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Sunsilver

by Sunsilver on 22 October 2012 - 14:10

What's your opinion of this dog's ancestry? Pure GSD...or???

He just turned 8 months.


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/Sunsilver/IMG_2085_CROP_crop.jpg


vonissk

by vonissk on 22 October 2012 - 14:10

I vote yes and he's a handsome young man too.

LadyFrost

by LadyFrost on 22 October 2012 - 14:10

looks like a small version of GSD...

by GrahamsJubilee on 22 October 2012 - 15:10

I think this dog is not purebred. On the picture he seems like Malinois x GSD mix. His tail is as short as the one of a Malinois an hes has the body structure (al litte smaller as a GSD and the back ist straight and short) of a Malinois but the colour is from a GSD



Sunsilver

by Sunsilver on 22 October 2012 - 15:10

The plot thickens...  Clever

Nope, no Mal blood whatsoever.

k9gsd78

by k9gsd78 on 22 October 2012 - 22:10

GSD x Husky?  The tail and structure look like a northern breed to me.  Head and color pattern look like a GSD.

dragonfry

by dragonfry on 22 October 2012 - 23:10

I say no unless someone is developing a line of minature shepherds. He does not appear pure bred to me though he does show strong GSD likeness.
Fry

Escobar

by Escobar on 22 October 2012 - 23:10

It's hard to say really. I've seen some dogs that look like GSD but were mixed. Then I have seen purebreed FCI registered GSD that look nothing like the breed. USA is very extreme in that sence.

Sunsilver

by Sunsilver on 23 October 2012 - 00:10

Okay, I could let this go on longer, but no one is going to guess.

The dog...believe it or not, is a GSD/lab cross!

He belongs to a family that boards him here, and is very well looked after. They got him from the breeder as a pup, so, unless the breeder was lying through his/her teeth, that's what he is!

I just wanted to show those of you who are involved in rescue just how far out we can be when trying to guess the ancestry of a dog that's been picked up as a stray!

Eldee

by Eldee on 23 October 2012 - 01:10

I would have been very wrong then, as I would have guessed purebred German Shepherd, for sure. I guess anything is possible when cross breeding. 





 


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