wow, just what i've been looking for:)

He looks either lab/pit or border collie/pit or a mixture of the three to me..

I see border collie in there maybe some lab. cute!

I see a Pit mix, too. Adorable!

I'm gonna go with Border Collie/Pit.  Very cute!!  Do you have any standing pictures?

I say he's a lab/pit mix maybe with some border collie as well.  He's really cute whatever he is.

thanks for your replies...i took more pictures yesterday, so i will get them posted soon!  sister looks like a little lab.  we've been leaning towards lab/border collie mix or lab/gsp mix...these two are the ones we have kept out of 7 we found abandoned 
i can't believe people do that[:@]

side view                                                   female littermate (runt) the only one who looks like this...
the rest look like this
with varying degrees of black and white
2 females were mostly white
1 other male and female was mostly black with with
freckled paws
1 female black with freckled chest and legs
 
all showed retriever instinct and "herdiness" (is that a word, lol)
all also excel in the hide and seek game.  all have also been quick to learn, easy to housetrain, etc.
i sometimes see alot of "shepherd" in snoopy (my black and white male that is the first picture posted!)
thanks for all the info...i've been looking, reading, learning...i want to have an idea of their predominate breed to help me decide what things they might excel in! 

ahh, the pictures didn't come thru...

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side view
 
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female littermate (runt)

The sister does look very lab but it is common for littermates to have separate fathers.

The side view of Snoopy looks very BC but the face and body does look a little more boxy than a BC so I would guess possable lab or like others say could be pit, hard to say. With mixes you just have to learn the behavor of the dog to understan what they will excel in, going by breed guesses is difficult, even within each breed you will have dogs that excel in what they were bred to do and some who don't follow the bred standards. Either way he's sure a lucky dog to have you who cares for him.[]

i guess i knew the science behind separate fathers, but being the first "litter" i've ever "had", i had never thought about the concept, lol.  i think it's been fun and funny seeing their personalities develop, etc.  the other male dog was the first to get adopted and he has been very laid back...the next 2 to be adopted were the mostly white females...they have been very outgoing.  the next 2 (we had already decided by this point to keep these 2) took longer to get adopted...the person who adopted one of those is fostering the other  one of those had "herding" instinct and the other was THE BEST at playing hide and seek.  these 2 are also very different.  the female is very fast and athletic.  i would love to see how she would do in flyball, agility, or even lure coursing!  (i think she would love it!)  snoopy is not as athletic and seems to be a tracker...maybe also a weight puller.  we'll see!
thanks for everyone's info!
 

as i read others posts/threads, i think of info that might help...they are approx. 4-41/2 mo. old per the vet.  snoopy weighs 32 1/2 pounds and ruby 30.  the vet couldn't believe there was less than 3 pounds between them.  he looks like he would outweigh ruby by 10 lbs!  ruby has dainty paws while snoopy has huge paws!  IF he grows into them, we'll have a whopper!

border collie, pit, lab
cuteness!!!

i know this is way out on a limb, but everytime i'm looking at breeds pics, the greater swiss' body/legs/chest/feet remind me of snoopy so much!  not the head, but the body.  any other breeds with similar bodies/legs/chest/feet?
(i know those are rare, certainly none in my immediate area, however, we felt like these pups did not come from our area...we know most all the dogs around here and the road we found them on has 3 counties that could access it, one county with a larger city, so we think someone brought them in and dropped them.(