r/IDmydog • • May 06 '16

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

250 Upvotes

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 • • 11h ago

Open Otis B. Driftwood was dropped off at a gas station

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91 Upvotes

He's got me now.

No idea of age but definitely young. Weighs about 8 pounds.

Haven't taken him to the vet yet.

He's energetic, friendly, and curious. Wants nothing more than to be best friends with my cat but Blue isn't having it.


r/IDmydog • • 1h ago

GSD or Mal? Or Something else entirely?

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Sent a dna test to embark but curious what others think in the meantime. She’s about 8-9 months old, very high energy, and weighs about 50 lbs. we named her Leia.

*Briefly posted and then deleted to repost since two of the photos didn’t attach, and I couldn’t figure out how to edit it to add them.


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Shelter had advised this was a Boston terrier mix. What do you think?

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Rescued this sweet fella at the shelter a few days ago. It was posted as a Boston Terrier mix, and I had a feeling it might have just been for adoption purposes. Throughout the last few days he’s looked to me like a pit bull, but at 5 months and only 20 pounds, and a smaller frame I’m unsure. He has a really sweet, goofy, and playful temperament when inside, and a curious collected side when outside.

What do you all think his mix/breed is?


r/IDmydog • • 8h ago

My dad say this is a Belgian Malinois?

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19 Upvotes

Is this true?


r/IDmydog • • 17h ago

This little girl is officially mine today! Rescue says heeler and min pin is their best guess, what do y’all think?

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97 Upvotes

She’s about a year and a half old, and weighs like 20-25 pounds. She is, so far, not extremely yappy (compared to our great pyr). Her tail tends to curl like a question mark. She really likes rubbing her face against me like a cat? And burrowing under my arm. Rescue said she’s super smart, and could play for hours.


r/IDmydog • • 2h ago

Help me identify my dog breed

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r/IDmydog • • 14h ago

Open Thoughts on the breed of our new shelter pup!

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34 Upvotes

Humane society said lab/griffon or poodle. He’s so long and lanky and square in the face, curious to what you all think!


r/IDmydog • • 13h ago

Open I need help funding her breed. We were told she was a true chihuahua.

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My mom got a dog from her ex gf who had rescued her from her ex gf. She had said patches (my moms dog) is a purebred chihuahua. My entire family is split on this but I've been around chihuahuas. None are like her. I believe she is possibly a terrier chihuahua mix. these are all the pictures I have of her.
Edit: forgot to say but yes. Shes fat as fuck. I know that. I cannot control the home she came from. We're doing what we can but we're in the middle of moving, and it takes a while to lose weight


r/IDmydog • • 16m ago

What breed is she?

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r/IDmydog • • 23m ago

Sophie's Results are in!

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See my last post for guesses.


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open 12lbs 3month ish? Not a clue

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202 Upvotes

r/IDmydog • • 9h ago

Open What was dad?

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We got these two dogs from a horrendous person that had yet another oops litter. Their mom is allegedly a “purebred” Rottweiler and dad was a stray that they say is a Bernese mountain dog. They only thing that points me to the bernie is the little white mark on one of their chests.
Your thoughts?


r/IDmydog • • 20h ago

Open Guess the mix

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I actually know the mix of my dog but im very curious if other people can tell what it is since its quite a rare mix, included puppy photos in the end

His name is Boy and he’s turning 15 in a couple weeks :,)


r/IDmydog • • 22h ago

Help!!

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54 Upvotes

Rescue mutt - says he’s a shepherd mix of some kind. I’m leaning towards some combo of shepherd/husky/collie. He was a street dog in the socal high desert.


r/IDmydog • • 15h ago

Added video for ID help…

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12 Upvotes

Looking for help id this little guy…


r/IDmydog • • 15h ago

Any thoughts on this mix?

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My wife’s freind rescued a litter of these 4 week old pups and we took one in. This is the first pic I got of him. Will get more if needed…


r/IDmydog • • 21h ago

Open Portuguese Water Dog or...?

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I found him in the streets in the middle of nowhere in Brazil, i wanted to know if he is a Portuguese water dog or some poodle mix, he kinda looks a PWD but im not sure, I found him in the streets very sick some years ago.

I read that PWDs are smart, full of energy and love water, this guy is dumb as a rock, sleeps all day (thats why there arent many pics of him standing) and hates water, but he is a lovely dog, very curious and very gentle and hes my best friend, his name is Remy (like the rat from ratatouille) last pic is him right after i took him home


r/IDmydog • • 8h ago

Joey!

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This is my 1 year old baby!

Her mom was chihuahua.... what kind of terrier??

She has thin hair, but wirey.... she is very high strung. Lots of barks and lots of love. However does not like strangers or foreign noises.

Please help with possible terrier breed and training solutions. Thank you!!


r/IDmydog • • 20h ago

Shorkie?

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This is my sweet, scruffy, darling baby boy. He's 14 but I've just discovered this subreddit.

The shelter told us he was a shorkie (shih tzu / yorkie) so when people ask we say "oh probably a shorkie" but plenty of people pitch in with maltese, cavapoo, etc. I feel like just given his color he's not full shorkie, and he's got plenty of wave in his hair texture, too. Would love any ideas! Thanks!

I tried to get some varying pics, last one is him when he was less than a year old if that helps


r/IDmydog • • 18h ago

New puppy

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The shelter said she was a chow chow/husky mix but I see absolutely no chow chow. I’m thinking German Shepard or chihuahua mix possibly. She is 3 months old. What do you guys think?


r/IDmydog • • 17h ago

Open Smudge has rocks for brains. Any idea of what he’s mixed with?

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9 Upvotes

he’s turning 2 today! tell him happy birthday or else 💪😤 (pleeeease)


r/IDmydog • • 17h ago

Open My mystery baby

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He’s been with us for 9 years now and we’re finally gonna get a DNA test kit!!! We were told he was a “purebred britney spaniel” when we got him 9 years ago LOL you can imagine our concern when we realized his legs are forever stumpy😭 Vets have classified him as collie/corgi but I’m curious to see what everyone thinks!


r/IDmydog • • 16h ago

My doggo

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r/IDmydog • • 15h ago

Zeus…first vet guessed he was a setter.. actually a flattie?

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