Help with guessing the breed! (image heavy)

She really reminds me of a German pinscher, though that's pretty unlikely. 

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Maybe a Min Pin mix?  Hmm...  She's a cutie, whatever she is!

I too thought that she looks a lot like the German Pinscher but we are in MN and I think they are rare here. The shelter I got her from told me she was a Min Pin/ Black Lab mix. But I don't think the breeding is possible due to their size differance. Maybe Min Pin and a slightly larger black terrier?

I think she definately had a purebred Min Pin mom due to her being docked and dewclawed at birth.

There are some shots where her ears remind me of Dachshund ears.  There's something houndy about her.  Obviously, something a bit more long-legged in there, too:-))   

The second pic does make her look Dachsundy but it's only because it was taken from the top exagerating her body lenght and making her legs appear shorter.

I have a silly question. Is it possible for a small breed like Min Pin to have puppies with a large breed like a Lab?

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I too thought that she looks a lot like the German Pinscher but we are in MN and I think they are rare here. The shelter I got her from told me she was a Min Pin/ Black Lab mix. But I don't think the breeding is possible due to their size differance. Maybe Min Pin and a slightly larger black terrier?

She doesn't look like a lab mix to me, but the breeding is more than possible.

I always thought that small breeds like say chihuhua and large breeds like great dane are unable to breed with each other (only maybe by artificial insemination) due to the huge size differance.

It is definitely possible for a Min Pin male to breed to a Lab bitch.  She might lie down or he might stand on a foot stool.  Don't laugh--I have heard of it more than once!

I agree with the "Weiner Pin" mix.  Hmmm...a new designer breed?  LOL Seriously, this is one cute kid! 

I guess it is possible with a foot stool , but that's in the case of male being the smaller breed, but how about male being the larger breed?

Martini must have had a purebred Min Pin for a mother, I'm sure of that because why would she have her tail and dewclaws done like a Min Pin then? It's the dad who is the mistery. He must have been all black and larger than Min Pin due to Martini being way over Min Pin size(she's 26 pounds), she is also missing the Min Pin rust markings.

My guess is that it was an accidental breeding female being a Min Pin. The owners thought that the pups being very small and black at birth thought that they looked like purebred Min Pins so they did their tails and dewclaws, but as time passed the pups grew bigger than their mom and were given away as mutts. I know silly story but it makes sense.

i think some people just dock to dock. My friend has a rott/lab mix that has been docked. He is not purebred, and i don't think he was mistaken for one. Martini is a cutie, by the way.

Thanks for all your opinions. I wonder why people think that she has a Dachshund in her.  It must be the pictures because she looks nothing like a Dachshund in real life. Most people we meet think that she's a Lab mixed with a smaller terrier but not a Dachshund. We have a lot of black Labs and black Lab mixes round here! ..... Is the double coat of a black Lab a dominant trait? She doesn't have a double coat.

Here's a few more pics of her

Here is Martini when we first brought her home. She was skinny and looked bad.

Almost everything about her reminds me of my girlfriend's Min Pin with the absence of rust markings and her larger size.  I can see where people might assume there is some dachshund in her because Min Pin's faces and coloring really resembles that of short-haired dachshunds.  I do see the possibility of lab or some other retreiver, but it is very hard to determine mixed breeds just by looks.