I was talking to my mom and she says she is 100% sure that there is shar-pei, She says Max was given up because this womans purebred show dog got out of the house during her heat and got pregnant, the woman who owned the pei was furious so she surrendered all the pups to the rescue. sorry i did not say it sooner, because i did not think we were 100% sure what he was. we still don't know the other half for sure though. i always wondered about his ears too and also his legs. they seem to be thin to me compared to a Shar-Pei (although all the wrinkles may hide that up) and over all he does not seem as boxy or "buff" as a pei. he does have some pei attributes, he hates all water with a passion, he is a little dog aggressive, and is not the most eager to learn dog. I don't know if this is a pei attribute but he almost never barks unless there is a strange person outside in the middle of the night. I have had people ask me if there is Pit Bull in him, but i'm honestly not sure, i've never really considered Dane because he is only 67 pounds and is not very tall. it would be cool though, as we have always just called him a Lab/Shar-Pei mix.