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New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« on: August 14, 2008, 05:36:41 pm »
I adopted this precious little guy today ... breed "unknown".  Well, after getting him home and doing online searches, he looks just like a Great Pyrenees to me!  He is supposedly 12 weeks old, but I would think a Pyr would be much bigger at this age ... unless he is younger.  However, he seems to have stubby legs in proportion to his body, so I didn't really expect him to be a large breed.

Can anyone give me opinions on his breed and future size?

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 05:52:24 pm »
He looks like Great Pyrenees/collie mix to me. He is very cute!  :-*
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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 05:57:26 pm »
He looks like Great Pyrenees/collie mix to me. He is very cute!  :-*

Thank you for your reply.  Do you think his legs look short and stubby for a pyr?  It's hard to tell from that picture but in "real life" he looks almost like a basset mix... lol!

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 11:02:18 pm »
I looks to me that his paws are a little too small for a 12 week old pyr.  Maybe a collie husky mix?

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2008, 12:23:05 am »
Sure is a cutie..and a mix like this one is sure hard to tell anything..does he has any extra dew claws..
I wouldn't even chance a guess..at this point would need more pictures... ??? please ;D

Whatever he turns out to be it looks like he is yours and very happy..

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2008, 07:46:57 am »
Thank you for the replies!  Here is another picture of Casper.  You can see his paws a bit better here.  He has no dew claws on his back legs. I believe I read somewhere that Pyrs have 2 on the back?  His back legs are so short you almost can't even really straighten them out to find a dew claw!  LOL!  I swear his back legs are like bassett legs or something.  Poor widdle mixed up boy! ;)



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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2008, 08:42:14 am »
Oh my gosh!  I don't know what he mixed with but I WANT him!!!  He is freaking adorable!  What a great little smile on him!  And he looks so soft and cuddly!!!  I just want to smoosh my face into him!!

Okay, I think I'm done now.  ;) :D

Whatever he is, he's adorable, and he's going onto my puppynap list, just as soon as I find my sneaky ninja puppynapping sneakers.  ;) :)

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2008, 08:46:05 am »
Maybe a corgi/pyr mix??  That would account for the stubby legs (and they are cute as buttons too!  LOL)
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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2008, 08:51:17 am »
Thank you for the nice comments!  I never thought about a Corgi mix in him.  That most certainly is a possibility!  Well, if he doesn't get very big, then he might not qualify to stay on this forum! :( 

But, I do have a Husky! ;)

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2008, 10:02:50 am »
Well, we have smallish girls at our house and we're here to stay. That means you should too!   ;)

I have no idea what he is but he's cute. How little is he? I agree with the corgi mix.  Maybe Samoyed and Corgi?

Thank you!  He might surprise us after all!  I will introduce my husky, Bear in a new thread soon! ;)

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2008, 12:55:22 pm »
He for sure has corgi in him but I am not sure what else.

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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2008, 03:31:18 pm »
Wow, you don't see any Pyr?  He looks just like most of the puppy pics I've seen online.  I'll have to get a better shot of his face and compare with a Pyr pup from the 'net.


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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2008, 04:13:01 pm »
What an adorable little guy! :-*

I think he has pyr like hair...and ears....but the shape of his face seems more american eskimo/pomeranian like. And those stubby legs remind me of a corgi!!

Like everyone else has said, whatever he is, he's adorable!!!
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Re: New puppy .... Is he a Pyrenees or mix or WHAT?
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2008, 04:23:36 pm »
He may have some Eskimo in him too ... who knows!  LOL!  Whatever he is, I love him and he's being such a good little boy! ;D