Home with Beau - Page 8

Well, there's nothing to guarantee they all have the same sire, either...to further complicate things. 

Well, if Bee gets curious enough, she could always get one of those DNA tests. They worked for Yapper.

He really is a gorgeous chap!  See, now do you believe us that 2 (or more) is easy?

Great to see Mojo is becoming friends with him. I have a male GSD that takes any puppy under his wing, male or female. I've never had a problem introducing any new puppy, I've always thought it was fairly unusual for a dog to not accept a puppy (once they get over the shock LOL) and by the time the pup grows up, they have grown to be friends. That's' been my own experience (so far) anyway. 

OK Jen I see what you are saying--I never thought about the leanness and he is too stocky for that. Also I didn't know pitties pointed. That's interesting. Like you said above there could be 2 sires. Was she in the streets running loose? If so shoot maybe more than 2. I can remember when I was young and there were no leashlaws here, you'd see a female in heat going down the street with several dogs following her-big, little, purebreds, mixed breeds...............I remember when Steph first posted the pics but I don't remember the story.............

His large vent reminds me of a Rott, ears not so much, but they could be from the GSD.  I also see hound  
Dunno, it will be interesting to see him grow up.

There was one running loose, I thought, and one living under a porch, but the one living under the porch was also stray. So, who knows? 

I don't know that all Pits point...I have had 6 of my own, and fostered quite a few others and the majority of them have done it; not a "true" point but a point. Simon does it all the time. Seven does it at certain critters. I'm just saying it's possible that Pit's what's responsible for the odd coloration and the structure and white patches. Steph's description of their temperaments is what clued me in to the possibility. She was saying they weren't acting like BYB GSDs; they were acting like working lines. The actions she described reminded me of Pit pups. 

Time will tell! 

I've seen hundreds of lab puppies (from when I worked at the english labrador kennel) I can't really put my finger on it, but something about Beau's recent pics just says "lab" to me.  I've also seen lab pups with coat length/texture similar to Beau's.  The few weim and pit pups I've been around did not have coat texture like this, they were shorter, slicker.   Pit bulls come in soooo many different body types, the pit puppies I'm familiar with are much more disproportional at a young age than Beau is.  But, quite possible that the pit bulls you're familiar with, Jenn, are more like Beau?  
I don't think Beau looks "weim-ish" at all, but some of those silver lab breeders have done a good job at eliminating weim structure from their dogs.  I've seen silver labs that looked like perfect english labrador specimens, except for their color.
However, neither weim nor lab can explain odd white patches, white mark on chest, toes are common, but not elsewhere.  

I'm excited to see Beau "grow up" here on PDB, can't wait to see what he looks like as an adult...who knows?  maybe we'll change our opinions 10 times before he's 2 yrs old, LOL.  
But, no matter what, no doubt that he's gonna be a stunning dog, certainly one who will make people stop and look twice :)   

Remember, he would have a different coat w/his mom being a GSD though...We just don't KNOW what kind of coat he "should" have if he were a Pit, Weim, Lab. I only nixed the last 2 b/c of the ribcage, tailset, and white patches. Did you guys look at Simon in those 2 links? Cross that on a GSD and use your imagination...

Euro, email me if you would...bf may "need" a Lab for work and I may need to deal with it (yuck...). I could tolerate a really nice looking chocolate English type if you have any suggestions to breeders who would have a good looking one w/a decent personality (for a Lab anyway) that would retrieve some freaking ducks in cold water for a month out of the year, then work 6mos. out of the year on Pheasants.