What breeds have your dog/s been mistaken for?

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

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

LOL! Malakai is MUCH too big to be a Lab!

[Danegirl2208]

LOL! Malakai is MUCH too big to be a Lab!

lol, thats what i thought..but ya know..people just KNOW he's a lab.."thier friend has one thats twice as big!" lmao, ive had more than one person say that to me, id really like to see this giant lab! 2 times the size of my boy?..hmm that means they have a 270lb lab!! Wow, maybe we should call guinness up

[bckrazy]

Gonzo rarely is mistaken. Lots of people do say "he must be part Border Collie..." like I don't know my dog is a BC! It annoys me most when people act like they know more than I do about my boy, and they know he must be mixed. When he is not, he just isn't "pretty".

Fozzie gets an incredible number of guesses! I never truly appreciated how annoying it can be to have a mutt ^_^ neverrr. And most people are sure of their guesses... "He is a purebred Corgi, right?" "He must have some Basset in him! " "Is that a Basenji?"... wth! "Is that a miniature Husky?" yes, of COURSE he's a mini Husky! My favorite, which I get every time I go to Petsmart or whatever, as I'm walking this 9-inch tall little munchkin dog, "Ooh, what a pretty Malamute/Samoyed." It can be entertaining, but after all of the Malamute comments - even from people who are supposedly experienced with breeds, such as Petsmart groomers - it can get annoying. Sometimes, I just want to scream "WTH! Malamutes weigh well over 75 lbs, have thick fur, are NOT tri-colored, and do NOT have blue eyes!!!" ughha. But I usually just smile and say, "Mmhm. Maybe."

[zoomer]

Alaska has been mistaken for a Pit Bull, Dogo Argentino, Mastiff mix
Georgia has been mistaken for a Pit bull, Dogo Agentino, Dalamatian ( ), Dalmatian mix
Buddy has been mistaken for a pure pit bull and a pure ACD.

[Chilli]

Frisk has been mistaken for a "bulldog". By many many people. I find it amusing.
Skylar has been mistaken for a white GSD. I can see where they could have thought that, though.
Ethan hasn't really been mistaken for anything. People can't even think of a breed that he looks like, so they just don't try.

[Sophist]

With my blue tri beagle, the guesses tend to be pretty accurate, with people sometimes mistaking her for a basset.

With my lemon and white beagle, I get all kinds of fun stuff. I get the same line some other people have mentioned here "That breed doesn't come in that color!" Even though he has excellent conformation for a pet/field beagle, people refuse to believe that's what he is. They usually guess JRT. I have also heard corgi mix, 'puggle', Golden retriever or yellow lab mix (I guess those are the only yellow/gold colored dogs they can think of, because there's no other resemblance) and baby pit bull (from people who apparently have never seen real pit bull vs. small hound heads before).

With my fiancee's mystery mutt, the most common guesses are corgi (and she is colored just like one) and pom (she's got a somewhat pom-ish head, but the body is nowhere close) and chihuahua (I don't see any resemblance). Hard to laugh at those guesses too much, though, since all we can do is guess, too.

[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.

[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).

[Alysser]

Where do I begin lol?
Ok, Sassy has been mistaken for a Westie, Bichon, Shih Tzu, Poodle, Cairn Terrier, Corgi( ), Chi, a purebred JRT, Poodle mix, JRTxWestie mix, ect. There are so many things she's been mistaken for. Since when are JRT's pure white and furry like Sassy? A majority of people call her a poodle though. Someone once asked me is she was a STANDARD poodle. I can't even believe it.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Someone asked if Lily was a Chihuahua.. and Roxy's gotten all sorts of things..