View Full Version : a designer breed?? idk
Brattina88
10-15-2006, 08:46 PM
I took Missy to Burr Oak park today after dog training classes with Maddie. While I was there I noticed a small group (about 3 people ) clustered around this one lady and her two dogs. I was trying to make out what the dogs were when suddenly the larger one darted toward us. I didn't know they were off leash, so I braced myself and said "puppy!" to Missy. The owner called her dog, and he came right back to her, so I was pleased.
She called out to me and asked if Missy was a German shepherd and if I showed her, and then asked if the dogs could meet. While the dogs were checking each other out she started talking to her little group again. She went on about how the breed is a best kept secret, how the waiting list is long, and there aren't hardly any breeders. She told them that they were related to curs and were known as squirrel dogs to most. She stopped and said they're temperament is similar to GSD's and how they're do-it-all dogs, ect ect.
By this time Missy was ready to keep walking, and so was I, but I'm telling you what. Those dogs were beautiful - and I was pretty much in awe. They're structure reminded me of a GSD, but they were medium sized - a little bit bigger than Maddie (a Cocker). The color and coat got me, they were social, graceful and had a smooth gate...
She was talking about getting OFA and CERF cert, lifetime guarantees, and gave one lady her phone number when I was walking away...
I have been searching for a pic ever since, and this is almost exactly what I'm talking about
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/Brattina88/2train-1.jpg
Anyone know what it is? A designer breed, maybe? If so, what breeds?
I hate to admit that I keep thinking about those dogs and I'd hate it if I fell into a designer dog breed trick :p
Delisay
10-15-2006, 08:58 PM
That's a beautiful dog!
I found this:
http://www.sqdog.com/ and http://www.sqdog.com/forums/
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/cajunsquirreldog.htm (These look totally different)
http://www.nationalkennelclub.com/Breed-Standards/american_squirrel_dog.htm
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/activities/squirreldogs.html
Del.
moxiegrl
10-15-2006, 09:27 PM
Thanks Brattina now its going to bug me til u find out exactly what she was talking about. why didnt you ask her?? ;)
stevinski
10-16-2006, 02:16 AM
why didnt you ask her??
lol that would have been easier
Was it a Finnish Spitz?
http://www.dogsindepth.com/nonsporting_dog_breeds/images/finnish_spitz_h02.jpg
MyIrishWolfie
10-16-2006, 09:14 AM
Burr Oak
I used to live on a street called Burr Oak :p
mrose_s
10-16-2006, 09:51 AM
mad dog. lol
~Dixie's_Mom~
10-16-2006, 12:59 PM
How pretty! I'd love to know what they are also.
Brattina88
10-16-2006, 09:55 PM
Oh, I know, I could kick myself for not just asking... but Missy was *really* ready to go, if you know what I mean, and at the time I wasn't interested because I thought it was a byb scam... until I was walking away and heard about the eye and hip tests...
It wasn't a Spitz. I would've recognized it, the structure was all wrong. The color to red...
This is really going to bug me... :( lol
Pookah
10-16-2006, 10:44 PM
my momma dog is mixed with blackmouth cur..which gives her the smaller size..maybe its a mix with cur and some other type...
cindr
10-16-2006, 11:07 PM
Well I hope you find out what breed it is! I am curious as well!. Anyhow what ever it is it sure is differant looking. I had to take a few looks, To me it looked like a golden retreiver mix of somesort
PixieSticksandTricks
10-16-2006, 11:14 PM
I took Missy to Burr Oak park today after dog training classes with Maddie. While I was there I noticed a small group (about 3 people ) clustered around this one lady and her two dogs. I was trying to make out what the dogs were when suddenly the larger one darted toward us. I didn't know they were off leash, so I braced myself and said "puppy!" to Missy. The owner called her dog, and he came right back to her, so I was pleased.
