well not too old.... from back in 1999-2000 of my two dogs at the time.
The big black and brown one is Frank, a DobermanXAustralian Shepherd/Pitbull. he was not quite a year old in the bottom pic and the only other changes he went through as he got older was he got a bit taller, and he didnt have as much black on him, though he started life as looking like a pure bred rotti lol
i knew both parents too, thats how i know his breeding. his mom belonged to the landlord's son. she was a brindle dog with an underbite and no tail, but was Aussie size and her pups always had tails of different lengths and also randomly carried brindle markings. the coolest ones were the black and tans with brindling in the tan.. never had seen that before... her owner's vet said she was Welsh Corgi mix... but i never could see it..
Frank's dad was the doberman that lived next door to us. the breeding was a complete accident and since he was a more responsible man that the landlord's son, he got his Doberman neutered ASAP.
And the little one is Maggie, a SheltieXCollie mix... we saw a flyer at a farm/feed store for "free border collie X pups" and my mom is a collie fan.. so we went to check them out. this woman, nice as she was, hadnt a clue about dogs...... she said the mother was border collie (she wasnt. she was a B&T sheltie. you cant confuse the two unless you've never before seen a BC in your life!) and said the dad was a sheltie(the dad looked like an English Shepherd with standard collie markings and coat and drop ears)
all the pics i have of Frank as an adult are on polaroid snaps and cant find them anywhere.... but his tail was shaped like a question mark that arced over his back and his hind feet had double dew claws.
and here's a pic of Maggie as an adult giving my 80 lb American Bulldog a run for her money... nice size comparison eh? who'd have thought that fluffy fur face would get so big seeing as how she's half sheltie!?
anyway i felt like sharing them.
a lot of people come through here asking what breeds their dogs are and these two "mutts" are usually what causes a lot of my insane guesses on breeds lol
if i hadnt seen their parents myself i'd have said Frank was a BeagleXSpaniel and that Maggie was just a farmbred border collie. her weirdest quirk was her howling.... she'd howl after every meal and every night at 3am on the dot.....