JQP and breeds

A lot of people think that Maddi is at least part wolf, which, like Candace, I understand to a degree (because of movies using Mals and what-not as wolves)... no one has said anything bad about her though [].

The shelter where I got Bailey (which I now work at lol) said she was catahoula...?[&:]

ORIGINAL: loveukaykay

The shelter where I got Bailey (which I now work at lol) said she was catahoula...?[&:]

 
Yeah I guess I could see how they might think that. I love Catahoula's! Around here if people have a mix they cant indetify they just call it Catahoula so they can still make a profit off of the dog since they are kinda rare. Its sad but almost funny at what people will do.

My dogs have been called...
labradoodles
chocolate labs (with winter coats)
weims
vizslas
ridgebacks

smooth coat collie for my corgi
 
LMAO

ORIGINAL: darci

smooth coat collie for my corgi

LMAO

I guess that means we're getting more popular.  Funny that people can't recognize the REAL smooth collies!

The 2 badsenjis and the malinois were peering through the screen door when the service man asked if "that" was a dingo.  I had to ask which dog he was talking about.  Evidently malinois look like dingos.
 
The basenjis have been confused for so many things I forget all of them.  Here are a few memorable ones:
 
Akita ( this the most recent)
JRT's
Chihuahua
Shiba Inu
Pitt mix (the brindle basenji)
a Fox (not even a dog)
a small deer  [sm=eek.gif]
 
Of course my tri-ing basenji mistakes himself for a Bernese Mnt dog.

Talus has been called a shar-pei, a rhodesian ridgeback, a pitt bull,
a boxer, and the best one of all...an english bulldog...
 
We must be reading the wrong breed books....

I love this! I am constantly asked if my black GSD is a great dane/lab mix, gsd/ great dane mix, gsd lab mix, or a belgian sheepdog. When i reply that he is a purebred GSD, they give me a strange look and usually say, "GSDs are black and tan." oookay... with my ridgeback i often get boxer, bullmastiff, or my all-time favorite, razorback. I am also often asked if my ridgeback is angry, since his hair is standing up. How do ya like my lab???

I had someone once tell me that Cooper looks like a giant jack russell...I just walked away!

Even dog-savvy people have asked if Trudy (see avatar) is a dal mix, a border collie mix,  or a Springer mix. She's a field-bred English Setter and they look very different from the bench variety. 
 I must admit that when an agility person asks if she is a BC mix, I'm flattered.  She is a pistol on the agility course. When I do meet someone who is familiar with field type (Llewellin) E. Setters, they act as if we are long lost twins and spend time telling me stories about their setter.
People have asked if my English Pointer, Grace (see photo) is a pit mix, a coon hound, or a fox hound.  There is a lot of hound in pointers, I guess, but pit!!??

I've had people mistake Scout for a greyhound. Well he is gray don't you know!!!
 
Also, I find it funny how some people pronounce weimaraner:
 
Wein-er-heimer
Weimar-runner
Weis-en-hemer (i love this one)
Weener-meiner
Winer-miner
--the list is endless....
 

Oh, I forgot my favorite.  I'm walking my first basenji, a red/white female.  Someone comes up to me and asks "What is that?"
 
Should I say "dog", "basenji" or "my genetics experiment gone awry"?
 
I guess if my basenji could be a pittie, your pointer could be.

I really never know about the pron. of Weim - my hubby took German all through grad school and I followed his lead (anglicizing the "W") and it stuck in my head - I could be causing hysterical laughter behind my back - I'm not even sure it's German (uh, is it?).  WY-muhr-ah-nuhr is about how I say it.  I've never had anyone correct me - are they just being polite? []

This is a topic of perennial discussion among working BC people. Here's my young dog's grandma, Zip - what breed do you suppose she is?



There is no way that this dog's owner would win an argument on the street that started, for instance, "But Border collies are supposed to be black and white."  It's perfectly understandable and somethng we are willing to put up with.  Working is what makes a Border collie what they are after all, and JQP can't see this in a dog just strolling down the street (same dog above in the state championships this weekend - she finished third overall):

Thats how I say it, I think youve got it right.
 
OMG reading that list of ways people say it was too funny!!  And razorback!