What do you think she is?

    • Gold Top Dog

    What do you think she is?

    The rescue said border collie/beagle mix.  I'm inclined to think they are right.  What do you think?





    • Gold Top Dog
    Maybe Beagle and Springer or Brittany?  I don't know that I see BC in there ...
    • Gold Top Dog
    Well, I know she's beagle for sure now.  Just heard her bark and there was no mistaking that beagle bray!
    • Gold Top Dog
    What a pretty girl!  The rescue probably said BC because of her coloring.  I can see the Beagle.  Personaly, I think she's Beagle/Pointer or maybe Beagle/Lab.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'd think if she was part Lab or Pointer she'd have more of a droopy muzzle, she doesn't seem to have any flews at all (that what they're called, the droopy lips?).  The slender muzzle and the tail looks sort of border collie in that first pic though it's sort of hard to tell because of the blur.  I wouldn't be surprised if she has BC in her, but she probably has more than just 2 breeds.
    • Gold Top Dog
    She acts all hound but I, too, thought that her muzzle is too pointy and slender for a hound. I'll try to get some better pictures today that show her face.  She probably is like my Tanker- mutt offspring of mutts- so we will never know with any certainty what her heritage is.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Here are shots of her skinny little muzzle.
     
     



    • Gold Top Dog
    I think her nose says collie. I think shes a collie/pointer mix. She's a doll! [:D
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'm usually terrible at the guessing game, but she looks like a BC/Beagle to me
    • Gold Top Dog
    I don't think she's a  part beagle unless she howls like one?
     
    I think she's Border Collie, Springer Mix
     
    Jennifer
    • Gold Top Dog
    I would look for bc behavior traits.  There is far more evidence of sporting or hounds behind this dog.  If you dont see bc behaviors (eye, reactivity to movement, curving patterns to a running approach around things) I would think there is minimal bc in the dog.  Attractive mix.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Honestly, the "herdy" stuff is usually the first thing to go when a BC is mixed with a non-herding dog. All those behaviors are so genetically fragile that it's hard to maintain it from generation to generation even when your breeding program gets a little unfocused (as seen in breeders whose purpose is producing pets, for instance, or simply random-bred dogs from BYB).

    There was a famous experiment where they crossed Newfoundlands and BCs. While many of the F1 pups exhibited what they considered to be Newfoundland behaviors, not one exhibited eye, or were in any way trainable on stock.

    I've seen plenty of confirmed BC mixes and very rarely are they recognizable via their behavior. Beagle/hound mixes in particular tend to favor the houndy side of their heritage.

    This pupper could be just about anything - terrier cross, sighthound F2, pointer, birddog F2, but it also looks very similiar to many BC hound crosses we see around here. Heck, it's only the ears and the poster's assurances that hound behavior is evident that makes me think "not purebred".

    What kind of dog do you think this is?

    http://tinyurl.com/g369a

    Same dog - purebred (very well bred, in fact) BC

    http://tinyurl.com/r6ytd

    Now imagine if this dog were crossed on a hound or bully breed and inherited no eye . . .you'd never know Daddy was a BC from top working lines.[;)]

    • Puppy
    Well this is my border collie/beagle, Reba Roo.

    This is her when she was 2 months.


    and 3 months...



    They look pretty similar don't they?
     
    and here's some more recent ones. 4 months. but they're fuzzy, sorry.

    • Puppy
    I have a male Border Collie / Beagle mix that was purchased from a pet
    store. Yours and mine could be twins!!!! PLEASE e-mail me. I would
    like to send you a couple of photos of "Buddy", who's going on 5.

    Joe "smoochpooch43"
    • Puppy
    Wow, i took one look at those pictures and i could've swore that dog was related to mine. i have no idea what lucky is but was told possibly border collie and pointer. He looks just like your dog.