Some people know EVERYTHING! A little dog related rant.

[gypsy2621]

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I have started getting that comment with my Red Malamute also.

had a guy come up to me at a swap and proceed to tell me he isnt a pure malamute because of his color.
Sorry to say he is a pure Mal, I have seen the parents and grandparents, they are all Mals,
People make me crazy

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

edited for double post

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

LOL This is a great topic. I, too, get those remarks about my german shepherd all the time. He is from working bloodlines. Due to his unusual coloring, people just don't see a GSD but a wolf or a wolf mix, I also get asked if he is part husky all the time. I say "no, 100% german shepherd" I get some people looking on with pity shaking their heads at my "ignorance".

One time when I took my shepherd, Foenix, into a hardware store for socialization I had two men stop me and ask me what kind of dog he was. I told them, they said, "thats not shepherd, has to be at least half wolf" Then they asked how old he was I said "five months". They looked at eachother in a shocked manner, one replied "you better know that he's gonna be at least 200 pounds as an adult".

He is now a very healthy 87# dog, and will be three in November.

here is a shot of my boy for reference:

 

[Zahboo]

I love peoples stupidity. I have several dogs. My Cairn/Yorkie mix and my chihuahua were at petsmart with me... okay should have typed that the other way around, oh well... The chihuahua was fat, fat fat fat. He was on a special diet to help him lose weight. His previous owners only fed chicken and rice to him. A lady walks up and starts calling him porky. I said "his name is junior" No it's not, he's a porky. WHAT IN THE WORLD, you're sure of that??? She then suggested I cut back his feeding to ONCE EVERY THREE DAYS so that he loses weight. I just sat there thinking, okay porky, lets go starve you. He is now a lean mean 8 pounds

The cairn went to the park and got called a FULL BLOODED WESTIE... She has hair like a yorkie, but scraggily and is yellow/orange in color and only 4 pounds. Funniest looking white 10-15 pound dog I've ever seen.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

That is one beautiful dog! He looks like a sweetie too!

It always seems to be the most clueless people that want to show how smart they are.

I understand that a lot of people have never seen more unusual color variations but you would think they would take the owner's word for it.

Thing is, I love mutts and would love Hanabal just as much he he WAS mixed. I just can't imagine asking someone what their dog is then trying to argue when they tell you! LOL

ETA I bet poor little "Porky" was glad you were smarter than that lady! LOL

 

[SarahBeth9394]

Well then I guess I am a stupid moron as well. Up until the other threads on you getting a blue merle dane I had no idea that danes came in that color. I am 40 years old and have only seen solid colored or Harlequin danes. I would have been baffled at first. I would have thought that a Harlequin came in another color combination that I didn't know of before. In a moment of confusion I would have guessed that a blue merle was a breeding of a Harlequin and a solid colored dane like a grey or black one. It seems I learn something new about different breeds of different animals all the time here. Now I wasn't there so I can't say the guy wasn't just a dingbat but for me it would have been a honest mistake of just not knowing.

That shepard looks 100% shepard. My step dad had one just like it that was a war dog.

 

[SarahBeth9394]

Oh and the pics of the dane are just too darn cute.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

Years ago, I had a Belgian Sheepdog and somebody asked me if he was a Bouvier de Flandres. I don't know if I was more shocked that he knew there WAS such a breed as a Bouvier de Flandres, or that he thought a Belgian Sheepdog resembled one.

 

[JenEric Farms]

I have a corgi that looks just like the one in greyhorsewoman's avatar. Someone asked me if she was a german shepard/dachsund mix...I said no, she's a corgi...They asked if that was one of those expensive mixes...I said no, she's a pure breed Pembroke Welsh Corgi...i got the "i'm the moron" look. Jeez.

 

[Brindlebtch]

BEAUTIFUL dog Jamie_Dog_Trainer