He does look like a PVGB. My daughter called all excited one night when she was watching a dog show to tell me that she had seen a dog that looked like Spanky. We, then, looked up alot of pictures on-line, and that's what he looks like. I doubt that's what he's mixed with, though. I've never seen one in person around here, and he's straight from the pound. I would guess he's from some much more common breeds, and probably has mixed breed parents.