breed of puppy

[juliefurry]

Ok, I'm going to make a long disaterous story short. Somebody got me this puppy from a shelter and the adoption papers said it was a husky/collie mix. The thing is this puppy SCREAMS rottweiler to me. He's got the face of a rott and you can tell he's going to be a big boned dog as well. What do people here think he is. I didn't name him yet because I don't know if I am going to keep him. He's cute but it's just TOO much.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/juliefurry/bandit9weeks.jpg

[Raika's Mom]

How CUTE is he???!!! His face does look like a rott, but I'm no dog expert.

[Richie12345]

After studying rottweiler faces on google, I'm thinking it's a rottie mix. His face looks too long and narrow to be a purebred to me http://d21c.com/walpurgis9/dogs/part2/0025.jpg

[juliefurry]

I know it's not purebreed the mother was at the shelter as well. She was a small border collie looking thing. She was a greyish black. I'm just exhausted, we tried to get him back to the shelter and they wouldn't take him because we weren't the people that adopted him in the first place.

[BigDog2191]

Well, it actually looks like a Husky/Rottweiler mix to me. Cute though.

[kirby]

so yur not gonna keep him :confused:

[skyhigh]

OMG!!! Julie, why don't you want him?? He's adorable. Doesn't matter what breed... He's gonna grow up2 be a lovable cutie. I don't see any husky in him. Although im no expert. I see rotty definetly. Don't bring him back to the shelter... If you sadly don't want him, find a home for him that'll love him. Who wouldn't want him. lol. how is he with your other two dogs? Keep us posted about what your deciding. :)

Skyhigh

[Fran27]

Did your friends know that you're not allowed to adopt a dog for someone else? That being said, the shelter are not really reliable if they won't take a dog back, no matter who is bringing it back! That's insane.

That being said, he's cute, I don't see rottweiler though, but definitely beagle. What size is he?

[juliefurry]

yeah they knew that shouldn't do that. They put on the adoption papers it was for them and then just showed up with him. I don't know why the shelter wouldn't take him back when we brought him but that was their excuse. I think it's because they recieved like a dozen puppies yesterday. Well he's 9 weeks old now and he weighs a little under 10 lbs. His paws are huge though and the vet said it looks like he's gonna be a big dog. If the mother is still available for adoption today they will have her picture on the website and I will try to post it here. I was looking at collie pictures and he has the markings of a color sort of (the black, brown, and white collies). The vet said he could possibly be rottweiler but those could also be the collie markings.

[juliefurry]

oh yeah, we have 3 other dogs and he gets along ok with them. Shelby loves him, she thinks he's her baby or something. Hannah plays just a little too rough with him, and Mack just doesn't even pay attention to him. My hubby wants to keep him (he named him Maverick). It's not that I don't want to keep him, I just don't know if I can handle another puppy right now we just got through all the housebreaking and all that bad stuff and I don't know if I can go through all of it agian. Plus he is the WORST at being in a crate or not seeing us. I was up all last night walking around with him because that is the only way I could get him to sleep and if I laid down he'd wake up. Well me and my hubby took turns with him and walking him.

[gaddylovesdogs]

What an adorable little thing!! I'm guessing a little bit of lab, rottweiler, and collie.

[showpug]

I agree that the markings are rottweiler, but I don't think he has rott in him. He looks more collie or hound-like to me. Keep in mind that often we assume a dog is a mix of two breeds when really both parents could have been mixes and then we just have a heinz 57 and that is what I think you have in this little guy :)

[suzy_99]

I am going to say collie. My dog Chuckie was a sheltie mix and he looks almost exactly the same. He could still have rotti in him, but I would not say so based just on the color pattern. Here is a picture of Chuckie:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/suzy_99/my%20zoo/chuckie.jpg

[juliefurry]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see what he looks like when he grows up. I just don't know what to do, I want him but he's a really big handful for me and my husband. My husband wants to "try it and see" but I would rather not get him bonded with us and us to him if we will end up finding him a new home. Sometimes my husband makes me REALLY mad. He was the one that was saying 3 dogs is enough and now he's just like "oh well, what's one more?" I don't know what to do, the puppy is slowly starting to win me over and I know if we keep him any longer I'm not gonna want to give him away. We're gonna make our decision today though so I'll let everyone know what we decide on. Right now we are going to get him some bowls and a couple toys.

[avenlee]

awww, how cute! He's adorable! Just keep him, what's one more, lol I try to tell that to Tony all the time. Still a 3rd dog is a no-go! However, you have to do what you feel is right. Keep him another day and I bet your hooked, lol Good Luck with your decision.

[wildwings811]

o.k Juliefurry I think he is husky/ rott mix and I am going to send you a pm on him too he is just to cute

[juliefurry]

well this is Maverick (the puppy's) mom. The shelter says she is a husky/collie mix.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/juliefurry/9a8d9b18.bmp

[gaddylovesdogs]

I don't really see collie in Maverick. She's cute, though!

[yuckaduck]

Nope me either I see shepherd/husky or rotti/husky hard to say for sure and hard to tell off of a picture. Could be hound in there too. Are you keeping him? He is cute but it is hard to keep up I know and I only have one. Also very costly to feed and keep up vet appointments. Do what is right for you and the pup? Good luck I know you will do what is best.

