Another "what is it?" question

[Alasse]

But where would the brindle come from?
That's what's got me stumped!

I'm not sure its brindle....it could be colouring coming through from the chow mum if she were a pale colour (fawn or cream maybe)

[IShowDogsForFun]

I would say mastiff/chow

[black and brindle]

He's a true brindle, at least on his head and legs - where each fur has more than one color. Fur on his body is sort of dirty brown color. I think he's too small for a mastiff - 35# at 5 months should be maybe 70-80# grown up. Also I'm not sure how many mastiffs are running around loose to get involved in a random breeding. Unless you mean mastiff as a type (like newfs, pyrs etc).

He's probably more than 2 breeds - we wondered about Akita too - would fit the brindle, narrow face and he has more of an Akita tail than a Chow tail. And his puppy coat is fluffy but not really long. But those ears are never going to stand up and neither Akitas nor Chows do "fetch"

COULD he have any newf in him? Do newfs fetch? (I mean they retrieve people out of the water don't they?)

[Karen]

Absolutely Newfs will fetch - especially when there is water involved! I do see Newf in his family tree somewhere, but it's certainly a tree of many branches!