Dog Anatomy Question

**BOBS DAD** · 02-28-2006, 03:31 PM

My friend was meeting my new dog Bob (you've seen him on here before) for the first time and like everyone, he asked, "what kind of Dog is he?" I explained that he was a rescue dog and we weren't really sure what he was. I also said that we got a lot of helpful insight from others and a lot of guesses from Pet Talk members, but we were just as unsure in the end, cause BOB - like a lot of mixes - looks similar to many breeds.

He was petting Bob and was looking at his ear - and wanted to show me something. He showed me this flap (a sort of butterfly fold) at the base of his ear. He told me that hounds (Beagles, Bassets, etc) had this. I checked Ginger (my Beagle) and sure enough she had one of these. BUT I wonder, maybe ALLL DOGS have these and you never really notice. Not something you go up to your friends dogs and start pulling on their ears looking for.

Let me know if you know what I am referring to (see my rough drawing - not very good as I did it with a mouse on the computer screen), and what you know about it - hounds versus any ol' dog, etc.

**JenBKR** · 02-28-2006, 03:47 PM

Roscoe has something like that, but, like Bob, he is a mix and I don't know what all he is mixed with. I believe that he has german shepherd ears though, and he has a flap like what you are describing (funny you should mention this, I just noticed it the other day). I don't know how common it is though.

**gemini9961** · 02-28-2006, 03:51 PM

I am pretty sure my Maggie has one of those so-called flaps. She is Rat Terrier/Maltese mix. I will double check when I get home but I think she is the only one. Hopefully some other PT'ers with a little more knowledge will chime in on this one because I find this question interesting.

**lizbud** · 02-28-2006, 04:35 PM

I think I know what you're talking about & Maggie (Lab/Shep mix)
has ears like that, but Smokey (Shep/Dobie mix) does not. It feels
funny when you first discover them.