DumDog
Posted : 6/9/2007 9:33:25 PM
i agree on the blocky head, but did anyone else notice the SLIGHT tan markings on his face [
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i'm just gonna guess because i am not all that familiar with crossing breeds myself but it SEEMS that the dropped ears are a more dominant trait than the shepherd's upright ears (forgot the showring term for it)
BUT i knew a guy that had a GSD/Doberman mix that had the wildest ears though. he was a saddle back but had a dobie body, and his ears looked like he could take flight any second. they didnt flop down, but they didnt quite stand up either.... and when he ran around or moved.. they danced!
and a lady i used to work with adopted a shelter dog that was dobie shepherd, though his papers said lab mix... but he was black and tan with a dobie body but the ears were the same weirdness as the dog i just mentioned. the they stood straight up but the tips fell backwards.
i have still met more lab/shepherd mixes (or so they claimed to be) that had lab ears. and
most terriers have pricked or rose or dropped ears. some stand up, but none that look like this guy!
sometimes i am tempted to go work at a shelter just so they will identify the dogs properly. telling someone this is a lab/terrier is like telling someone a jalapeño is a chocolate donut.
i think some do it just to save the lives of controversial breeds and give them a new start because that shelter wont let them go if they are indeed
that controversial breed, but its damaging all the same. breeds are different in many ways, and to call one by another name can be dangerous when people expect one behaviour and get another.
labs dont act like terriers dont act like shepherds.
[:'(] liars