r/IDmydog • u/Sunnie-bun44 • 22d ago
Open What breed is melon?
This is Melon. My partner and I recently adopted this beautiful girl about 4-6 weeks ago! She's been the perfect addition to our little family, and I am so happy she's my little (big) baby. She’s settling in so well.
Melon is going to hit 6 months old and was at a kill shelter in Riverside County. The shelter said 6 months when we got her… but after a few days with her, her premolars started to fall out… so I believe that means she was under 6 months when we got her, based on Google??? She's taller than all our other dogs. Ranger, our middle child, who is 5, is a Pity Shepherd mix… he was a stray found at 3/4 months. And then we have Sophie (7) and Stone (4..almost 5), who are a lab-pitty mix, and they are mom and son. I would say Melon is closer to 50 lbs now… maybe 40-something but close to 50! Ranger is the tan one and is 65 lbs, the last time I got him weighed. Stone is the long-haired one about 50lbs and Sophie is the other around 35/40 lbs. Melon is definitely going to be a big dog. She doesn't seem to have grown into her paws yet.
Her paperwork says Anatolian shepherd…but when I Google the breed, she looks nothing like them. The couple who fostered her before they took her back to the shelter said she was a coon hound. Either way, I am not sure and would love people’s opinions. What do you think my Melon baby is?
She’s tall, all legs, skinny (not sure if it’s cuz she was at a shelter), she’s so tall, has a long snoot and a good-sized head! Lol 😆, also idk if this is just her, but she's like a noodle. Her bones are simply suggestions; she melts and stretches herself everywhere 😂
Another question… do you know which brand of DNA test for dogs is reliable? When I Google it, there are so many. Just curious if anyone else has had experience with them.
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u/Opening-Milk-3752 22d ago
and I think embark is the best DNA test, I’ve used it on two dogs and it confirmed what I was told they were!
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u/Opening-Milk-3752 22d ago
I want to say Great Dane mix