What's in my mutt?? Please take guesses!

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Just got my baby, Aiden, from a shelter the other day.


Anybody wanna take a few stabs about what different breeds might make up this little masterpiece? The volunteer at the shelter told me the supposed breed of one of the parents, but I wanted to keep that information quiet till I get a few guesses.





And to make things interesting, here is what his sister looked like:


And one of his brothers:
 
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He is about 8 weeks old. And he is approx. 5 lbs - measured on a "people scale." He's not too "talkative" but he does get yappy when he doesn't feel like sleeping in his crate. Pretty mellow most of the time.
 
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Hmm, I always thought they wormed with pills... I had his first set of parvo shots the day after I got him and they were SUPPOSED to worm him at the same time (free with the shot during shot clinic). I called the vet to confirm after the fact, as it slipped my mind, and they didn't do it, since I forgot to remind them while I was there. They said I could have him wormed next time I came in for free, but I might just go in and have it done tomorrow. His belly doesn't look as bloated now as it did in the pictures...
 
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Okay, the shelter told me that one of the parents is a mini Australian shepherd, but I don't think he looks like an Aussie puppy. They've estimated that he'll get to be about 20 lbs max - which seems about right as he has pretty small paws. I really have no clue what breeds he has in him. He's pretty cute though!
 
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He definitely looks like he has Dachshund in him ;). (And so do his siblings). Dachshunds do come in the color of his sister. And the last puppy looks a lot like my dachshund mix Brad who passed away in July. As for other mixes..I have no clue
 
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Punkygirl0101 said:
He definitely looks like he has Dachshund in him ;). (And so do his siblings). Dachshunds do come in the color of his sister. And the last puppy looks a lot like my dachshund mix Brad who passed away in July. As for other mixes..I have no clue
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That was my first thought...especially when I saw the color of the sibling
 
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lefty82 said:
Okay, the shelter told me that one of the parents is a mini Australian shepherd, but I don't think he looks like an Aussie puppy. They've estimated that he'll get to be about 20 lbs max - which seems about right as he has pretty small paws. I really have no clue what breeds he has in him. He's pretty cute though!
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Well his littermate has aussie written all over her. There is DNA now a days! If you really want to know! I applaude you for rescuing her
 
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Those DNA tests are a waste of money!

As for aussie. I personally don't see any form of aussie in those pups (But that's just me).

This IS a dachshund color and looks just like the second puppy:





 
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I see puggle/dachshund too---I would say 20lbs should be about right--Wrigley at 10 weeks weight around 5 lbs and he is now 17 lbs full grown.
 
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He's tiny. Sorry I have no guesses, and I know this is totally off topic but has he had worm shots?
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I was thinking the same thing. He's a cutie whatever he is. Congrats! (i have no clue as to parantage)
 
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The pups could all have different fathers so the littermates might not be as big a help as we think LOL. I'd buy Mini Aussie X tho...since he has the telltale "mini face" that all breeds even hounds seem to get when someone deliberately miniaturizes them.

And yes my Beagles pups are about 5-6lbs when they go home at 8 weeks so 20lbs might be an inspired guess as to weight!
 
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That coat pattern in the dachund is called dapple. in an aussie it's called merle. It's actually the same thing, but aussies have much longer hair
 
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