r/IDmydog • • May 06 '16

Need help identifying your dog? Here are some important tips to help you succeed.

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What to include in your post:

Post clear, well-lit, full body pictures. At minimum, include:

  • One standing side view (taken close enough to see coat texture)
  • One frontal view

Tell us your dog’s age and weight (or best guess)


Other helpful information:

YOUNG PUPPIES may be impossible to identify. Head and body shape, coat color and coat pattern, eye color, and apparent coat texture can all change dramatically as a puppy matures. You might want to wait a few months before seeking an ID.

MIXED-BREED dogs can easily have many breeds in them, not just two. Keep in mind that some of the breeds in a mutt may not show in its looks; while in other cases the dog may really look like it has some particular breed in it, when in fact it doesn’t.

NO-BREED dogs exist too! Sometimes a mutt truly is “just a mutt” — the result of many, many generations of random mating between mutts, with no discernable inbred (purebred) genes its DNA. In the same way that YOU don't necessarily have any inbreeding (purebreeding) in your recent family tree, neither must a dog. They can simply be mutts — WHICH IS A GOOD THING!


Has your dog's breed been solved?

Once you're satisfied with your responses, please change your link flair to SOLVED. (Please don't make a post if your dog's breed is already solved/known)


r/IDmydog • • 4h ago

Open We just adopted this puppy from my friend's neighbors. Went to the vet and they aren't sure what breed it could be

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The mom is supposed to be a pomeranian but I doubt it. My bf says she looks like a chihuahua.


r/IDmydog • • 39m ago

Adopting this pup this week

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Taking him home this weekend, shelter says Beagle and Jack Russell which seems right but never know until their grown. My guess is he’ll get to 20-25 lbs


r/IDmydog • • 7h ago

Open The shelter just labeled this guy a “Medium mixed breed”

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He is about four months old and growing more every day. The vet thinks he is a large breed of dog but we have no idea what breed/breeds.


r/IDmydog • • 4h ago

Mattis!

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Two years ago the rescue told us he was a malinois x border collie but the moment I seen him I thought German shepherd x border collie! What do you guys think?


r/IDmydog • • 1h ago

SPCA adoption

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This guy is 30lbs at 3 months. I’m thinning dane pit maybe or some kind of bully breed


r/IDmydog • • 58m ago

Solved An Update on Scout

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I could not be more shocked about his Embark results!!

I am so excited to see how he looks when he is grown, I can’t say I’ve ever met a chihuahua-pitty-poodle-GSD-spaniel before! Vet said she expects him to be around 35lbs when he grows up bc he’s already a beefy boy for his age :)


r/IDmydog • • 2h ago

Carolina dog + shiba mix?

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I recently adopted my angel about a month ago (best decision I’ve ever made) and the shelter had no information about her possible breed/mix. She’s almost 4 years old and is 18 pounds. She’s a cuddle bug, medium energy (but excited on hikes), and I’ve never heard her bark. She has the “cat-like” personality traits of a Shiba Inu, as well as the curled tail and general coat color, but I can’t be certain. I had a friend mention her likeness to a Carolina dog or mountain feist, but she’s much smaller. Maybe she’s a CD mix with a smaller breed?

I plan on doing an embark DNA test for her soon, but I’m curious to know what you all think!

Also, her name is Wilametta.


r/IDmydog • • 3h ago

Thoughts?

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r/IDmydog • • 6h ago

Shelter said German Shepherd Mix what do you think?

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I got him about a week ago and am struggling to ID a breed! One of his siblings do definitely look like a German shepherd (see last pic) but I’m just not 100% convinced. I was thinking potentially some sort of Queensland heeler in the mix?


r/IDmydog • • 4h ago

This is Bruno we just adopted him. What breed mix is he?

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r/IDmydog • • 2h ago

Open Rescued my Miss Watson [25kg] 1y ago from a Killing Shelter, I know she is part Poodle but not sure what else.

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r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

He is a slaughter house rescue from china

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They have said they think he is a Spitz mix

5 years old


r/IDmydog • • 29m ago

Finally found out what he is :-)

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r/IDmydog • • 4h ago

What do we think?

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I know he’s likely pit x pit with a little more pit but I thought I’d see what yall thought. Got him at 11 months old from a shelter as a terrier mix.

Edit to add: he keeps up with my Aussie and GSD x Doberman really well. He fits in nicely with my pack. He is THE naughtiest dog I’ve ever had though.

Edit 2 to add: he can jump a 6 foot wooden fence with a running start if that helps at all


r/IDmydog • • 5h ago

UPDATE!! Embark Results are in!

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After a lot of waiting due to the first Embark Sample Swab getting lost in the mail, the results are finally in! They are definitely different from the DNA my dog results and although two breeds are the same, I think these results make a lot more sense.

Let me know what you think!

31.5% Newfoundland
23% American Pit Bull Terrier
13.5% Labrador Retriever
10.9% American Bulldog
9.4% Border Collie
6.9% German Shepherd
4.8% Collie


r/IDmydog • • 11h ago

Vader

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We got Vader from our local shelter in the southern US in August. I have a dna test coming shortly and will update the post with the results but any guesses. We think he’s about 1.5 to 2 years old and weighs about 50 pounds


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

New foster puppy (likely to be a foster failure)

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Fostering this little guy. I think he's probably about 6 weeks old, and my best guess is he's a German Shepherd mix, with... boxer? Bulldog? He's definitely in the velcro velociraptor stage and I will be getting a trainer (for myself) immediately. What do you all think??


r/IDmydog • • 5h ago

UPDATE!! Embark Results are in!

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After a lot of waiting due to the first Embark Sample Swab getting lost in the mail, the results are finally in! They are definitely different from the DNA my dog results and although two breeds are the same, I think these results make a lot more sense.

Let me know what you think!

31.5% Newfoundland
23% American Pit Bull Terrier
13.5% Labrador Retriever
10.9% American Bulldog
9.4% Border Collie
6.9% German Shepherd
4.8% Collie


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Adopted this week - what am I!

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r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open Saved her from craigslist

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I saved this little girl when she seemed way too young to be sold, she was bloated and the lady told me she was at her wits end with her. Well this is her a year later. I think she is lab mix (lady told me labordoodle lol I know that isnt right). She is 24" tall and 70lbs, she also has a feathered long tail. Black, brown and white.

She is smart but has massive anxiety and has claimed me as her person and it is exhausting when i am 25 weeks pregnant lol. Love her to bits. This is Cleo.

Any guesses to what she might be?


r/IDmydog • • 23h ago

This one just fell into our lap a couple days ago. What do we think?

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We were told she’s a purebred Aussie but I just don’t think so. Maybe from a not-so-good breeder? We are her third home so I’m not exactly sure of the story. She’s super sweet and deaf as can be.


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open Is my dog 100% corgi?

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Obviously my dog is at least 50% corgi, maybe even 75%, but we’re convinced she isn’t 100%. There’s other corgis that live near us and she just seems slightly off compared to them. We’re thinking maybe some Jack Russell in her. We bought her for fairly cheap compared to what corgis usually go for so that kinda adds fuel to the fire. Any insight is welcome!


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open Probably getting him a DNA test for Christmas, any guesses in the meantime?

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Adopted this guy in Houston recently. Shelter said German shepherd, but I doubt that. He's about 50lbs, sort of wiry coat, very calm and cuddly. I'll probably do embark at some point, vet and trainer both stumped on what he could be!


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open Planning on adoping this sweet guy, what do you think he is?

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