What breeds have your dog/s been mistaken for?

[Suki Wingy]

No one can be sure what breeds Niño is but I've heard some way out ones like
"He's a pure bred Dalmatian, right?"

TOTALLY different conformation!

[wolfsoul]

I've been asked if Visa is mixed with these, or is a purebred one of these:

Wolf
Lab
Flatcoat
Border collie
German shepherd
Chow
Collie

[cali]

most people know Happy is a BC, I just had one person ask if she was a greyhound puppy lol most people justthink she is too skinny cuz of her build, she could be obese and appear underweight lol

Misty, has been mistaken for a pit bull mix(because of her head, the colouring makes it appear rather broad), GSD mix(her smooth coat) and a ACD mix(because a BC cant possably have ears like that! lol) but most of the time is just "look at the pretty little puppy!" ..she's 3 lol thankfully most people are willing to listen when I educate them about smooth coat BCs, but there are certain people that inisist she is a mutt, despite my telling them, she she is from a breeder, I have met the parents and I have papers from the breeder stating that she is a purbred BC lol

Ripley.. everyone tries to guess his breeds, its funny lol everyone knows the schipperkie part, but the bosten terrier, most people either guess as bosten terrier or french bulldog(because his ears are rounded) but both is breeds are pretty clear, the schip is just obvious to anyone, the bosten is obvious by the way he stands.

Perky..well WE dont even know for sure what she is lol we have had guesses from everything from borderjack to corgi mix, but a LOT of people think she is a border collie! some kids who saw her doing freestyle thought she was the dog they had to give up, but when my mom sent pics to the kids mom, it turnes out their dog was a border collie, I posted her pics on a BC board and people thought she was my 3rd BC lol and my friends little sister was like "well you have 3 BCs!" somedays I wonder is she is part BC lol at the same time we sent pics of her too the president of the JRTA who detremined she was a dencent quality pure bred JRT.

Blair is a mutt or a terrier, 99% of the most dog savvy people on earth have never heard of a pyrshep so thats to be expected lol

[IRescue452]

Perky looks like a good quality purebred jack to me too. You may not be used to seeing them in b+w but what if you turned the black into brown. Everybody would know what she is then.
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[DrKym]

I guess I shlould shame Rusty the amazing felon (purebred dobie) as well as his fursis, I have had a lot of ppl ask if he is a hound mix of some type(he has natural ears and is a red) and if he is a vizla cross

[Pam]

Everyone recognizes that mine are poodles, but I had to smile the other day when I had a workman in my home. He saw Bella and said "I see you have a full size poodle." That sort of reminded me of a car - full sized, compact, sporty.... I guess Ripley must be a compact model.

[cyber-sibes]

Star: a wolf
Sherman: sometimes people seem surprised to learn his is a siberian, I'm not sure what they thought he was. His color throughs them off, I guess.

[wolf_Q]

Nebo: alaskan malamute, alaskan husky, greenland dog, eskimo dog...any nordic breed, you name it, he's been called it. He's very often called a german shepherd or an akita. I had a guy in petsmart who swore up and down that Nebo was an akita, he knew because he bred akitas...yeah ok. I think he gets wolf (and sometimes coyote) more often than any other. When people do guess siberian husky they often question me that he is purebred. Apparently huskies are only supposed to be gray and white.

Reggie and Sydney: scottie, I swear people think any small dog with a terrier look with a beard is a scottie. I've heard other strange guesses but I can't think of any at the moment.

[BORDER COLLIE LOVER]

My blue merle Border Collies have been called Aussies.

My white Toy Poodle is always called a Bichon.

My tri colored, Border some people say German Shepherd

[Faol]

Bear is a Border Collie/Chow Chow cross. I've been asked if he's part wolf! I think he's also been thought to be a pomeranian? I don't really get that one!

Zoe is an Eskie/husky mix...I think. A lady asked me if she was a jack russell terrier.

[ParNone]

Murph mostly gets Westie. He's a very light cream color and as he'd aged, he's gotten more whiteish. Since Westies are the white version of Cairns, it tiz a very understandable mistake.

Oz gets shaved Rough Collie, quite a bit. Most people recognize that he looks like a Collie, but the short hair really throws'em, since they've never heard of Smoothies.

Gull mostly gets Aussie mix, since he's a Blue Merle. People think of Collies as Sable like Lassie and with never hearing of Smooth Collies, they automatically make the leap to mixed breed.

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[sparks19]

Teddy mostly gets called a ridgeback. But he has also been mistaken for a great dane (lol i know) and a greyhound LOL

[MajesticCollies]

My Smooth Collie Brutus has been mistaken several times for a Greyhound mix

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Most people recognize Bitsy as being a pom and Nacey as being a pug (usually mistaken for a male pug, but a pug nonetheless).

People often ask if Buster is a chihuahua and if Charlie is a min pin. Most people get their breeds right, they just question it.


When it comes to Nova and Jake I ususally get asked "What kind of dog is that?" We don't know what either are.
I usually call Nova a mini-mutt or a dachshund mix. I have no idea what she is, all I know is she is a terrier at heart.

I call Jake a basenji mix. I really don't know what he is though. I do see a lot of basenji in him. I also see pit bull in him. Someone once called him a bull terrier (they were probably thinking pit bull terrier and misspoke).

[mousie]

I have a mini american eskimo and he was mistaken for a white pomeranian!