Ok dog breed experts let me hear your best guesses - we don't' and will never know exactly
He is just shy of 29” at the withers and is slightly taller than long (28”). He has a long thin tail that is UP or out most of the time. It is rarely down. His current weight is 106.8lbs and I think it is a great weight for him. His chest measures 41”. His hind quarters are ripped.
His coat is very, very short and is a very dark black/brown brindle, the hair down his spine and tail is slightly longer. The white on his chest is two different types – the lower part is very sparse and white hair, his neck is much fuller hair with some ticking. The skin under all of it is pink with black spots. His feet are spotted and have white on them. Some nails are black, some clear.
He is a very slight underbite. He does have a ‘soft’ mouth. His jaws are super powerful. His eyes are amber/yellow. His ears are very thin, thinner than a lab. His legs are thinner than a labs too.
He rarely barks, howls if you do (or if you play trumpet), and makes a bizarre noise when he trees a cat.
He has hare type feet with the middle two toes longer than the others and what I would term partially webbed feet – I am not an expert on this terminology so I hope this info is correct.
He is very driven – be it prey, play, work, whatever he is intense and focused. He is hunting/sniffing/searching all the time. He does not relax outside EVER, he works. Favorite prey are waterfowl, deer, moles and cats although anything that moves is game. He often carries (and chews) sticks on his walks.
He is not food motivated – this is a dog that just yesterday on our walk was sniffing the ground and went right over the remains of a chocolate bar as if it weren’t there, something else was his interest. This is normal. Spill food all over the kitchen and he won’t even try to eat it. Give him something new and he will carefully inspect it, nibble at it and decide whether he will eat it.
He is not biddable, is independent, confident, high energy, not concerned with pleasing you, very bright, and has a great nose. He points since a pup. His is very agile for a dog his size and is super aware of the what ground he is on. He loves to leap.
He loves Frisbee, running with the bike or trotting along on a run/walk, favorite game is ‘find it’, and loves to swim if there are waterfowl to chase. Fetch is not something he will play for more than 2-3 throws. He loves to be on the move, when we first got him he was about 12-14 weeks old and we would walk him 2 miles at a time 2 times a day and he would look at you like is that all?
He loves people and loves dogs.
Not sure what else I can say about it that would help. I do not know his mix and as he has grown it has become more of an conundrum thus this post. These pictures in the link below I was amazed at the shoulder area which has developed in the last year or so.
Body pictures here
chest shot
face
pardon the drool