Needing breed ID help

    • Gold Top Dog

    Needing breed ID help

    Hey, all.  I am needing to register the pound puppy I adopted a few months ago with the city.  They want breed info so I was hoping you all could give me some help.
     
    She is 4 months old in these picks and 31 pounds.
     

     

     

     

     

     
    Thanks for any help you can give.
    • Gold Top Dog
    My best guess would be a mixture of boxer/pitt bull, although depending on where you live it could possibly be dogo argentino but I dont know very much about that breed to tell. 
    • Gold Top Dog
    She looks A LOT like a Dogo Argentino...
    [linkhttp://www.dogo.org/images/Decio005.jpg]http://www.dogo.org/images/Decio005.jpg[/link]
    • Gold Top Dog
    APBT/American Bulldog?

    I DEFINITELY see pit in her, I guess American bulldog because of her body and ears.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Gina, I thought that too,,,but wouldn't it be really strange to find a dogo argentino in an animal shelter? I thought they were still a pretty rare breed.
    • Gold Top Dog
    [linkhttp://www.dogo-argentino.com/imagens/galeria/galeria042.jpg]http://www.dogo-argentino.com/imagens/galeria/galeria042.jpg[/link]
     
    Depends...
    I assume some parts of the country have quite a few...they've gained a big following here in the states. There was an episode of Animal Precint where they had to rescue an abandoned Cane Corso...which is a really rare breed...super expensive....so people do strange things at times!
     
    The longer back and deep body, along with round heavy bone, and high set short ears (likely normally cropped) really don't look anything like a Pit cross to me, they contribute to her looking quite "typey" and like a breed rather than a mix. There are no ill fitting parts or awkward conformational things.
     
    She could be a paid for purebred that was lost or stolen....or someone read about the breed or was told they were aggressive or some drivel and panicked...didn't like the pup jumping on thier kids, etc. Could even be that they were told No Dogo's by the city or place they lived...it happens...sadly more and more often.
     
    I could also be completely wrong...but my spidey sense tells me she is a Dogo...time will have to bear that out as far as temperament or how she turns out looking as an adult. The puppy in the pic is about her age.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Dogo is what popped in my head too.  Doesn't someone on this forum have one?
    • Gold Top Dog
    Dogo was what I thought too....
    • Gold Top Dog
    ditto the dogo.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Thank you all so much.  The first thing I thought when I saw her in the shelter was Dogo as well.  You are correct that it would be a rare find, but she was found in central Kansas and I know they are quite popular in Oklahoma, so it is not too much of a stretch that puppies could be available there.  I was looking into getting a Dogo puppy but the wife and I decided to adopt a shelter animal instead.  Needless to say I was exstatic when we came across Luna.
     
    I also really want to thank Gina for her post.  Very discriptive and thought out. 
    • Gold Top Dog
    I see American Bulldog as well.  On Petfinder.org, there are tons of white AB's that have this exact look. 
    • Gold Top Dog
    Wait. I just looked up dogo argentinos and found some without their ears cropped and they DO look like her.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Definately Dogo to me..too much bone and body to be a pit
    • Gold Top Dog
    I've not seen an AB with anything less than a huge wide head with flews galore. Her head is nice and neat with tight lip, very disctict look and IMO very unlike that of an AB...it's not too big for her body. She's also not wide across the front and sort of bowlegged like most AB I've seen via photos or at shows. Even pet quality dogs have this wide between the ears head...so...
     
    I'm sticking with Dogo, lol! [sm=proud.gif]
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'm thinking Dogo.