People Confused About Their Breed
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lol sorry work of heart...
you owuldn tbelive some of the things jasper has been called...
most just assume hes sick and wont touch him incase its contagious, but ive had many TELL me, hes some rare mixed breed or strange chihuahua...i was impressed when one little 8 yr old girl exclaimed to her mother "look theres a xolo...(insert rest of name here and she pronounced it right)" and he mother told her theres no such breed...
i HAD to stop and say hi to her and let her meet jasper, and i explained loud enough for her mother to hear "well he does look a little like a xolo, but shes a crestie, they tend to have more body hair dont come in the 3 sizze categories and are from africa rather than mexico, but that i was very imperesed that she had a general idea of what a xolo was and how to pronounce it...she was beaming after that as if id just given her a big gold star...
but yeah...
hes a rare nekkid wowie!
or some kind of strange aline or genetic experiment...
im bettin gon alien lifeform...some of the things this breed do...im edging my bets there just waiting on the mothership!
you owuldn tbelive some of the things jasper has been called...
most just assume hes sick and wont touch him incase its contagious, but ive had many TELL me, hes some rare mixed breed or strange chihuahua...i was impressed when one little 8 yr old girl exclaimed to her mother "look theres a xolo...(insert rest of name here and she pronounced it right)" and he mother told her theres no such breed...
i HAD to stop and say hi to her and let her meet jasper, and i explained loud enough for her mother to hear "well he does look a little like a xolo, but shes a crestie, they tend to have more body hair dont come in the 3 sizze categories and are from africa rather than mexico, but that i was very imperesed that she had a general idea of what a xolo was and how to pronounce it...she was beaming after that as if id just given her a big gold star...
but yeah...
hes a rare nekkid wowie!
or some kind of strange aline or genetic experiment...
im bettin gon alien lifeform...some of the things this breed do...im edging my bets there just waiting on the mothership!
Ahh, yes--the illusive "polar" (I think that is what they are calling them now) labs....
I had to spend 10 minutes explaining to my cousin that his pit bull puppy's jaws DO NOT actually lock, but he is still thoroughly convinced that he does not just have an APBT, he has a Purebred American Red Nose Terrier, which is different than a regukar APBT, don't-ya-know. He also informed me that the vet told him his pittie has an "extra gene" that will make her giant.....:ninja:
I had to spend 10 minutes explaining to my cousin that his pit bull puppy's jaws DO NOT actually lock, but he is still thoroughly convinced that he does not just have an APBT, he has a Purebred American Red Nose Terrier, which is different than a regukar APBT, don't-ya-know. He also informed me that the vet told him his pittie has an "extra gene" that will make her giant.....:ninja:
I don't even like talking to other Pit Bull owners that I meet. I usually want to gouge out my own eyes with my pinkies. People seem to think that all of the different colors (typically rednose, bluenose, and brindle) are different breeds, and then Americans are another breed, too. Nobody has yet claimed to me that black or fawn is a separate breed, YET, I'm sure it's coming. People ask all the time if Grant is a "Blue Pit" or a "Bluenose" despite the fact that he has very black pigmentation. Recently some guy brought his new pup to the library to show me. Cute pup, ugly APBT. Terrible conformation, probably mixed with something REALLY light in bone (suspect GSP, and they are probably the most common purebred around here). They guy tried to tell me that she was so lightly built and had such a long snout because she was a "bluenose." She was fawn brindle with black pigmentation.
I've had a few people claim to me that they have Malinois that they got from the shelter. They do pop up in the shelter, but most of the dogs labeled Malinois are just fawn prick eared dogs with black masks. One lady that I knew had one that she found as a stray. I suspected that he was a GSD/APBT cross, but she insisted that he was a Malinois. Once we were in the same place at the same time, and she was telling people that both of our dogs were Malinois, but hers was working bred and mine was show bred, which is why they looked different. Nevermind that my dog has a strictly working dog pedigree and hers is a stray! When she got a real Malinois from rescue, I thought she was going to return her because she couldn't deal with the dog for quite some time. She's doing obedience with the dog now.
Now that I don't professionally work with animals anymore (and I don't miss it at all!!!!!!), I tend to play dumb when people start getting all know-it-all. It's hard, but I'm getting better at it.
I've had a few people claim to me that they have Malinois that they got from the shelter. They do pop up in the shelter, but most of the dogs labeled Malinois are just fawn prick eared dogs with black masks. One lady that I knew had one that she found as a stray. I suspected that he was a GSD/APBT cross, but she insisted that he was a Malinois. Once we were in the same place at the same time, and she was telling people that both of our dogs were Malinois, but hers was working bred and mine was show bred, which is why they looked different. Nevermind that my dog has a strictly working dog pedigree and hers is a stray! When she got a real Malinois from rescue, I thought she was going to return her because she couldn't deal with the dog for quite some time. She's doing obedience with the dog now.
