I see a shepard mix. Looks a bit like my sister in laws shepard/husky mix.

Love the "battle" picture. LOL

 

He isn't built like a shepherd though. These pictures don't show it very well but he is SUPER narrow. You can kind of see the hip bones that stick up, thats not because he is emaciated, they are how he is built. These pictures make him look shorter than he is but he is at least 6 inches taller than Gunner...

I don't see any shepherd in him. MAYBE husky type but he coat isnt thick like a husky. Its thinner.

 

Are there a lot of Saluki's around your area? I can see what you are saying but its not a common breed.

 

Thats what I said when they first got him 2 years ago but every time I see him the more I think he is a saluki mix.

They got him up in Mendocino county so who knows what rich hippy has running around up there.

 

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Those hips scream sighthound to me but I would have a hard time believing Saluki unless you have a lot more down there than we do here. I have a really hard time seeing a Saluki mix show up in a shelter. I could more see a mix like lab (field lines) X collie X greyhound or something along those lines. I agree with you about the shepherd- I don't see it.

 

I don't see lab, I could go with a bit of grey hound or collie...

I knew these pictures werent the greatest to show the way he acts, moves, sounds, and looks...

I guess I will have to take some better pictures the next time I see him

 

yeh i'd say Shepard mix... doesnt look like a saluki mix to me.

 

I see shepherd and greyhound. If the saluki was a more common breed I could see that but they aren't so I would think greyhound instead. You never know though. I never thought I would see a purebred smooth collie turn up in my local shelter. And that was just weeks after one turned up in the shelter near my mom's house in Cali!

 

The link you posted showing the Saluki with the same coloring...def can see a strong resemblance along with face structure also.
Where I live it would be a very rare possibility...the dog would be categorized as shepard mix, no doubt...but hell everything is claimed shepard or lab mix around here.

 

I see it in the chest area but my last dog had that type off chest as well. She also ran like a grey but I am sure had none in her. (thoese breeds just were not int he area)

I do see husky hound...

Althoughlooking here she resembles a couple.
http://www.stola.org/saluki/open.html

 

I see shepherd, maybe husky mix too, maybe with a bit of lurcher. A lot of shep. mixes are super thin and lanky. A mutt from many generations of mutts. :wink:

Cute though!!

 

That's what I was thinking... a lot of Shep mixes are very thin and lanky. Could be so many generations of mutt that you just don't know what it's background is!

 

Okay, maybe just me, but I see Doberman. If you look at the second pic (the side view) and compare it to a doberman they look pretty much the same. Doberman would also explain the short coat, coloration and patterns, and the skinny lankiness. I'm sorry, but I don't see any thing that even resembles the saluki picture you posted either.

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That could be a possibility. His hair isn't like a dobermans but it would contribute to the shortness of it.

There is no telling what he is Only his parents know and who knows who they are :smile:

 

Shelters always try to tag a breed on the dogs they place.. If its black it's a lab if it has a spot on its tongue is part chow... Unless you see the parents the mixed breed comes out of who really knows
As far as this dog having saluki or any sighthound I would say no! I've been around sighthounds a large part of my life! I currently live with 3 beautiful salukis and none remotely resemble the dog you posted... You can pick similarities in anything if you look hard enough
With the cross that he is who knows what metabolism was created or the skeletal structure of the dogs behind him... There are lots of skinny mix breeds out there
Enjoy him... He's a cutie

 

If not sighthound. What else would you say he is? IMO there is nothing else that matches his structure, build, and personality.

 

Thanks!

I did take updated photos of him but never posted them. I'll do that after work. We all still think Saluki The sighthound is blatantly obvious in person. Unfortunately he doesn't sit still so its hard to take a good photo.

 

Doberman or greyhound. His coat may not be the texture of a Doberman but the coloring is like almost every Dobie/shepherd cross I've ever seen and his body shape is very similar to a Dobie or greyhound.

this is actually one time I feel kinda confident about guessing a breed

 

Looks like my friend's Lab/Shepherd mix to me...I don't see the sighthound.

 

I don't "care" what breed he is, because he's not my dog. It's just interesting to guess. Plus my sister and her BF got him from the shelter as a "shepherd Mix" but he turned out to be something unexpected. They like to know more about why he wanders, why he doesn't listen (LOL), why he doesn't gain weight, why he is the way he is.

Doberman I can see in the markings kind of...except for the spectacles around his eyes and shade of markings and he's much more frail than a dobe, much more narrow, hardly any substance to him at all and he doesn't move like a dobe. His back also doesn't resemble a doberman at all.

Just dog sat 3 setters (Irish, Gordon and english) and I see very little resemblance except for the height. His face is completely different and his personality is different.
Shepherd, I could go with a drop of that because of his coat, and his markings. Lab maybe a bit but only because labs are in every mix pretty much LOL

I don't understand why no one sees the obvious sighthound influence that I do. Everything about his personality and appearance screams mostly sighthound to me.
IMO he is mainly sighthound and something else......
I guess it doesn't matter since I can't show you anything except photos

 

Any chance of doing a Wisdom Panel or something similar? Maybe you can keep an eye out for a coupon for one or something. I know they're not perfect, but might give you some idea!

I love that his tail is always moving, so in every picture it's just a blur =)

 

Never held much faith in those and I can't see them spending money on that.

He is a very friendly dog. He always greets you with a "woowoo" and everyone goes "Shut up Colt!". Well I don't say "shut up" because I'm usually encouraging it! :biggrin:. He can say "I love you" too. He talks a lot.

 

BTW he is not starved, even though he looks like it. That is how he is built, frail and lanky and narrow. He eats a lot, just never gains.

 

The first two photos look very "hound" (i.e. scent hound-- long legs, the shape of the back). The last two I can see some sight hound, due to the body shape and long, lanky frame.

That's all I've got...

 

Just for the heck of it maybe some kind of **** hound, French hound, Sheperd, husky? His face looks a little too thick to be a Saluki mix. They're quite refined.

 

That's because he is a mix. It is very refined but not as much as a purebred.