Place Your Bets… Coydog?

[Florida Bullfrog]

@Florida Bullfrog any idea if that’s what she’s mixed with? What do you think?

I couldn’t say. I once crossed a bulldog (or “bandog,” depending on how you want to define the term) to a Catahoula to see what sort of dog it would make. Most of the resultant pups looked like pit bull mixes. I only kept up with one for more than 6 months after homing them with their new owners. Pics aren’t great but this is the only one I have recent pics of.

Their sizes and head shapes varied. The one in the pics was one of the larger ones that kept a lot of the athletic physique of both parents.

There was one that ended up with the squat body of an English bulldog with a Catahoula’s head.

 

[The Coop Crew]

I couldn’t say. I once crossed a bulldog (or “bandog,” depending on how you want to define the term) to a Catahoula to see what sort of dog it would make. Most of the resultant pups looked like pit bull mixes. I only kept up with one for more than 6 months after homing them with their new owners. Pics aren’t great but this is the only one I have recent pics of. View attachment 3887490View attachment 3887491

Their sizes and head shapes varied. The one in the pics was one of the larger ones that kept a lot of the athletic physique of both parents.

There was one that ended up with the squat body of an English bulldog with a Catahoula’s head.

Thank you! I think the vet mentioned catahoula because of the spots on her nose. Her brother was “spotted” all over.

 

[Peaches Lee]

I'm going with Pyr.

I found this article and thought it was pretty interesting.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/coydog/

 

[my spoiled chickens]

I cant remember if I asked this already but what color was the mom?

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I figure I’m a day or two away from getting her results.

I’ll vote coydog just to be contrary. But I believe the Great Pyrenees voters are going to take it.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I cant remember if I asked this already but what color was the mom?

I don’t know the proper dog color term, but she was dark brown.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

I expect my family dogs to kill a strange human they don’t know that’s doing something threatening. If my daughter was playing in the yard and a strange human strolled out of the woods on her and advanced towards her, my bulldogs would be defective if they didn’t split the human open if the stranger advanced too close to my daughter.

On the other hand, a dog is also defective when they’re prone to misconstrue human behavior as threatening when it is not. Or alternatively to misconstrue a human as prey when they are not (as bulldogs can be prone to do).

Can I really say a momma dog is defective for aggressively attacking a strange human that picks up her puppy in front of her? I had the intent at that
moment to take the puppy away. I would definitely find it defective if she did that to her master or master’s family. She should tolerate them handling the pups all they want. But I am not her master nor am I an acquaintance.

I agree with you that a person shouldn’t apologize for dangerous animals. People do it all the time. Especially in the bulldog world and as a bulldog lover, I’m always fighting against bulldog owners who excuse dangerous dogs.

In this specific instance, I assume any momma dog will bite a stranger that’s a real or imagined threat to their young. Breed doesn’t matter. They probably should have that instinct. It just didn’t cross either my mind or the breeder’s mind at that moment that having the mother within biting distance of me wasn’t a good idea while I wrangled with the puppy. We were lax. I know better. My daughter got bit in the face and arm by one of my brother’s dogs after she had just whelped a litter. That dog, a blue tick hound, was the most laid back dog in the world. But instincts rule all when offspring are involved.

It's really no different than a broody hen fluffing and pecking. She was just doing her job.

 

[Logar]

I figure I’m a day or two away from getting her results.

I’ll vote coydog just to be contrary. But I believe the Great Pyrenees voters are going to take it.

Any update?

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

It's really no different than a broody hen fluffing and pecking. She was just doing her job.

Besides the fact a dog can kill someone and a broody hen really can't, a dog can also mistake a friend as a threat.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Any update?

Yes. Hurricane Debby.