Now that I don't professionally work with animals anymore (and I don't miss it at all!!!!!!), I tend to play dumb when people start getting all know-it-all. It's hard, but I'm getting better at it.
i've noticed several people that work in grooming & vets offices. in my experiences w/ my catahoulaXAB the people who most vehemently refused to believe me when i told them he wasn't a pit bull (23" 76# running trim) were self professed vet employees & shelter workers. most had never heard of a catahoula and didn't know what a cur dog was. a few came real close to outright calling me a liar.
i've been picking the brains of aussie hogdoggers for over 10 years now because they have a long history of performance crossbreeding. MOST attempts to identify a dogs breeding from appearance have about as much chance of being correct as you have of winning the lottery. it's a fun game but not anything you can rely on. first crosses can be very consistant but as soon as a 3rd breed is added or two first crosses are bred the results are all over the place w/near zero predictability.
i've been picking the brains of aussie hogdoggers for over 10 years now because they have a long history of performance crossbreeding. MOST attempts to identify a dogs breeding from appearance have about as much chance of being correct as you have of winning the lottery. it's a fun game but not anything you can rely on. first crosses can be very consistant but as soon as a 3rd breed is added or two first crosses are bred the results are all over the place w/near zero predictability.
I was at Petsmart last week with Tucker. Some woman and her husband walked up to me and asked if Tucker was a purebred long coated chihuahua. THEN she told me that her dog "kind of" looked like him, but they had a DNA test done and he was "everything but chihuahua." After that, she asked if I was sure he was a chihuahua.
Ian was walking Rory around at the same time, and someone called him a springer spaniel. He told them Rory was a BC, and they seemed to not believe him.
Anything white with red patches is a springer, it seems.
Anything black, tan, and thin with prick ears is a dobe.
Chihuahuas that are mainly white are JRTs.
Blue eyes and prick ears means it's a husky... Chloe was called a husky puppy before.
If it's black, it's a lab.
If it's cropped, it's a "pitbull"
Ian was walking Rory around at the same time, and someone called him a springer spaniel. He told them Rory was a BC, and they seemed to not believe him.
Anything white with red patches is a springer, it seems.
Anything black, tan, and thin with prick ears is a dobe.
Chihuahuas that are mainly white are JRTs.
Blue eyes and prick ears means it's a husky... Chloe was called a husky puppy before.
If it's black, it's a lab.
If it's cropped, it's a "pitbull"
Well to be fair Jessie, I've never actually TOUCHED anything but a black/white border collie 
I might have spied one or two in a store, but never been close enough to touch/talk with the owners, LOL So it's easy to see how the general public would think Rory was something other than a BC..........BUT, it is frustrating when you TELL them and they still argue with you about it, LOL
Oh, and just to toss in my breed misconception...........apparently Orson is an under fed ROCKWILDER, LOL.........yes, even with his cropped ears and long face :rofl1: I should feed him more and make him "stockier" because he looks sickly (advice given by a man down the road who owns two GSDs)
I might have spied one or two in a store, but never been close enough to touch/talk with the owners, LOL So it's easy to see how the general public would think Rory was something other than a BC..........BUT, it is frustrating when you TELL them and they still argue with you about it, LOLOh, and just to toss in my breed misconception...........apparently Orson is an under fed ROCKWILDER, LOL.........yes, even with his cropped ears and long face :rofl1: I should feed him more and make him "stockier" because he looks sickly (advice given by a man down the road who owns two GSDs
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No kidding!! The dog in that picture is definitely a mix ... and has either Lab or Golden in him. I'd bet on Golden, as his face is a giveaway.
Here's another from dogbreedinfo. (Sorry, I didn't post the pics directly like Jessie did ... but click the link and scroll to the middle to see "Squirt" who someone is calling a purebred Pomeranian. Ummm ... I don't think so.
Pomeranian Pictures and Photos, 1
LOL ...must depend on where you live. Up here near Tahoe, Papillons are not common but Chihuahuas are probably the most common small dog right behind Yorkies. Consequently, the few Papillons in these parts are always mistaken for long-haired Chihuahuas.
Let's not forget the "Miniature Golden Retriever" ... which is actually an intentional cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a Golden Retriever to make a "smaller" Golden. I have also seen them labeled "Comfort Goldens", and like most designer dogs their proponents try to push them as a separate "breed" or "purebred"
ROFL!! That was my first thought too!!