She called out to me and asked if Missy was a German shepherd and if I showed her, and then asked if the dogs could meet. While the dogs were checking each other out she started talking to her little group again. She went on about how the breed is a best kept secret, how the waiting list is long, and there aren't hardly any breeders. She told them that they were related to curs and were known as squirrel dogs to most. She stopped and said they're temperament is similar to GSD's and how they're do-it-all dogs, ect ect.
By this time Missy was ready to keep walking, and so was I, but I'm telling you what. Those dogs were beautiful - and I was pretty much in awe. They're structure reminded me of a GSD, but they were medium sized - a little bit bigger than Maddie (a Cocker). The color and coat got me, they were social, graceful and had a smooth gate...
She was talking about getting OFA and CERF cert, lifetime guarantees, and gave one lady her phone number when I was walking away...
I have been searching for a pic ever since, and this is almost exactly what I'm talking about
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/Brattina88/2train-1.jpg
Anyone know what it is? A designer breed, maybe? If so, what breeds?
I hate to admit that I keep thinking about those dogs and I'd hate it if I fell into a designer dog breed trick :p
Not sure if its the same breed. But when we lived on the old farm we had a neighbor with a dog very VERY similar to that. Only she wasent red she was white with a grey saddle back. But she was built like a GSD but smaller like the size you said. And she moved the way you have described these dogs moving. I knew her well the people used to babysit me and then when I got older I would just go to visit. The dogs name was Brownie (weird cause she was white and silver grey) and she was real sweet. I always figured she was a mix though I never asked. And I have never seen a dog that looked her until now. Almost reminds me of a Shiloh Shepherd maybe?
Brownie was a multi-purpose dog though. She would help take care of their few goats and horses. She also from what I remembered went on hunting trips. I don't know for sure if she was hunting dog but I know she went......I wish I still lived close by I could walk over and ask......Dang it now im wondering lol.
jess2416
10-16-2006, 11:15 PM
It wasnt this was it ??
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/nativeamericanindiandog.htm
PixieSticksandTricks
10-16-2006, 11:16 PM
Nevermind on the Shiloh Shepherd thing lol.
PixieSticksandTricks
10-16-2006, 11:21 PM
Right here!!!! This is almost identical to how Brownie looked size wise. They say its a Shiloh Shepherd but it looks smaller then the Shiloh Shepherds on dogbreedinfo so I don't know. Brownie was a bit smaller though.
http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/shiloh-shepherd-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/shiloh-shepherd-0008.jpg
Brattina88
10-17-2006, 12:47 PM
Okay... I've been searching, and I drove through the park (because it was raining and I didn't want to stop) in a secret hope that I would see them again :lol-sign:
Darn, Pixie... now we're both crazy Ohioians... but now at least I know I'm not alone :D That picture looks A LOT like the dogs I saw... they weren't as long as that one. Maybe just proportioned diffrently. But the coat and head and everything looks very similar
They look a little like the NAID, but the NAIDs are too big to be the same breed of dog I saw... unless there were miniature NAIDs? :confused: lol
In my searching I've found some very... wierd... stuff.
Miniatures - Pituitary Dwarfism in the German Shepherd Dog
(http://www.dogstuff.info/dwarfism_lanting.html)
PixieSticksandTricks
10-17-2006, 10:38 PM
Okay... I've been searching, and I drove through the park (because it was raining and I didn't want to stop) in a secret hope that I would see them again :lol-sign:
Darn, Pixie... now we're both crazy Ohioians... but now at least I know I'm not alone :D That picture looks A LOT like the dogs I saw... they weren't as long as that one. Maybe just proportioned diffrently. But the coat and head and everything looks very similar
They look a little like the NAID, but the NAIDs are too big to be the same breed of dog I saw... unless there were miniature NAIDs? :confused: lol
In my searching I've found some very... wierd... stuff.
Miniatures - Pituitary Dwarfism in the German Shepherd Dog
(http://www.dogstuff.info/dwarfism_lanting.html)
Lol we are :p . I have actually heard about Dwarfism in German Shepherds before. Its always possible. Lol this is gonna drive me crazy.