Mix breeds

Emma may be a mix. The world will never know. She acts 100% JRT and from her outward appearance, she could be a high content JRT mix, or a really poorly bred JRT. She's a poorly bred dog, regardless.... For a JRT, her coat is too soft, her legs are a smidge too short, her chest is too deep, and she has the "grizzle" pattern on her muzzle. They'd laugh at her in the conformation ring, or at a field trial (her chest is too big to fit in a fox hole), but she hunts like crazy above the ground. *shrugs*

I've noticed that in playing, Max tends to act like a Boxer in that he boxes other dogs. When people ring the doorbell, he sounds like a Mastiff, and he protects the house. But, when they come in, he's got a pittie wiggle butt. He can't decide whether he should jump up to see them, or if he should roll on his back for a belly rubb.
My old dog Betty, who was mostly lab, and a little bit border collie, or so we suspected, had the energy level of a border collie. She needed 5-10 miles of walking a day, or she would be out the door to take herself for the walk. That dog could go all day and never get tired. She'd return from her 2 trip around the neighborhood, and she would have been ready to go again right away if it weren't for the humans being tired. She was also rather un-lab-like in that she was very dog aggressive, although the border collie wouldn't explain that. It was just that most people did not expect that this dog, who looked like  a lab with white socks and some white on her chest, would be the epitome of dog aggressive, so it was more difficult to keep people from approaching than it is to keep them from approaching Millie.

Emma also herds, and is ivermectin sensitive, which are two things that make me wonder if there isn't a little Corgi or something in there along the lines. Of course, herding is only modified prey drive, and Emma is sensitive to everything, so you can't really say

My dog Tanker is so many different kinds of dog that you can't see any one identifiable breed.  I call him a mutt, son of mutts.  He also doesn't act like any one breed.

With my girl, Nikki, her personality is very Saluki while her looks are very Golden.  A lot of people think she's just an underfed Golden (which is funny because she could actually stand to lose some weight...her ribs aren't as easy to feel as they should be) because of her Saluki tummy-tuck, but her fur and overall appearance look very much Golden.  She is in no way as outgoing as a typical Golden though; she prefers her solitude and shows affection only on her terms - very subtly.  She likes her comfy beds and is very stubborn and submissive at the same time. 
 
Cairo on the other hand...well, he looks all Lab except for those silly legs!  His face is Lab, his body is Lab, but he's on these stubby, knobly little stick legs that are just hilarious and just about the only thing that gives away the Basset heritage.  He's a clown, and I'm not sure whether that came from the Basset or the Lab, or maybe even both.  He certainly howls like a Basset though..

Bernie is a boxer/something else mix! I definitely see the boxer in him. He does the Boxer kidney bean dance, and when he's excited he steps back and forth on his front legs in a funny sort of way. When he plays though, is all boxer. All paws, always slapping, and totally goofy.
 
I don't know what else he is mixed with but he sometimes can do a pretty good Border Collie stare impression. I don't think he has BC in him, maybe BC/x but that's what it reminds me of.

I'm not really clear on what George has in him.  He looks reminicent of a Bernese Mountain Dog, but short.  His head is kinda blocky like a Rottie, but other then that...
 
As for attitude, he is such a people dog and lover boy... He plays with his mouth a lot and is not a super fast dog, he's also kinda clumsy.  Definatley does not have the agility of a Border Collie.  He likes water but does not like to swim a whole lot, especially in choppy water.  (unlike a lab or golden who will swim in anything - just about)  I really have no idea what breed his behavior is like.  but, it is fun to guess.

Romy looks pure pit to a lot of people here on the board, but I think her muzzle is too long and narrow to be pure pit, plus she has so much loose skin, with longer hair around her shoulders and neck, and an undercoat like I've never seen on a pit!  I've always thought she was a pit/gsd mix or a boxer/gsd mix.  She looooves to be loved on, but she's very wary of strangers and sends out some pretty scary warning barks to people walking past the house.  She's very smart and very well behaved, except in a few areas - like rushing the door when people visit, and being crotchety with Winston.  She also does a cute little tap dance with her front paws when I make her sit when I come home from work. 

Winston is a mystery!!  He is the exact same coloring as romy, but he has a fluffier, longer coat.  His ears sit more forward like little traingles, like sharpei ears.  I think he also has GSD in him, maybe pit, and maybe australian shepard......maybe golden retriever.  I really don't know!  I just know that he's a SPAZ!  He has sooooo much energy.  He's very sweet though.  Always likes to see where I am.  He follows me around like a little duckling - when he's not playing chase with Romy through the house, of course.

