Oddest comments people have made about your dogs

Aria is constantly mistaken for other breeds. We frequently have people asking if she's a Golden Retriever (twice by people who have had actual GRs with them). When we say that no, she's a yellow Lab, they always comment on how long her hair is.

She also gets mistaken for a crossbreed a lot (on account of her size). When we explain that she's only a puppy, there are still the occasional ones who look at us as if she's been mis-sold. In fairness, I do think she's going to end up being a small Lab - but a Lab nonetheless 😅

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meleeka said:
I often get asked how old my dog is, she’s 8. People assume she’s a puppy because she’s small for her breed (GSD).
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I get this too. Mine is a GSD x, but apparently looks like a young gsd. It's been a useful get out of jail free card in the past!

My favourite was the child who asked if she was a baby police dog :)
 
The ongoing questions over whether my baby GSD is a malinois culminated last week in an “I’d get that DNA tested if I were you,” from someone who really ought to know better.

Must admit that although I’d love a solid black I was put off by the thought of explaining for the next several years that no, the adult schipperke was not in fact its puppy. And of course no-one ever knows what he is.
 
I used to own a Manchester Terrier and was often asked why my Dobermann puppy wasn't docked. This was before docking was made illegal. Or I was asked where I got my black and tan Whippet from. People wouldn't beleive MTs were a breed😁

Since then, my Labradoodles have been called Afghans and Giant Schnauzers, the later I could understand more as I had Mini Schnauzers at the time
 
I often get told that my lad is a Sheltie. He’s the same height and similar colouring, but the similarities end there. I find it easier to give a vague smile as a ‘well, sort of…’, rather than try to explain that he’s a very short-legged rough collie / Jack Russell cross.
 
I got asked if mine was nasty.
"Er, why?"
"He's on a lead and the other two aren't"
"The other two don't belong to me and are not my problem!"
This was the first time I took him to the riding school and I didn't want him chasing horses or running on to the road. I was rather taken aback that someone would infer a dog was "nasty" simply because it was on a lead. Don't people walk dogs on a lead all the time?
 
I had a lovely neighbour who told me that my beagle was deaf (in fact all beagles were) because they didn't come when you called them and they had to navigate by smell. I found this rather sweet, despite the fact that my beagle actually did come when you called her, most of the time.
 
A couple passed my late longhaired dachshund and the man in answer to the woman's question about what breed he might be, said very loudly and very rudely, it's clearly some kind of cross. I was so tempted to go after him and put him right.

On a bus at a living museum, two ladies of a certain age spotted my rough collie. I work hard to keep her coat free of undercoat (don't get me started on the English fad for chow coats...) and she is belly clipped so she can remain active without getting heat stroke. She's a perfect, healthy weight. One of them kindly pointed out she was "too thin". Ffs.
 
Dane owners have a list of questions and jokes they get asked all the time, my OH joked he might get a t shirt printed with the answers on - no, he doesn't need much walking, no he doesn't need a huge amount of space etc etc...and then "you could put a saddle on that" thinking they're the first person in the world to say it. And of course the ultimate irony for me...it's lost on them if tell them my profession.
 
Many years ago I was walking a young Dalmatian and met an american woman who insisted he was an English setter. She went on to say that all dalmatians in the states were long haired and that the setter was the ancestor of the Dalmatian. It was very strange, her utter conviction she was right amazed me and my friend.
 
sbloom said:
Dane owners have a list of questions and jokes they get asked all the time, my OH joked he might get a t shirt printed with the answers on - no, he doesn't need much walking, no he doesn't need a huge amount of space etc etc...and then "you could put a saddle on that" thinking they're the first person in the world to say it. And of course the ultimate irony for me...it's lost on them if tell them my profession.
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Oh I don’t miss that with the sibes - who’s walking who etc., although it took the wind out of their sails a bit when the response to “Where’s your sled?” was “At home, in the shed.”
 
" Just a pup that one isnt it " said about the 6 year old Labrador - this gets asked regularly by customers at work.
" cross with a whippet is she ?" no .... purebred KC registered labrador. Just not a big fat beasty ....

"ah you must be a little old lady" said to 1.5yr old Jack russel as she was broken coated so must be old...

I regularly get comments on the fact their ribs are on show , ' they need a good feed' etc.

Its sad really that fat dogs have become the norm !
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This was my parents homebred accident, mum was a Boxer x Red Setter (also an accident, same neighbour's red setter)Sumac and Herbie.jpgSasha and Sophie.jpg and dad was the neighbours black Lab. My dad was out walking and met a lady who had Flat Coats and she insisted that Sumac was a Flatcoat and got quite angry with my dad when he said she wasn't. In the end he had to give in and say yes i'm sure you're right she is a Flat coat!
 
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