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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2005, 03:27:49 pm »
Ok, totally off subject, but Gunther's new pic in your avatar is a WINNER! He looks like the Grinch!
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2005, 03:38:22 pm »
i had a harli dane ( she died recently..sigh) and actually got into a fight with a guy who was a dalmation breeder and that my dog was a dalmation!I could not make him belive me she was a dane! i think he must be breeding the worlds uglist dals- heres a link to a pic of her -http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/4995105/
with the dane i have now -she gets called a hound mix all the time!the funnist thing i had said to me though was , i paint my dogs nails ( to desentitize them to nailtrimming ect) and had painted my danes nails bright orange- someone actually asked if danes nails came that color!!
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2005, 03:52:28 pm »
Oh gosh, yes - happens to me all the time...

Lots of people think Kate is some sort of German Shepard cross (which I can understand with her coloring).  But then again - a lot of people look at me like I smoke crack when I tell them she's a Leonberger...

A WHAT?! 

A Leonberger!
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2005, 04:36:08 pm »
I get it a lot with Savannah. She always a chocolate lab or some kind of hound mix, ha ha!

With Neo it's usually just OMG, what kind of dog is that?  :)
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2005, 04:59:51 pm »
Everyday every time we take him out. It is funny and frustrating at the same time. Oh...how I love my black Saint Bernard! I mean black Pyrenees! Opps! I meant my Big black Lab! ;D
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2005, 05:01:10 pm »
I get "Oooh, love, that's a big dog... I know he's part german shepherd, but what's he cross with?" My answer is, of course, he's cross with people thinking he's part german shepherd! He's been called a malamute, newfoundland, st bernard, 'burmese' mountain dog and "he's a pyrenean isn't he - he must be as my friend has a white one just like him".

I would be surprised if anybody actually knew what he was first off outside being at a dog show. I'm used to it after many years with shar-pei. I've heard it all from people with the shar-pei. The three gems being what a nice Neapolitan puppy I have, that she's going to be a big dog when she grows up (Tinker was 8 yers old at the time) and "are they male and female, like a lion and lioness" when I was out with Tinker and her daughter Phoebe who was a bearcoat and did look strikingly like a small lion.
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2005, 05:27:45 pm »
A lot of people have asked if Drake was a Portuguese Water Dog, which was somewhat understandable when he was a puppy, but now?  Uhhh, no.   We've also gotten Bernese or "Burmese" as so many people call them, Great Pyr, and St. Bernard.  All of those are close, so I can't blame them for trying.
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2005, 05:29:03 pm »
Quote from: jabear on December 06, 2005, 04:59:51 pm
Everyday every time we take him out. It is funny and frustrating at the same time. Oh...how I love my black Saint Bernard! I mean black Pyrenees! Opps! I meant my Big black Lab! ;D

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Black pyr! That has to be my favorite! ;)
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #23 on: December 06, 2005, 05:45:12 pm »
This topic is too funny.  Well Hugo has been called "a giant poodle", a bouvier, the "biggest scottie" ever.  When I tell someone he is a Giant Schnauzer, they will say "gosh I didnt know they made them that big!"  LOL!  (who is "they" anyway :)   
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2005, 05:48:42 pm »
Quote from: hugo~monster on December 06, 2005, 05:45:12 pm
who is "they" anyway? 

DON'T YOU KNOW???  They rule the world, They say why things are so, They talk.  BEWARE!!!  They will come for you....
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #25 on: December 06, 2005, 05:52:15 pm »
HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! ;D  that's what they say....... ;)
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #26 on: December 06, 2005, 05:53:27 pm »
Confession time:
Before I ever even heard of a Newfoundland Dog, I once saw one in the back of a pickup and thought it was just the most awesome male (arnie-style)  flat coated retriever I had seen  :P
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #27 on: December 06, 2005, 06:47:59 pm »
We have so much fun with these two! Luke is always mistaken for a "golden" when he is really a samoyed/pit/shepherd mix. Daisy is mistaken for a cattle dog or basenji.  When I tell them they're brother and sister, they just say "huh?"
At this point I don't even know....but Luke keeps growing. He's bigger than mom and dad at six months!!  :D
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2005, 07:56:05 pm »
Quote from: hugo~monster on December 06, 2005, 05:45:12 pm
This topic is too funny.  Well Hugo has been called "a giant poodle", a bouvier, the "biggest scottie" ever.  When I tell someone he is a Giant Schnauzer, they will say "gosh I didnt know they made them that big!"  LOL!  (who is "they" anyway :)   

hehehehe...... the "biggest scottie" ever..... oh man! 
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Re: Do strangers label your dog as a breed that he/she isn't?
« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2005, 08:18:13 pm »
I get the Lab comment sometimes and sometimes people just look at them funny and say "gee, they look sooo much like danes but they're the wrong color"!  heehee.  Then I get the "holy cow! What is that!!?"...  Fortunately, I've never gotten the pit comments, probably because they are so popular around here and everyone and thier mother has one. 
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