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  • 09-01-2012 1:00pm
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    Purple Lemons
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    Good morning folks, just wondering if anyone in this forum could help me out.

    I have my dog Bella since she was an 8 week old pup and at 7 months old now, I still have no clue as to what breed she is :(

    Beautiful as she is, she's clearly not a full bred and I've asked both her vets for their opinions but they too have failed to answer the question.

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    mathepac
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    She seems to have the pretty, intelligent looking little head and eyes of a Jack Russell terrier but the ears and legs are wrong, more like a sheep-dog. What's her tail like? Very alert and engaging little dog from what I see in the pictures. Is she yappy and exciteable?


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    Kells...
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    JRT/Collie mix?


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    bfocusd
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    I think she kinda looks like a Doberman..

    http://www.google.ie/search?q=doberman&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-tgKT_6lDIW2hAfGw_GXCQ&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=320&bih=544#i=8


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    Purple Lemons
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    mathepac wrote: »
    She seems to have the pretty, intelligent looking little head and eyes of a Jack Russell terrier but the ears and legs are wrong, more like a sheep-dog. What's her tail like? Very alert and engaging little dog from what I see in the pictures. Is she yappy and exciteable?

    Long thick tail, fierce strength in it! Lost count of the number of time I've been whacked by it when I get home from work and she's excited after not seeing me for hours.

    She has the facial marking and ears of a doberman, not yappy in the slightest never barks or whinges just wacks the door/food bowl with her paw depending on what she wants.

    I've heard off a few that she could be a doberman/sheepdog cross but even though she's still but a pup, I think she's a wee bit to small to be that


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    Toulouse
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    Smooth Collie x?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_Collie


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    marijame
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    Kelpie cross as she's a lot smaller but the ears are very kelpie like


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    Purple Lemons
    Registered Users Posts: 5,547 ✭✭✭Purple Lemons


    marijame wrote: »
    Kelpie cross as she's a lot smaller but the ears are very kelpie like

    Just google imaged and I think you could be on to something there!



    Rufus-Side-on.jpg

    Sorry for the large pic but that's almost identical to my Bella, except her nose is a lot longer and she'd be quite a bit bigger than the pup in the picture


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    Zapperzy
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    The long neck and head sort of remind me I a sight hound (whippet, greyhound, saluki) but the bodies too heavy, perhaps there's whippet in there somewhere. I wouldn't be too focused on breeds, both parents could have been complete dolly mixtures and their parents and so on so forth.


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    Kali_Kalika
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Kali_Kalika


    I'm probably the worst guesser at guessing what a dog is - but a think a few of the previous posters might be onto something with the JRT/doberman line of thinking. And as someone else said (and I deem it a great guess/suggestion) that there may be more than 2 breeds going into the mix - both of her parents could have been mixed breeds as well so you could have a lot going on in her DNA.

    I had heard about this for awhile and a friend suprised me with it for Christmas - unfortunately the postal service wasn't as efficient as Santa and it still hasn't arrived :( But I'm definately looking forward to doing it with my girl and seeing what her results are. If you are on a budget its probably not as much of an option but if you have a few spare euros around to settle the debate for once and all - it would be a very interesting thing to have.

    http://www.dog-dna.com/


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