming to my rescue. It's nice to know that someone cares...Limericks it is!!! That darned Donna anyhow...

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

She is full of DNA beans :) I always have your back!!

[Jacquie Yorke (DRC)]

Rotti...Hmmm...Interesting!..: )

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

But where are the beard and the eyebrows coming from? Those are called "furnishings", and there's a specific gene for them. GRs and LRs don't have furnishings, and neither do Collies. Many sheepdogs do, but like Jacquie said, "sheepdog" is a pretty broad category.

[Jacquie Yorke (DRC)]

So is "Collie".......And most large breed dogs were originally bred as hunting companions and/or to protect "nobility"...........lol....

What's the  country of origin?

Are we to assume that the beard is from the "Bearded Collie"?

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

Retreiver-sheepdog-collie and........Weimaramer????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Donna gave it away with that second clue. That's an Akita.

[Pat and Traveler]

Sounds large for an Akita...?

[Jacquie Yorke (DRC)]

What did you cut and paste that whole description into Google and hit search?.....lol

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Nah nah na-na nah!

 

[Pat and Traveler]

And rightfully so.  :)  Akita it is.