What breeds have your dog/s been mistaken for?

[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.

[cali]

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.

oh I agree, she does indeed LOOK like a pure bred JRT, we question it based on her behaviour, she does not have one single behavourial trait that fits that of a terrier, her behaviour is the complete opposite of a terriers.

Terriers:
love to sniff out vermin
no problem getting dirty
extreme energy, no off switch
like to fight
feisty
indepentent

Perky:
is trustworthy with my gerbils and afriad of my rabbit
will not set foot in anything wet or dirty
energentic considering her age, but not even a fraction of a terriers energy, she is more then happy to sleep the day away
no interest in fighting, only fights if the other dog started it
not the least bit feisty
extremly clingy, she has not a shred of indepence

[LeahMM]

Both of my Aussies have been mistaken for Bernese Mt dogs and one of them doesn't even have a tail and she's teeny.

[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.

[Flatcoatluver]

T.j gets mistaken for dalmation mix all the time, maybe because of his ticking, and he is always called a longhaired dalmation.

Zoey gets mistaken for a lab mix, sometimes a golden retriever mix. She has also been called a black setter, becuase of her feathering on her tail.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Bailey the Great Dane...

Dalmatian
Dalmatian Cross
Blue Heeler
Pitbull
Rottweiler
Lab
Daschund

Some things people have said...

"Great Danes don't come in that color!"

"So he's a Great Dane crossed with what?"

Only a few people have guessed that he's a Great Dane. I get Blue Heeler and Dalmatian the most.

[Danegirl2208]

Bailey the Great Dane...

Dalmatian
Dalmatian Cross
Blue Heeler
Pitbull
Rottweiler
Lab
Daschund

Some things people have said...

"Great Danes don't come in that color!"

"So he's a Great Dane crossed with what?"

Only a few people have guessed that he's a Great Dane. I get Blue Heeler and Dalmatian the most.

lol poor boy, Malakai knows how he feels, every one calls him a "lab on steroids" lol..im babysitting my friends Harl, i just walked outside with her to take out the trash and my neighbors like "oh my, whats with you and big dogs? That has got to the biggest Dalmation ive ever seen" lmao..i swear, Dalmations arnt even half the size of a Dane..people are funny