The Dog

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1. What kind of dog is pictured above? I’m curious because I have a mixed-breed puppy that looks exactly like it.

   Posted by derek on 27 March 2008 at 10:24 am

2. Hi, Derek. The humane society advertised her as a German Shepherd/Lab mix, but she clearly has some small dog in her also as that picture shows her full-grown and about 45 pounds. My wife thinks there is some Sheltie in her also by the way she acts.

   Posted by Scott Carpenter on 27 March 2008 at 3:22 pm

3. The dog is a welsh corgi mix miniature pinscher by the looks of it.

   Posted by fishy name on 29 April 2008 at 9:26 am

4. it’s an Australian Kelpie - I have one from the pound too. When we got our guy from Animal Services they said Husky/German Shepherd Mix and put the age at 4 months.

   When we took him to the vet - they said no way four months - more like 2 and a half and that it was a Kelpie (the age difference was probably due to expected size of the mix they thought he was).

   Anyway we ended up doing some research and also took him to a Kelpie breeder who confirmed. Then as he grew if we had any doubts his herding instincts would have convinced us ;)

   Some Links -
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Kelpie
   http://www.kelpiesinc.com/
   http://www.arba.org/Breed%20Standards/Australian_Kelpie_Standard.htm

   Proof positive though is - does this look familiar — > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q3eg70XFPk

   Posted by karen on 29 April 2008 at 12:23 pm

5. Hi, Karen. Very interesting! A couple of photos on those pages look a lot like Tory. My wife is skeptical, but I want to believe. It would be more fun to tell people she is an Australian Kelpie than a “Shepherd/Lab” mix.

   I’ll check out the YouTube video later — it’s not working at the moment for me.

   Posted by Scott Carpenter on 29 April 2008 at 3:39 pm