This is my family's dog. She's a rescue and a mutt, but we are uncertain as to what she's a mix of. It seems like there's some German Shepherd in there, but she's only about 45 lbs fully grown. Her coloring reminds us of a Doberman, but she's way too small for that. Any ideas?
p.s., Her name is Zoe and she's a total spaz. She herds our youngest child constantly, nipping at his heels and barking at him when he runs through the house.
That's a Shepherd Doberman mix brotato chip.
ReplyDeletepotentially useful: https://www.what-dog.net/
ReplyDelete[edit: i updated just one picture of your dog and it came back as miniature pinscher; clearly not definitive though]
I was also going to say Dobie in there along with some type of Shepherd. Lovely dog.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely some German shepherd.
ReplyDeleteMaybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_Pinscher
ReplyDeleteYeah, minpin mix was my first thought.
ReplyDeleteHead matches the miniature doberman at the house i live in.
ReplyDeleteI'd guess German Pinscher, possibly with some Shepherd thrown in there. Difficult to see exactly how tall Zoe is, but German Pinschers are about 20 inches tall and working dogs, which jives with your description of her energy levels.
ReplyDeleteMy best guess is that Zoe is a mix of Smooth Collie and Pinscher. It is also possible that there are traces of Australian Cattle Dog. She looks very cuddly. 😊
ReplyDeleteShe looks like a Shepherd. The coloration is pretty much within bounds (I had a dark-haired Shepherd as a child, while her mother and father were both more gold-hued). The tail looks like that of a Shepherd.
ReplyDeleteDobermen have floppy ears, and the sharp peaks there (as well as the stub tail) are the result of surgical cropping - a pup is anesthesized, the ears are clipped and bandaged in a wire support for a couple of weeks, while the tail is snipped and cauterized. (Neighbor used to breed Dobies, so I got to observe the process.)
ETA: Oh, the size - yeah, there's some kind of crossbreeding, likely a Min-Pin, even though I'm having trouble seeing a Min-Pin manage sex with a full-sized Shepherd without laughing.
Thanks, all...good suggestions.
ReplyDeleteSome pharaoh hound in there?
ReplyDeleteLook at the length of the snout and the angle of the forehead to characterize the breed. Seems like you have a natural herding instinct going on but it could easily be a throwback characteristic and not indicative of parents.
ReplyDeleteTry English Toy Terrier black and tan coat as a possibility.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this would help: http://acovant.com/mutt.html
ReplyDeleteShe looks like an Australian Kelpie :)
ReplyDeleteLynn H it's a cool site, but got absolutely nowhere close to my dog! He's a mix of German Shepherd with Gos d'Atura (Catalan sheepdog), but the latter isn't a well known breed outside Spain (or so it seems).
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle if you search "German pinscher shepherd mix" in Google images, something extremely similar to your dog appears. :)
ReplyDeleteDaniela Huguet Taylor That Google search led me here: http://www.allmutt.com/border-collie/coco-bean-border-collie-miniature-pinscher-mix/ Looks VERY similar to our dog, so maybe she doesn't have any German Shepherd in her after all. Thanks for the lead.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle yes, it certainly seems to match!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about Border Coliie because of the herding instinct.
ReplyDeleteDaniela Huguet Taylor I didn't try it all the way through, but was hoping it would work. I'll try it with my retriever and hound. 😊
Lynn H I noticed it did not ask about beards at all, which is so distinctive for schnauzers and the like.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle only one solution. Sequence all the dogz.
ReplyDeleteA photogenic one.
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