Has your cross-breed ever been mistaken for a pedigree dog? Discussions

Cassie often gets called a greyhound or a whippet, we then explain what a lurcher is.

Both my NI constantly get mistaken for Huskies... obviously anyone who knows huskies would never make that mistake... lol

my blue merle collie sometimes gets called a husky even when hes walking with one...i dont get it lol

...oh and Tupac grrrrr

Funny what peoples perception of what a certain breed looks like

I just tell everyone who asks.. they are Husky/German Shepherd crosses.

At a recent BSD show I was told Trix is a full Malinois, by a breed judge.
She is a GSD x Mal

Louie has been called an Irish Setter before and more common - Chocolate Lab - I can forgive that one. (Lab x ESS)

Sadie has been one of those funny looking Staffies and also a long legged CKC.

She's Border collie x JRT

K'Ehleyr (Basset x stafford) = "aww look at that beagle"

Yes, a Basenji!

What cross is yours, SmokeyRabbit?

When Skye was very young and her coat was alot darker and fluffier most people would ask if she was a miniture version of Ivan!!!
Now she is fully grown people think she is a cavalier even people we meet who own cavaliers.

On two separate occasions I've been asked if my adult Schipperke is a Husky pup! I've also been told she's a Corgi cross a Chi cross.

Greyhounds, Whippets, and even With Diesel a Pharoah hound, although some people think that they are pedigrees anyway, even someone who works at a rescue did, as he goes to me 'their not pure breed Lurchers are they?'

People have mistaken Dexter for a doberman before

I've never had it with my dog, but people have said that my bf's parents' dog is a Lab - he's a Springer cross Lab, so in fairness he does look similar to a young Lab.

One woman started an argument with me saying he was under 6 months old and a Lab puppy, when he's actually 7 years old!! :-o

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Office lurcher is often mistaken for a Greyhound. Not too surprising. Difference is obvious if you could see her with a greyhound; she's a lot more solid.

It amazes me that these strangers know more about our dogs than we do!!

My boy Sam was called a Flat Coated Retriever a number of times.

Kismet is unsurprisingly mistaken for a Sibe mostly, but recently one lady who used to own them thought she was a Buhund?.. Probably because she's too short and stocky to be a Sibe

Yep, all the time because he looks just like a solid liver GWP which is a permissible colour in the breed. When I took him to the breed club day even the breed experts couldnt tell he was a crossbreed.

But to be fair, he is crossed with something that has the GWP in it's breed make-up anyway.

I have one of them too! Is he chocolate, yellow or black?

They're the experts, didn't you know - you should ALWAYS listen to them.

Lottie often gets mistaken for a hairy Giant Schnauzer, but has also been called a Briard, Afghan or Wolfhound

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