Other names for your breed

[FoxyWench]

chinese crested
chinese crested dog
crestie
pony dog
chinese ship dog
african hairless terrier
african hairless dog

then theres coat descriptions
powderpuff
true hairless (they have almost no coat, even on the crest)
Hairless (they have a sparce crest and tail plume and generally light hair for "boots"
hairy hairless (they have varying degrees of hair, generally they have a full crest and tail plume, a little more on the legs than a hairless, and can have some hair growth on the spine
Very Hairy Hairles (these guys make the favorite show dogs as they have the super full crests, tails and feet/legs, but they also have ALOT of body hair (when ungroomed, they can look almost like full powderpuffs) and need extensive grooming to be show ready.)

 

[Xandra]

And I'll just for fun throw in Alstation for GSDs.

AHH you stole mine!!! You've got an extra "T" in there though, it should just be Alsation. Still in use today, and came into use because the British didn't want to call the dogs "German" shepherds because of the war.

 

[dobesgalore]

It seems to have started when settlers were traveling with their blue-eyed Aussies. Legend has it that the tribes wouldn't bother settlers if they had a blue-eyed Aussie, thinking they were traveling with a special protector. The natives referred to those Aussies as "ghost-dogs".

Thats really cool.

 

[xpaeanx]

Pembroke Welsh Corgi aka Bunny Butt
Malinois aka Melon Head.

NOOOO!!!!! It's corgi aka hobbit!

 

[Pops2]

first it was just leopard dog
then it was catahoula cur
then it became the catahoula leopard dog

the blackmouth cur is often called by the line it originates from ladner BMC, carnathon BMC, howard BMC, ben BMC some registries only recognize the yellow color & call the breed yellow blackmouth cur

the same thing happens w/ most hunting breeds, lipper & nance treeing walkers, cameron blueticks, kemmer Mt curs, nuttal patterdales, cunningham greys, ad infinitum

old names for the dane
were grand danois
danisch doggen for the fawn
ulmer for the brindle
boar dog for the black & harlequin

pits
yankee terrier
american bull terrier
nanny dog (also used for the EBT & Staffy Bull)

rottweiller metzgerhund (butcher's dog)
thuringian cattledog (also came in red & blue)

american bulldog
old southern white
country white
english white
pit bulldog
country bulldog
country red
southern bulldog

rhodesian ridgeback
south african lion dog

plotts
plott cur
plott bear dog
plott hound (only after von outcrossed to hound)

ACD
blue or red heeler
queensland heeler

Stumpy tailed cattle dog
smithfeilds (in Oz)

let me think & i'll have more later.

 

[sammgirl]

ah, here's the thread i mean to post on

I know alot more about the keesie stuff then the sammy stuff, so I'll shower you with other names for the keeshond:

er...keeshond
wolf spitz
loupe chien
german wolf spitz
dutch barge dog
poor man's glamour dog

In holland, the keeshond used to guard the barges that went up and down the rhine river, and that's how they traveled to places like germany. In holland, the keeshond comes in about 1000000 different colors, just like the pomeranian does here.

But they weren't always known as the keeshond. they were just regular farmers dogs. all purpose for varmit catching and all that. then came cornelius de guysler, who headed a political party in holland known as the people's party. He loved the little spitzes around the region and had many of them. one was always by his side.

Kees is a nick name for cornelius. hence, keeshond is dutch for kees dog, so thoroughly did keeshonden become affiliated with the party.

when william of orange invaded, almost all keeshond were killed due to their affiliation with the people's party which de guysler ran.

The english came in and saved the breed, which is what happened to alot of breeds over the years. the english and their dogs!

However, when the breed hit england, known as over weight pomeranians, the pom breed club was concerned about their breed's popularity and only allowed the keeshond club to breed dogs of the wolf sable coloring.

first come first served, i guess. so, even today, you'll see white kees and black kees and orange (yes they look a bit strange) pop up in otherwise totally wolf sable litters.

 

[colliewog]

first it was just leopard dog
then it was catahoula cur
then it became the catahoula leopard dog.

Didn't they go one further and become the Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog?

 

[Pops2]

yes colliwog they did.

 

[drmom777]

AHH you stole mine!!! You've got an extra "T" in there though, it should just be Alsation. Still in use today, and came into use because the British didn't want to call the dogs "German" shepherds because of the war.

