What sort of dog is that

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My German Shepherds are sable and the two bitches are bi-colors. I'm often asked if they're Belgian Malinois. One man asked me about my sable boy's bloodlines so I thought he knew GSDs and started talking about his breeding when the man cut in and asked what sort of mix he was.

I wouldn’t mind if GSD’s weren’t built totally differently to Belgian Shepherd dogs 😂

 

[CorvusCorax]

They're probably just black GSDs CT. Black malis are extremely rare.

 

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They're probably just black GSDs CT. Black malis are extremely rare.

Or groenendals? (Which is undoubtedly spelt wrong lol!)

 

[CorvusCorax]

My German Shepherds are sable and the two bitches are bi-colors. I'm often asked if they're Belgian Malinois. One man asked me about my sable boy's bloodlines so I thought he knew GSDs and started talking about his breeding when the man cut in and asked what sort of mix he was.

Lol. As I mentioned on another thread, my black LSH used to get called a Gronendael or a collie cross, lots of people think the sable is a mali/mali cross/wolf cross and someone who kept show GSDs thought he was crossed with a pit bull as his head is massive

 

[GSD Woman]

Malinois, at least in the USA, are fawnish with black mask. The Groendaal is the one that has the longish black coat.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Or groenendals? (Which is undoubtedly spelt wrong lol!)

They're really tall and narrow and have much slimmer muzzles. Plus they're not that popular.
Could it be a Dutch shepherd CT? They're darker/brindle and growing in popularity.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I’ve seen a few pure black what I think are shepherds recently. Are they more likely Malinois?

Malinois are a fawn/tan colour. If the dogs you saw were black and long coated they could have been Groenendaels, or they could of course have been black GSDs

 

[CorvusCorax]

Oh crap is this a GSD Mafia takeover
Welcome GSD Woman

 

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Malinois, at least in the USA, are fawnish with black mask. The Groendaal is the one that has the longish black coat.

Yes I appreciate that, I was referring to the black shepherds CT was referring to? There are groendaals living down the road from me, and also 3 turverans so I’m very familar with the breed 😊

 

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They're really tall and narrow and have much slimmer muzzles. Plus they're not that popular.
Could it be a Dutch shepherd CT? They're darker/brindle and growing in popularity.

Grandmother sucking eggs here..... I know exactly what they look like ya muppet 😂😂😂

 

[Cinnamontoast]

After some googling, I’m leaning towards black GSD. I see them in the same area, possibly someone bred a partial/all black litter.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Grandmother sucking eggs here..... I know exactly what they look like ya muppet 😂😂😂

Yeah but have ya seen a Lakenois? Have ya? Have ya? Huh?

 

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Yeah but have ya seen a Lakenois? Have ya? Have ya? Huh?

Only in the show ring - now they are odd looking buggers 😊

 

[Auslander]

He looks like a spaniel's older, titled relation.

Not always!

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Ha, mad start spaniel eyes! I know this look!

 

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What about flatcoats then? No one ever knows what they are. Either Lab x Spaniel or some sort of setter.
A friend with a black one ( not even liver) got asked if it was a red setter!! 🤪

I know what they are, I love them! I love Gordon setters too, there is one local to me and the lady was shocked I knew what he was when I first met them. I have a Affenpincsher and no one ever knows what she is either

 

[maisie06]

My father is regularly rendered speechless by people asking what sort of crossbreed his dog is.

This is the dog in question...

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He's beautiful - I would love a welshie! I have a WCS who is red and white and he gets mistaken for a Welsh!

 

[vallin]

Unsurprisingly Daisy just gets mistaken for a lab rather than the mutt (lab x gsp) she really is. Last week a lady (with a fabulous, fit, entire lab) asked me if she was neutered because she was just her type of lab. Did make me chuckle.

 

[Clodagh]

Unsurprisingly Daisy just gets mistaken for a lab rather than the mutt (lab x gsp) she really is. Last week a lady (with a fabulous, fit, entire lab) asked me if she was neutered because she was just her type of lab. Did make me chuckle.

She is very labbish in her body, isn't she? The head and ears are a bit pointerish though.

 

[eatmyshorts]

I'm always getting told how fit my black labs are (they are solid black GSP's). I once had an old guy with two elderly black labs tell my dogs "You're going end up just like this one day!" .. i didn't have the heart to tell him i very much doubted it!

 

[eatmyshorts]

I also get comments about my "lovely collie" (she's an Alaskan husky).

 

[eatmyshorts]

Unsurprisingly Daisy just gets mistaken for a lab rather than the mutt (lab x gsp) she really is. Last week a lady (with a fabulous, fit, entire lab) asked me if she was neutered because she was just her type of lab. Did make me chuckle.

Daisy reminds me very much my little girl Lexi, who we sadly lost last Summer, well before her time ...

 

[vallin]

Daisy reminds me very much my little girl Lexi, who we sadly lost last Summer, well before her time ...

They look very similar!

Clodagh, she has a very lab like body until you look at her from behind and watch her waddle with the very typical 'I've crapped my pants' pointer waddle 😂

 

[Aru]

I've had german shepard puppy,Pom mix husky mix,husky puppy, big pom. Collie mix...the list goes on.
She is a pretty unusual breed though (Finnish Lapphund)so I sort of get it....but when people argue with me and tell me I'm wrong I do find it very amusing...

 

[CrazyMare]

I have had kids point at "the lady walking the tiger!!" 🐯

(brindle greyhound 😂)

 

[CorvusCorax]

I was once asked by a child if I 'had a pig in there?', thanks to some hysterical squealing and snorting (he likes going to the beach).

 

[superpony]

I get asked if my yellow lab (who was bought by original owners from a breeder and looked like an Andres puppy back then) is a young dog (he’s 3 so fully grown) or a cross breed, because he is a bit smaller than average and a lot skinnier than average (I know some people have fit and/or working labradors but sadly there seem to be mostly obese ones)
No this is what Labrador’s can look like when fit and healthy thanks!

I have the same with my 6 year old yellow lab. They are really shocked when I say how old she is. She is also skinny/fit!

 

[pippixox]

This is a very entertaining and informative thread.
Especially when pedigree dogs are questioned by people who don’t own them!

 

[blackcob]

Joined by a friend at ringcraft this week and she thinks the long coated entlebucher-a-like is an Australian shepherd. When did they get so heavy, long and short?

Another comment today from someone who 'didn't realise they could be solid black', I just know they think he's a husky puppy.

 

[Bosworth]

I have a Bedlington, you can only begin to imagine what I get asked. is he a sheep, is he a goat. Is he a poodle cross. What sort of cross breed is he. Is he a long haired italian greyhound!

I have been told he cant be a Bedlington as he is not grey well he is some weeks and not others, it a typical Bedlington coat that changes colour weekly, from dark grey to nearly white, depending on the time of year, and where he is in his grooming,