So I'm trying to Guess...

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    So I'm trying to Guess...

    This is JD. He'll be 3 in August. I saw his mom when I picked him up (she was a PB GSD)
    They said he dad just wandered in...they said lab..not sure I really believe it.
     
    This picture was taken in 2005.

    This one was taken about a month ago while he was taking up the habit of being a mountain dog...


    Any guesses. The vet and I back home both thought there may have been collie in there (or border collie...he's too damned smart for his own good!)
    But hubby thinks I'm wrong. Anyone?
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    I see almost all GSD in there, could even be GSD crossed with GSD X. Other than that I'm at a lost, I could see lab with thoes ears not being fully erect but I just don't know. He really is a good looking dog[;)]
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    That schnozz looks Dobe or Collie...but I'm leaning towards Dobe.
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    I should mention too that he's not very large. Hubby is only 5' 10". JD is about 60-65 pounds and not overly tall.
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    Im seeing GSD x GSDx Kelpie...
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    I'd actually guess GSD x (GSD x Collie)- that head looks a LOT like a collie head, as do the semi-prick ears.


    Cait
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    ORIGINAL: Pwca

    I'd actually guess GSD x (GSD x Collie)- that head looks a LOT like a collie head, as do the semi-prick ears.

    Cait


     
    That's what I was thinking, too.
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    Seems like a collie cross would be bigger? I'd believe BC cross. Or maybe one of the more petite Aussies. Or a cross thereof.
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    BC cross could be it, but sable being so predominant in collies, it would explain his color, too. And not all collies are giant- my foster boy Skye was around 55 pounds and almost exactly the same size- a lot of the 'pet bred' lines of collie are not huge. Heck, Mal's dad is 25" which is large but not giant by any means- but when you add on 5-6" of a typical rough coat all fluffed out on the neck and back, well, they LOOK a lot bigger... :P     
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    Thats what I had thought....looking at pictures of border collies...if I just altered the colours a bit it would be him
    Just some more I found I had uploaded I thought I'd share [:D]
     

    This would have been in ohh...Early 2006.
    And this one April 1 2005 *he was such a baby still! [:)]*

     
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    I agree with the GSD-BC guess. That last pic looks very Border Collie-ish to me. [:)]
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    Wow, he really does look like a BC.



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    Sable BC.



    Similiar ears:

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    I agree on the collie part.  It's possible the previous owners just got a glance at the father and assumed because it was a black dog that it was Lab.  Maybe dad was a solid black BC/Lab X?  I vote at least GSD/BC, more likely with some others in there as well.
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    Thanks guys! I'll have to show hubby! He didn't believe me. He was trying to say there was some husky or something. I just can't see that [:)] But you guys all think the same as I did [:D]
     
    *EEP! I just thought I'd share....I just looked out my living room window and the snow is blowing SIDEWAYS past the house! It looks nasty out there! And I get to go to work! WOO [8|]**