What breeds have your dog/s been mistaken for?

[Cincy'sMom]

Since we have mixes there is really no telling what they are (although we know Sadie's mom was purebred Dalmatian, and her father was believed to be the same owner's purebred black lab)

Some of what we've heard as part of their mix:

Sadie (Lab/Dal):
Great Dane
Coonhound

Cincy(Lab/? we think maybe beagle):
Pit Bull
Rottie
Bassett Hound

Spot (Dalmatian/? Lab):
Pointer

[emc]

Years ago I was walking across the street with my Chihuahua and this little girl says "look at that funny looking cat". This happened so long ago and I still remember it so well.
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[lisahumphreys882]

I have a sheltie and he's been mistaken for a collie. That's reasonable because he does look like a young version of a collie.

[IRescue452]

Autumn got mistaken for a cocker at the dog park last night. Some kid started saying that "that's the breed that will attack you if you look it in the eyes" and I quickly said that she's not a cocker. He was surprised she wasn't because her tail is docked. This is the reaction I always hear for cockers, and we've never had an aggressive cocker. All of our girls have been laid back.

[lv4dogs]

Nanook is a mix and even I am not 100% certain of his breeds but he's been mistaken for all of the following:
lab and lab mix
samoyed
purebred husy or purebred malamute
part wolf
part poodle
and just about any purebred or combination of any nordic breed

Raustyk has only been mistaken a few times, most of them by children:
pit
dobe

Kaige gets mistaken often:
husky (thats the most common, purebred and mixed, almost everyone thinks that)
spaniel mix
border collie mix
plain old mutt

[pitc9]

Sierra is mistaken for a wolf everytime we go anywhere.
Little kids run back to their parent's yelling "It's a wolf mommy!! A WOLF"


My sister's Husky Yukon was once mistaken for a Fox.
by a delivery man of less than average intelligence.
She and I had Quite the laugh after he left!

[k9krazee]

Many people actually recognize Micki, Mini and Kyra as Jack Russells Its amazing. We get a lot of people that call them Eddie, or Wishbone dogs. There have been times that Micki is called an Italian Greyhound, Mini a Beagle and Kyra a chihuahua, though. Heck, even we think it's true sometimes too

People usually think that Jack is a Lab puppy, they're usually surprised to learn he's a year and a half old Other people ask what hes mixed with and they always have to disagree with me when I say that our best guess is Beagle.

The majority of people recognize that Shadow is a Rottie. I can only think of one time we were getting Ice Cream and a lady came up to us and asked us what she was mixed with, that there was no way she could be purebred.

[Aurie]

My Maggie is a beagle mixed with some unknown hound. Because she isn't very small, she is taller and thinner then the picture perfect beagle and she doesn't have any white like the majority of beagles, people have thought she was a small coon hound type.

Sara is a collie/english shepherd mix. She is bi-black. Everyone who meets her thinks she is a pure-breed border collie. However, she has the long nose and square butt of the collie, not the border. And she gets the color and shorter coat from the english shepherd.

Then there is Bucky who we are waiting to place in a rescue group. I believe he is at the very least part doberman, perhaps full. From the crappy pictures I have posted, I have gotten comments from australian shepherd, lab, to dob. From around the neighborhood, people think he is a pit puppy. He doesn't have the large head or broad shoulders that the pits have. But there are so many in this area, I guess it is natural to assume.

[lisahumphreys882]

Autumn got mistaken for a cocker at the dog park last night. Some kid started saying that "that's the breed that will attack you if you look it in the eyes" and I quickly said that she's not a cocker. He was surprised she wasn't because her tail is docked. This is the reaction I always hear for cockers, and we've never had an aggressive cocker. All of our girls have been laid back.

That's too bad. My mom had a cocker a long time ago and she said he was a really nice dog. My friend also had a cocker and he was a good dog as well. I've never heard about that before.