Let's play a game of "name that breed" (PUPPY PICS INSIDE!!) - Page 2

[Oubliette8]

Originally Posted by North_Of_60

Well, supposedly we KNOW he is part American Bulldog. The "mix" part, I suspect, was purposely kept vague because certain breeds aren't as adoptable. Like pits. His paperwork says "American Bulldog Mix". I guess time will tell. He's like 4 legged Kinder Surprise. Sans the chocolate.

I just wanted to say that I wouldn't necessarily assume this is true. If the people who surrendered him owned the mother but don't know the father, and mom is an American Bulldog, then American Bulldog mix is an accurate descriptor. Shepherd mix or lab mix is common in my area, and its not because they think the other parent was a pitbull- they just have NO idea what the other parent was, but its obviously part shepherd or lab. Actually, I know some shelters that label EVERYTHING a "mix" even if its obviously purebred. They don't want the liability of having someone argue that the dog they adopted as a purebred turned out not to be, so they just label everything a mix. Shelter employees don't tend to be very good at identifying dog breeds anyway. I've seen common purebreds labeled as completely unrelated mixes (ie, say, an English setter labeled as a dalmation mix) or obvious mixes labeled as incredibly rare purebreds (say, the labradoodle that gets labeled as a Spinone Italiano)

At my shelter, when they're trying to avoid calling a pit bull a pit bull, they call it a "boxer mix" or if its the right color, a "lab mix" or sometimes just a "terrier mix" . So I might think the American Bulldog part is covering up pit ancestry, but not the mix part. Of course, I imagine both breeds look pretty similar at this age, so you're right, time will tell as he grows bigger.

[North_Of_60]

Originally Posted by Oubliette8

I just wanted to say that I wouldn't necessarily assume this is true. If the people who surrendered him owned the mother but don't know the father, and mom is an American Bulldog, then American Bulldog mix is an accurate descriptor. Shepherd mix or lab mix is common in my area, and its not because they think the other parent was a pitbull- they just have NO idea what the other parent was, but its obviously part shepherd or lab. Actually, I know some shelters that label EVERYTHING a "mix" even if its obviously purebred. They don't want the liability of having someone argue that the dog they adopted as a purebred turned out not to be, so they just label everything a mix. Shelter employees don't tend to be very good at identifying dog breeds anyway. I've seen common purebreds labeled as completely unrelated mixes (ie, say, an English setter labeled as a dalmation mix) or obvious mixes labeled as incredibly rare purebreds (say, the labradoodle that gets labeled as a Spinone Italiano)

At my shelter, when they're trying to avoid calling a pit bull a pit bull, they call it a "boxer mix" or if its the right color, a "lab mix" or sometimes just a "terrier mix" . So I might think the American Bulldog part is covering up pit ancestry, but not the mix part. Of course, I imagine both breeds look pretty similar at this age, so you're right, time will tell as he grows bigger.

This is all very true. Now grow up pup! I wanna see what you like when your legs fit. He's definitely not going to be heavy like the bulldog. I think he's going to be lean. Big, but lean. Or leaner.

[rhiOrion]

I definitely don't think that "mix" usually means "pit bull." But I do think that unless a dog is completely obviously a pit that they tend to leave that word off. But who can blame them?

Here is an example of how bad they can be at guessing breeds.

Our dog was labeled as a "smooth coat collie mix." (note the "mix" in the title... and DEFINITELY no pit bull in her).

Here are the google image results for a "smooth coat collie."

Here is a picture of our dog.

And that picture doesn't even really do justice to how NOT collie she is. The wind was blowing her damp (from playing with the other dogs) ear fur, but her ears are SO very spaniel. I think she's such a spaniel/setter mix (my guess is brittany spaniel and/or english setter mixed with good ol' mutt).

Whatever she is...she is not a collie mix

Perhaps her great great great grandad was a collie.