Get a cat. Live free.
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Clearly Sandy is an American Doghair.
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Who cares, I am just a sucker for big brown eyes and four paws. Yes I have two Jack Russell Terrorists, and have had various other breeds as companions, they are all wonderful!
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In a country that contains a vast population of human mutts we should celebebrate the interesting doggie combos who share our lives.
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Why assume that the ancestry of a (so-called) "mixed-breed" dog consists of some combination of "pure breeds"? Isn't it plausible that there are some dogs who have no "pure-bred" ancestors at all?
Methinks "mixed-breed" is a misleading term. I prefer "generic dog".
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Reminds me of the day we chatted with neighbors who had recently had DNA analysis of their rescue dog and discovered that, though we all assumed she was a majority Lab mix, she was actually was pit bull and border collie with no Lab at all!
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MY Poodle is better looking, more intelligent and more loving than any dog. Period.
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You really can't tell by just looks.
That's one reason why the whole "pit-bull" ban is silly. The breeds often thought of as "'pit bulls" can produce mixed breed offspring that don't "look like" what people think of a pit bull and dogs that look less like one turn out to be an actual descendant of a pit bull type breeds.
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I think this is a fair example of what could be a front for demographic knowledge profit, which is a problematic token to privacy. The results from this survey could triage a catastrophe that it started.
Recent FB viral post was of goofy names for dog mixes. My favorite wasn't in the list, but was added by a friend in the Comments: bichon frise + Scotty dog = biscotti.
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I haven't done a DNA test yet, but I'd bet any amount of money that my beautiful rescue dog is predominantly poodle and bichon frise. He displays all the best qualities of both, and to me is pretty close to being the perfect dog. He's insanely intelligent, (like a very smart child), intuitive, loving, affectionate, extremely happy and joyful all the time, loves ALL people, playful, obedient, so easy to train... I could go on forever. He's irreplaceable.
The test is tough because I'm really only familiar with about half the dogs on the list, so when I looked at the various dogs' features, my mind immediately went to that small group in my head, making me choose some of the same breeds again and again (Chihuahua for any dog with a certain shaped skull and snout, etc.). I'm sure I didn't do that well, but that should be informative to the researchers. I can't wait to be emailed my results.
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Dogs, that I can't figure out are given the new title, Dog of Mystery (move over Austin Powers). Once it was a St. Bernard/Yellow Lab mix which looks and (sorta) behaved like a Great Pyrennes. Without the sheep. Another was a Black Lab/Whippet mix which would run the entire circumference of a local park with my Whippet. The Lab/Whippet would go through all the puddles, my guy would leap over them and could really run so much faster. They had a great time so many years ago.
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Standard Poodles love water and were bred to hunt. Our Labdoddle reaches mid thigh, weights 85 pounds and combines the best of the dominant two. The fur/hair distinction is true. His hair does not shed, needs clipping and washing.
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We had two standard poodles including one from the greatest poodle breeder of them all, Wendell Sammett. They both hated going in the water, and refused to do so.
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I had a very beautiful book that illustrated about 50 dog breeds. My smooth haired collie ate it.
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I also studied dog breeds for years. My friend (a cat person) was amazed one day when I identified a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever in a nearby park. I was too.
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I think they should compare the DNA of the dog to it's owner, to see if we can understand why dogs start to look like their people.
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My dog owns me. I guess I look like my dog.
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It’s exactly the other way around: people start looking like their dogs.
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I actually think it's the other way around;)
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I'm in!
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I guessed Chow Chow for the all the pups with purple tongues, regardless of their features. Tough and long survey.
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I think Maxine in a Papillon/pomeranian
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I guessed the same thing!
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I, too, once had a proud Schipperke moment when I identified the owner of a runaway dog in Aspen, CO, based only on having read she owned a Schipperke. And, like the writer, I believe that makes me an expert on all things dog. :)
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All of our dogs were mutts, starting with ones we would buy at a local pet shop for $5. We would pick ones that were the same color as the carpet in the house.
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Such lovely pups!
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PLEASE!! Do not buy a dog!!
Thousands upon thousands of perfectly nice adoptable dogs are killed in shelters every day. New York City euthanizes dogs seven days a week! Many bewildered trusting pets are surrendered when apartment leases preclude pets.
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I used to study the American Kennel Club book when I was a kid also!
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I just think dogs are the bomb!
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Don’t waste your time with their dog breed guessing game (at least past the first three). They collect your information, but will not tell you anything about your choices after it’s over.
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Focus. The article clearly stated that results would be emailed in about two months.
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Allow plenty of time. The survey is very long! https://iaabcprojects.org/survey/
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"like 'hair, not fur' .... These are clues to people who actually know something about dogs."
If you know something about dogs then you know that "hair" and "fur" are two different words for the same thing (keratin chains). The inbreeders try to make more money by pretending otherwise, and creating a fiction that their inbreds are special.
Other such scientifically debunked nonsense includes "hypoallergenic" (there is no such thing) and "non-shedding" (they shed into their own coats, which is still shedding). Never trust an inbreeder.
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Hair grows continuously and needs to be cut occasionally. Poodles are an example.
Fur is more like eyelashes: the individual hairs reach a certain length, and then shed. Anyone who owns pugs knows about fur.
I'm not sure what you mean by "they shed into their own coats". As far as I can tell, they shed into the rugs, dark clothing, sofas and chairs, dinner, and the bedroom pillows.
We love them anyway.
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Hair and fur are very different. Fur insulates against cold. Hair doesn’t. If humans had fur instead of hair we wouldn’t need clothing.
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Dog hair isn't a problem. It's a condiment!
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I took my current rescued dog, Doodles, home when he was a 3-month-old puppy. He had been advertised as a mini-dachshund mix and given his long ears and prominent nose that wasn't necessarily a bad guess. I was looking for a dog that was part, but not fully, dachshund because my previous rescue the mini-dachshund Noodles developed a bad back and Cushings---both diseases associated with inbreeding of dachshunds. I had Doodles DNA screened by Mars Vet to ensure that if there would be any diseases associated with his parentage I'd know about them. Here are the results. You need to go back to Doodles's great-grandparents to find any pure breeds and they are one Scottie, one Australian Cattle Dog, one Beagle, one American Stafforshire Terrier and four mixed breeds. In other words, Doodles is a mutt (or Mars Vet got the test results all wrong :-) ) A sweet 27 lib mutt, but nonetheless probably a mutt, who, I hope, will live a long and happy life free of any in-breeding diseases.
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