Shadow is a lab/beagle mix, known parentage, and she's mostly beagle.  We don't see much lab in her.  She's 16 at the shoulder, bays like a beagle, hunts moles like a beagle, takes off after moving objects like a beagle...  heh...

the others are mutts of unknown.  Tasha is cattle dog something and she's loyal but cautious.  Kota is a pom mix and he's a barker!!  lol...  Pepper is a shepherd mix.  She likes to play and retrieves the best of the four of them.

When we got Wesley from the rescue, they told us he was a lab x flat coated retriever.  But, he is much more likely a lab x border collie...  He has the face of a lab, but the rest of a border collie, especially his personality.  He is touch and space sensitive, not a lab type who could have you step on his tail and just keep wagging.  He is not gregarious and is definitely not good with new people and is very snappy if anyone except my DH or I encroach on "his space".  He requires endless physical and mental stimulation and he herds, other dogs especially, and when he can't catch another dog, he goes for the tail []!
 
This is probably more true for people who get purebred dogs and expect them to conform tempermentally to the breed standard, but we were very "careful" in selecting our rescue pooch and got nothing similar to what we were looking for!  We have found it very difficult to adjust our lives to the needs of border collie type dog - especially one that was probably not well socialized as a puppy and has reactive issues (particularly since we were in the market for a super friendly, outgoing, lab type that would be followed in a few years by several children and for which the biggest challenge would be enough exercise - HA!!) - but, you gotta "love the one you're with" and do the best you can!! 

As far as mixes with Lola go...just about anything shaggy goes!
 
I do think she has a fair amount of Bearded collie in her, she has the "beardie bounce" that the breed is known to have.
 
Shes a total love bug...and the other things she does are pretty much just Lola!  I cant really pin any one thing other than the bounciness on any breed.  She really is a very good little dog!

Yes. Though he may not look just like "Demon" from "Snowdogs", Shadow is very much a husky in temperment and metabolism and some physiology. Local owners of Siberians can see it in him. Just the other day, I took him to Canine Comissary in Plano, Tx and one of the clerks immediately spotted it in him. One lab breeder who has seen him has estimate him to be somewhere between 50 and 80 percent husky. None of what I knew about labs worked with him. When I started really learning about Siberian Huskies and applying that knowledge, then he responded, plus I now knew what to expect of him. Life got easier and he was happier. Since that is predominately what he is, regardless of coat coloration, that is why I've been headlong into husky stuff. He does do a few lab things. He has soft mouth (soft lips and pressure sensitivity, to not crush things in retrieval). He will point on prey. I've seen him follow a scent track on concrete in the rain. His ears do lop but he can also hold each ear up and sometimes, both simultaneously. Of course, the eyes. Brown is an eye color for both labs and huskies, but the light amber of his eyes is husky. The bushy tail, the short, pointed ears. His fur has several colors. Black, brown, red, white, and gray. His face is getting a siberian mask that makes him look like wolf dog. Marks of black, brown, and red, with some white showing around the eyes.
 
I believe part of the reason for a mix to be more like one breed than the other has to do with mtDNA, which comes from the mother or dam. For example, if you have a husky dam and a lab sire, your dog will be a husky with husky/lab appearance. The appearance will partly result from nDNA from both parents. Like a husky, Shadow is photosensitive. That is, fur grows or sheds depending on the length of daylight hours. He grows more fur in the fall and blows coat in the spring.

Boomer is a poodle and cocker spaniel mix.  From his fur, to his face to his long legs and the way he prances he's poodle.  But his ears are totally floppy cocker....as well as his aggresive bad attitude behaviour that he shows when I'm trying to take something away from him that he shouldn't have in his mouth!!

Bear(the black dog) is a chow mixed with a border collie, I think. 
 
I read a very neat article comparing Border collies and chows.  They are opposite in everyway, temperment, personality, intelligence. 
 
So I wonder if Bear is at odds at himself! 
 
Border Collie Traits
Loves to play
Herds The cats(Guided my cat back into the house when I let her out by accident)
Anticipates what I want from him
Affectionate
 
Chow Traits
Bonds to one person only
Very relaxed
Fights like a bear
 
 That's all I can think of right now