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| Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) | |
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blackmetal Newborn
Join date : 2014-10-10
| Subject: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:42 pm | |
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| | | blueeyedghost Maverick
Join date : 2011-07-01 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:59 pm | |
| He looks pretty pure bred, and a lot of shelters will just label them as mixes whether they are or not. He's gorgeous too _________________ Shadow's Blog Canine Hydrocephalus Support on Facebook "Being the parent of a special-needs pet means living your life constantly poised on the edge of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you become a fierce defender of the ways in which your little one is perfectly ordinary — all the things he or she can do that are just like what everybody else does. And yet, you never lose sight of how absolutely extraordinary that very ordinariness is, how difficult, remarkable and rewarding that fight to be 'just like everybody else' has been." -Gwen Cooper, "Homer's Odyssey" Shadow - 03/01/2013 - 10/02/2014 |
| | | Rocio_Caballero Senior
Join date : 2012-06-19 Location : Las Vegas
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:00 pm | |
| Oh he's very cute! I personally think he may be a pure bred. I don't see anything else mixed in. |
| | | MGoBlue Senior
Join date : 2012-06-13 Location : Denver, CO
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:08 pm | |
| Agree that he is likely purebred. He is adorable. I'm a sucker for the freckles! |
| | | blackmetal Newborn
Join date : 2014-10-10
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:16 pm | |
| Thank you all so much for the feedback! Just wanted to double check with others |
| | | AMB Senior
Join date : 2009-07-23 Location : Connecticut
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:38 pm | |
| Yeah I agree that he doesn't look like a Husky mix. You can try to get him measured and weighed to see if he's within breed standards (although even if he isn't I still think he's a pure bred). You could also get a DNA test done if you want to be really sure, but for all intents and purposes I really do think he's 100% Husky. |
| | | aljones Senior
Join date : 2014-08-18 Location : Terlingua, Texas
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:43 pm | |
| A friend of mine who worked ay an animal shelter said that even if they were certain that a dog was a pure breed <whatever> since they, normally, had no papers saying it was a pure bred. It's been too many years since we had the discussion but apparently (she felt) there was some possibility liability if they labeled a dog pure bred (like someone's going to try to register a shelter rescue?) Take all of the above with a grain of salt 'cause as I said it's been way too many years since I asked her. And If I had my say - yeh, he looks pure to me and looks like he's quite an enjoyable handful! _________________ “Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend.” Corey Ford . |
| | | Grizzly&Charcoal Teenager
Join date : 2012-12-15
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:15 pm | |
| Please kindly correct me if I am wrong, even it looks like a pure breed, but there is still a chance of being mix which can be carry "not shown" genes, unless DNA test has run.
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| | | aljones Senior
Join date : 2014-08-18 Location : Terlingua, Texas
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:53 pm | |
| ... and I'd be willing to bet that there isn't a dog out there, registered or not, who isn't going to show something on the DNA results in addition to the registered breed. |
| | | MiyasMomma Senior
Join date : 2014-06-26 Location : west Texas
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:46 pm | |
| I agree he looks all husky. I've done a lot of research on wolf dogs/hybrids, and grew up with a gsd/wolf, I assure you no wolfy except from proper lineage that all huskies have (all dogs have wolf dna, huskies would have a slightly higher percentage than say a beagle, but all dogs are decedents of the wolf).
I agree with Al though, no dna test is fool proof enough yet to determine exact breed and will list several. I mentioned in another thread here on another forum I was on, a girl did a dna test on her supposed wolf/black gsd.... The dna test came back no wolf, no gsd, but a mix of sheltie, some other breeds and 25% doberman, lol. I didn't think the test was honestly valid, this dog looked all black gsd. There are a few people on this forum who are in the process of doing a dna test, I'm quite excited to see what their results will be. |
| | | Wiretap Puppy
Join date : 2014-07-23 Location : Arkansas
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:04 pm | |
| I'm not an expert, but I have no doubt he is 100% husky. There is absolutely nothing about his physical characteristics that suggest anything but. |
| | | AnyaLuv Teenager
Join date : 2013-05-18
| Subject: Re: Is my dog pure bred? (pics included) Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:42 pm | |
| He looks all Husky to me. I volunteered for a shelter, and unless a dog was surrendered with papers (which never happened) we would list the dog as mixed, because we couldn't guarantee the dog's "purity".
He's a cutie pie! The freckles are adorable |
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