[Barb04]

Julie, have you made a decision? If you do decide to keep him, we'll be here to listen to you whenever you need to vent about having 2 puppies in the house besides the other pets. I have to say he is cute.

[juliefurry]

well we're going to keep him. I made it perfectly clear that he will be my husband's dog when my husband is home though. My husband will be doing the obedience training and everything for him. Hopefully I can get extra hours in at work for awhile to get some extra money saved up, I don't know though I'll have to see when I call there tomorrow. I'm glad to be doing most of my work at home so I'll be able to spend lots of time home with all the dogs. This little puppy just exhausts me, none of our other dogs were this bad at all. He HATES his crate and barks constantly. If he can't see one of us he goes into hysterical barking fits and won't be quiet. Even with the other dogs he's still like that. Poor Shelby is trying to comfort him and just has this "what do I do?" look on her face.

[stirder]

its always possible that one or both parents were mixes. one could have been a husky rott mix, other a husky collie mix? hard to say though.

[juliefurry]

well the mother I posted already and she didn't look like either a husky or collie. I don't know, he's just a good old fashioned mutt.

[skyhigh]

Way to go Julie!! You have to add him into your sig. Four dogs. wow, i have one, nearly two. We're getting a pup soon. Keep us posted about him :) Hope all goes well

[juliefurry]

oh he is really testing me. I think out of all of our dogs he is the worst at barking, biting, chewing, and jumping. He sometimes seems like he's deaf and can't hear a thing but I know he can hear but sometimes if you talk to him he'll look at you and cock his head back and forth. So I know he can hear, sometimes he just doesn't want to.

[Manchesters]

Pure and simple. He will be whatever he grows up to be. 9 pounds at 9 weeks is not a big puppy. A Doberman puppy would be weighing about 18 pounds at 9 weeks, 20 pounds at about 12 weeks. It mainly depends on the bone structure of the puppy.

It is almost a guarantee that there is Lab in every and any mix running around. It is not what lies behind, but what the future holds that will determine what this pup becomes.

Oh, and by the way.........the Manchester is held to be the original black and tan breed that went into establishing all the other black and tan coloring in various breeds. The Manchester goes back to 1570 or earlier.

[juliefurry]

well I know he will grow up to be whatever he grows up to be. The puppy has fairly large paws and even our vet said he is going to be a fairly nice sized pup (50+ lbs atleast). I am going by my own experience with my two puppies and what my vet says. I trust my vet and if he says it's going to be a nice sized pup then I will tend to believe him. I wasn't asking if he looked like he was part Manchester, I was asking if he looked like a rottweiler.

[yuckaduck]

Not a dog trainer here but we had major problems with Yukon barking at first and the peanut butter filled kong helped, also we invested in a muzzle for when we were able to supervise him. Of course I would never leave him unsupervised with a muzzle on. Biting also a hugh problem espically with the girls. NO LEAVE IT and the second he stops reward him, if he continually prosists try grabbing the scruff of his neck and giving a gentle shake [don't break his neck be gentle] and push him away saying NO in a growl. Yukon learned right away to stop biting. For jumping up we taught sit and down and we stepped on the leash and kept him short enough that he could not jump up. He use to bonk us in the nose man that hurt. Now he is good but sometimes when he is excited he still jumps and we remind him that sit mean sit and no jumping. This worked with Yukon it may or may not work for you but it is the only thing that we did. Maybe someone else would have better advice. Anytime you need someone to chat with I'm here about anything. Even if I can only listen. You are doing a good thing and I hope it works out for you. Good Luck.

[poeluvr]

cutey pututie though!:)

[Ash47]

All I can say is Good Luck! I feel your "pain" right now, because we are in the process of training our new kitten. <See siggy>I know some people say that it isn't as hard to train a cat, but migod, it is very hard! I know, we won't train her to sit or roll over. But training not to scratch the couch up, climb the curtains, bite, eat off the floor, scratch, etc. She meows alllllll through the night and keeps us up. We are also crate training her, which I now wish we would have done with Oreo. It is more of just a convenience thing with a cat, so that if you ever need to pack them up for a trip or something, they won't go nuts while in the crate.
Anyway Julie,
Good luck, right now is the hardest time, aside from when you have to make the decision to say goodbye.

[juliefurry]

The thing we want to try to do is get him to be quiet in his crate. I give him a rawhide chew (which I know isn't too good for him) and it will work for like five minutes. He doesn't like toys really, unless their my daughter's toys. He's usually pretty good about jumping and stuff unless he's with the other dogs than it's hard to get anyone to stop jumping.

[Barb04]

Congrats on the new member of the family! I just hope you're able to get some rest. I know what it's like with 3 dogs and can just imagine what your house must be like.

[juliefurry]

our house right now is a nightmare! We were finally settling into a routine with the dogs and then he came so now we are all mixed up with the routine. Although I just finally gave everyone a bath today so atleast the house smells better fora minute (we're doing a doggy bath and complete house cleaning today). My parents are coming to visit tomorrow and so we want the house to be good smelling and clean so they don't flip out TOO much.