Sorry if I am obnoxious, but that spelling is still not right, it is Alsatian, with an "a" before the "n". They came up with the name after the Alsace region of France, which is heavily German and was overrun by German troops in WWII. Political correctness is definitely not a new concept.

 

[misfitz]

The one I hear the most is "Onebigass Dog" :rofl1:

ROFL. Love it!

I've heard the Heinz 57 type shepherd crosses here called a "Pound Special"

ACD's I've heard referred to as the "Shadow Dog" because they follow you around like little shadow.

Sienna (a mix of unknown breeds) is apparently considered to be:
Awwwwww
Whatkindofdogisthat?
and
Lookatthecutepuppy!

I get asked her breed so often I thought about calling her a "Carson Squirrel-Pointing Spaniel" after the shelter she came from and a cute habit.

 

[Kmh1]

In Britain the Toy variety of Manchester Terriers are called English Toy Terriers. In the US they are just toys or standards.

Manchesters were also known as the "Gentlemans Terrier" (in fact thats the name of their Yahoo group online) since they were small enough to be carried by the hunters on horseback and were only put down to finish small game after the larger dogs had cornered it.

I think their predecessors that can be seen as far back as Medieval paintings were called black and tans or black and tan terriers --the preferred rat dogs of the time.

I of course have come up with some less "genteel " names when Zippy insists on barking and chasing my husband around like a nut!

Also, are Corgis called Fairy dogs because of the legends that they were supposedly ridden by the mythical fairies or something like that?

 

[Giny]

The only one I know is Caniche which is poodle in French.

 

[AGonzalez]

Other than Alsatian, the only name I've heard my GSD called was "Hey that's a Cop-dog" lol...

 

[colliewog]

Other than Alsatian, the only name I've heard my GSD called was "Hey that's a Cop-dog" lol...

It seemed in the 1970s that they were often called "Police Dogs" ...

 

[Dizzy]

In Britain the Toy variety of Manchester Terriers are called English Toy Terriers. In the US they are just toys or standards.

Nope, we call them Manchester Terriers

 

[Kmh1]

As far as I have heard or read, in the show ring in the UK the toy sized Manchesters are English Toy Terriers, the Standard sized are called Manchester Terriers. Here in the US we don't use the English Toy Terrier name --its just Manchester Terrier toy variety or standard variety.
So Dizzy in actuality no one uses the English Toy Terrier term? (say that 3 times fast :lol-sign I guess thats just the official term--but its of course less confusing just to call them all Manchesters!
Just curious Dizzy--Do you ever see any Manchesters? I was wondering if they are just as rare in their country of origin as they seem to be over here.

 

[Dizzy]

As far as I have heard or read, in the show ring in the UK the toy sized Manchesters are English Toy Terriers, the Standard sized are called Manchester Terriers. Here in the US we don't use the English Toy Terrier name --its just Manchester Terrier toy variety or standard variety.
So Dizzy in actuality no one uses the English Toy Terrier term? (say that 3 times fast :lol-sign I guess thats just the official term--but its of course less confusing just to call them all Manchesters!
Just curious Dizzy--Do you ever see any Manchesters? I was wondering if they are just as rare in their country of origin as they seem to be over here.

I think they are considered two seperate breeds rather than 2 standards of the same breed......

So to say Manchester terrier you'd mean one 'breed' and to say toy terrier you'd mean another.

So yes and no lol

I haven't met any in person that I can recall, maybe in passing!

To me the Manchester Terrier is a specific thing, I wouldn't call it by any other name, it'd be a different dog.... if that makes sense.

But fanciers may look at it differently, I wouldn't know!

So I guess you'd be right in one sense, but to me they're not the same dog.....

Confusing.

 

[ponbc]

my girl

Polish Lowland Sheepdogs are most commonly called PONs, which is the acronym for Polski Owczarek Nizinny, which is Polish Lowland Sheepdog in Polish. Try saying that 3 times really fast! The best part is watching people try to figure out how PON is the abbreviation for polish lowland sheepdog.

 

[setter-chick]

Wire Fox terrier
Wirehaired fox terrier
I guess they could be a Broken coated fox terrier...
Fox terriers were called Foxies, so wire foxie?

When they were first registered in 1875 they were Foiler or Old Foiler.

 

[Squishy22]

There is a catahoula leapard dog breeder here in oklahoma that calls her dogs catahoula cattle dogs. Never heard of that before.