We have a Westie ... and he gets the most interesting comments when he's walked. (Westie's are not at ALL common around here.) Probably complicating the matter is that we keep him in "natural coat". (Sorry, but we just plain don't like the "Westie cut" with shaved neck and back and when they tease the fur to greatly exaggerate the roundness of the head ... until it looks like a soccer ball without the black spots. In his heart our Westie boy is a scruffy, scrappy little terrier ... we just prefer to let him to look like his personality. )
Anyway ... our Westie has been called a White Schnauzer, a Maltese, a "white Scottie", a toy Poodle (I kid you not), "some kind of new Poodle" and a "purebred Maltipoo". (That last one really bugs me because I absolutely cannot stand those cutesy names people invent for designer mixed breeds, and really can't stand that so many people think those mixes are actual breeds.)
We have also gotten "White Cairn Terrier" ... but can't blame those people because in full coat a Westie often does resemble a Cairn except for that snow-white coat ... and most people don't know Cairns come in every color except white. Besides, a Westie's closest relative is the Cairn terrier rather than the Scottish Terrier ... so at least the Cairn guessers are not far off.
Here's another from dogbreedinfo. (Sorry, I didn't post the pics directly like Jessie did ... but click the link and scroll to the middle to see "Squirt" who someone is calling a purebred Pomeranian. Ummm ... I don't think so.
Pomeranian Pictures and Photos, 1
LOL ...must depend on where you live. Up here near Tahoe, Papillons are not common but Chihuahuas are probably the most common small dog right behind Yorkies. Consequently, the few Papillons in these parts are always mistaken for long-haired Chihuahuas.
Let's not forget the "Miniature Golden Retriever" ... which is actually an intentional cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a Golden Retriever to make a "smaller" Golden. I have also seen them labeled "Comfort Goldens", and like most designer dogs their proponents try to push them as a separate "breed" or "purebred"
ROFL!! That was my first thought too!!
We have a Westie ... and he gets the most interesting comments when he's walked. (Westie's are not at ALL common around here.) Probably complicating the matter is that we keep him in "natural coat". (Sorry, but we just plain don't like the "Westie cut" with shaved neck and back and when they tease the fur to greatly exaggerate the roundness of the head ... until it looks like a soccer ball without the black spots. In his heart our Westie boy is a scruffy, scrappy little terrier ... we just prefer to let him to look like his personality.
)Anyway ... our Westie has been called a White Schnauzer, a Maltese, a "white Scottie", a toy Poodle (I kid you not), "some kind of new Poodle" and a "purebred Maltipoo". (That last one really bugs me because I absolutely cannot stand those cutesy names people invent for designer mixed breeds, and really can't stand that so many people think those mixes are actual breeds.)
We have also gotten "White Cairn Terrier" ... but can't blame those people because in full coat a Westie often does resemble a Cairn except for that snow-white coat ... and most people don't know Cairns come in every color except white. Besides, a Westie's closest relative is the Cairn terrier rather than the Scottish Terrier ... so at least the Cairn guessers are not far off.
That's really common here too. I only know a few papillons in town, but chihuahuas are probably one of the most popular breeds here (college apartments everywhere). About daily I get asked about my chihuahuas. It just seems in the past year a new vet has moved in and is telling all the chihuahua owners they were duped and actually have papillons. You know because they're long haired and have a few hairs sticking out from behind their ears and are larger than a teacup chihuahua. Many of them got them from the same breeder (she puts out ads weekly in the paper for all sorts of teacup and micro mini toy dogs and designer dogs) or the local puppy store. So really there's no telling, I guess, but none of these dogs look anything but chihuahua to me. Of course it's my word against their vets so...
ETA: The best time was when I was asked if my dogs were chinchillas.
Another fun one my friend with beezers got was if her dog was a kangaroo.
ETA: The best time was when I was asked if my dogs were chinchillas.
Another fun one my friend with beezers got was if her dog was a kangaroo.
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This is one reason I like having a rarer breed. People don't even try to tell me what Sadie is, or Reed. Hadley, people liked to try to tell me what she was. When I'd say I got her from the shelter, it was like they didn't believe that I didn't know exactly what she was.
Everyone asks what Reed is. One person thought he was a bloodhound, but didn't argue. The weird thing is every single person says "Oh, I've never heard of that". Well no sh*t, you're not an encyclopedia are you?
Everyone asks what Reed is. One person thought he was a bloodhound, but didn't argue. The weird thing is every single person says "Oh, I've never heard of that". Well no sh*t, you're not an encyclopedia are you?