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Posted : 8/14/2006 4:04:40 PM

She certainly has Aussie-ish ears. The brindle gene is extremely rare in Aussies, but IMO, would now be likeliest to show up in working style dogs, which would be moderately coated. There are a self-reds and self blacks among the working Aussies, unlikely in the show types, as they are bred for those gorgeous white collars, and the self colors are not prized.
The spotted tongue could be from many different breeds, not just the Chow, and if she is a Chow mix, I suspect it is more than a generation back. If you are in the South, there are a few brindle breeds that no one has yet mentioned as "suspects" in her ancestry, such as the Tennessee Treeing Brindle (those genes would shorten the coat a bit), which is a hunting dog that just might be out and about unsupervised and unspeutered.
At any rate, she is a true beauty.

Soph_n_Sas

Posted : 8/14/2006 7:32:19 PM

Thanks to all for your input and comments. Gina H., you sound like you know a thing or two about breeding (I'm sure that's an understatement!). My sister-in-law shows/breeds Belgian Turveren dogs and I see a little of that in Sas, too; maybe some kind of shepherd. At least when I stand her ears up straight!

Yup, Sophie is a newf. My nine year old baby girl. Once I figure out where's a good place to post pics on here I will share some more.

Thanks again!

Kristine

Lyndsay Dutka

Posted : 8/21/2006 4:42:59 PM

she looks like a blck chowchowX with an aussie

corvus

Posted : 8/22/2006 3:03:22 AM

I was going to suggest some Belgian Turveren. Her face kind of reminds me of them.

brookcove

Posted : 8/22/2006 8:41:34 AM

There is a Border collie breeder in Illinois whose dogs keep ending up in rescue, who has brindle BCs. Brindle is about on a par with merle in the Border collie, fairly rare but not unheard of. A friend just visited from New York who was fostering a really cool brindle dog with almost no white. Self color, which Gina mentioned, is VERY common, in fact, in BCs but can be picked up from the other parent since it's incompletely dominant.

Your dog could be a BC mix then with anything carrying the long coated gene (both parents must carry rough coat though both don't have to BE rough coated) - and self colored. She's got a lot of BCish look to her, really.

It's sadly true that most mixes are third or fourth generation, but I'm glad you rescued this girl! She's absolutely gorgeous.

Melaney B.

Posted : 8/22/2006 10:22:56 AM

I was thinking Bc too. The body-type looks like BC to me! it almost looks like she has some type of shepherd in her as well!

Xebby

Posted : 8/22/2006 10:40:54 AM

Very beautiful girl. My guess is just as good as any already mentioned. Without reading the comments I guessed Chow because of the tong and maybe some BC in there also, there is even a slight Gereman Shep look to her face. The brindle really threw me off but I guess it could happen to almost any breed when mixed. I kinda like to stick to common breeds when guessing because it seems unlikly that uncommon breeds get mixed in when allowed to breed freely.

sue fitzpatrick FITZPATRICK

Posted : 8/22/2006 4:11:09 PM

Norwegian elkhound or perhaps some keeshound with a whole lot of something else.
Very pretty and the colors are striking. The red and brownish brindling is a puzzler

Lori Haglund

Posted : 8/22/2006 7:21:50 PM

First thing I thought when I saw the front shot was a Belgian Turveren. The side view looks a bit different, though----so I am not sure anymore.

Guess The Breed!