DumDog
Posted : 4/11/2007 8:05:34 PM
i wonder what made the shelter people think Dane.... or any purebred.
most people that would leave a dog to starve to death itself in an apartment wouldnt have access to such breed mixes. true it does happen, but i dunno. i just find it hard to believe. I know there are dane mixes and RRB mixes, but i say prove it... unless you bred them yourself or met at the very least the mother, then you're only guessing.
its possible he's just a large generation of mutts. little of this, little of that. there probably hasnt been a pure bred in his lineage for sometime.
And until he is grown, you'll never even come close. so many breeds have these traits as puppies. Shepherds, Danes, Mastiff and Bull Mastiff, Am Staff, Grey Hound, not to mention several other hound breeds, and then there is the possibility of Doberman. I once had a doberman mixed with who knows what his mom was. I knew his dad, he lived down the block. a friend own the mother.. she looked like maybe beagle/shepherd/collie but who knows. the puppies those two created were interesting. one of them had dobie markings but was silver instead of tan. and some looked like this guy, same ears and everything. and they got to be very LARGE dogs.. well... the puppy i got did. he was very cool and calm. laid back and just went with the flow. He was one of those dogs that surprised people. they would look at him and think he was a big mushy lover boy... but that was until they got too close to me. he was my body guard.
anyway, your pooch is way too adorable and i'm glad you rescued him! i REALLY love the picture of him with the helmet too, you should take that one again with some better lighting though, its hard to see those great big puppy dog eyes [
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