Thoughts on my puppy? - Page 1

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This is my puppy Ben, he's 5 months 1 week old.... he was mixed, Sable Shepherd (Dame) with White Shepherd (Sire).

I can't seem to find any pictures of what that type of cross would give but I'm just curious.  He's an amazing dog and I love him to death, wouldn't dream of getting rid of him, just wanted other people's opinions.

He has typical GSD ears that perk, the confused head tilt, great back leg angulature when stacked (sorry no stacked pics), typical GSD face, long black tail.

Here are the curious things, possibly faults, possibly a different Sire.  White socks, white tip on tail, short stature, overly muscular.

He is well fed, limiting portions but making sure he doesn't get too hungry, he will eat all day if allowed to.  When you look at him from above and feel his ribs you can see his shape and feel his ribs, not really much fat there.  He only stands at 19" at the withers and weighs a whopping 50+ lbs.  His feet are ENORMOUS, bigger than a 5yr old GSD we met at the park the other day.  His gait seems to change as his weight fluctuates but still looks kinda shepherdish.

He doesn't have papers and I'm really hoping he is pure-bred because I love the size of the GSD and am just completely attracted to pure-bred GSD but if he turns out to be mixed, I'll still love him no less, he's just so adorable.

Thoughts??

 

Hard to say.  Sure looks like a shepherd to me too.  Like you said, he is precious so just love him and enjoy him.  What are your plans for him?  A shepherd needs a job and lots of exercise to be a "good" shepherd.  Keep us posted on how he turns out with more pics and let us know what you are doing with him.
Deb

Sorry hun but to me he looks like a cross breed, but a very lovely cross breed that i'm sure will love you all the same

 To me he does look like a GSD, apart from the white markings.   He looks a nice pup though...

his dad was sable and mom was white?  he's still a purebred shepherd if parents were purebred.  white is just another color that the german shepherd happens to come in.  they also come in blue, liver,  white spotting, even supposedly a brindle has recently popped up.

yup, purebred looks to me, even with the white!  Very sweet look, too!