I was reading about my breeds on dogbreedinfo.com trying to find misinformation... I scrolled down to the BC pictures, and... :yikes:
How can these people even think this is a BC?
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
Almost weekly I run into a person with a longhaired chihuahua that is convinced they have a papillon.
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.
You all must live in a different part of the country from me, because nobody has mentioned the miniature Labrador Retriever or miniature Dalmatian.
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"
I want a Boarder Collie. I assume this is a dog that lives with you and pays rent? Extra income is always welcome here.
ROFL!! That was my first thought too!!
People always think that Teagan is a Scottish Terrier or mix between the Scottie and the Westie. I find it rather annoying ha ha
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.
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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.