brookcove
Posted : 3/3/2008 12:32:18 AM
It's actually the other way around - the golden color masks black, which the Golden Retriever can carry as a recessive color (ditto yellow labs). A black dog and a golden colored dog could have puppies that have as high as a 3 in 4 chance to be black colored, assuming the golden carried black.
He looks very collie-ish. That can come from actual collies, Shelties, Border Collies, English Shepherd - and even Beardies, believe it or not. The sighthound impression can come from the fact that there is sighthound in the very, very recent history of the Border Collie/collie/Sheltie/Bearded Collie.
My money is on Golden Retriever/sheepdog/something mix. I'm thinking you've got more than a couple breeds in there, most likely. It's kind of fun when it ends up looking like something rare and cool like a Flatcoated Retriever - you can tell everyone you've got a Mini version (they are fairly large dogs, doesn't look like Jack will quite make it to that size). I've got a Mini Leonberger - somebody on here called her a Teacup Leonberger. Since there's a possibility she really IS a Leo, just pathetically inbred and underfed - that's not quite as amusing as it could be. But still, it's funny to think of now that she's safe from all that.
Thanks for rescuing Jack!