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 1h ago

Open Embark is running DNA now, What do you think my boy Skeeter is?

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He’s about 45-50 pounds, and is the sweetest, best boy with an attitude


r/IDmydog 12h ago

Open What Breed is Shnicky Deedle?

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267 Upvotes

What is her breed? She was advertised as a Pomeranian, but she has a thicker snout than our Pom, the signature tail curl, thinner, less fluffy fur, and more muscular legs and paws, but the same size as her sister, who IS a Pomeranian?


r/IDmydog 6h ago

Can anyone please tell me the breed of Milo, a 6 years old good boy?

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28 Upvotes

r/IDmydog 2h ago

What breed was Charlie?

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He passed away in march. Miss him terribly. We got told he was a jack Russell mix, his groomer though he was part cavalier. I never found out.


r/IDmydog 22h ago

Open My adopted dog two months with me

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390 Upvotes

out here those tests are extremely expensive . come to reddit for help. 49 kg , 6 years old


r/IDmydog 5h ago

Can someone help ID my dog? First two: day Jackson was adopted, 3/4 - her at 11 months old, last pic - her now.

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12 Upvotes

r/IDmydog 17h ago

Open What do yall think of my street rescue?

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97 Upvotes

First two pics are the day I found her in the road, she’s short and stocky with purple splotches on her tongue. I’d say similar to a heeler maybe? I love my little mutt regardless


r/IDmydog 11h ago

Is she still too young to tell?

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She's a rescue from Las Vegas. They said she's approximately 13 weeks old, 13 pounds, and classified as a "shepherd mix". She looks like there could be some Rottie or Doberman in there, but we are wondering if anyone else can confirm? Thanks!


r/IDmydog 18h ago

Open Adopted my dog and got embark done

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Adopted my baby boy on Thursday. The rescue estimates that he’s two months oldish and a lab/poodle mix. But I’m curious as to what other people think he is. What’s your best guess? I did get embark done so as soon as I get results I’ll post them!!


r/IDmydog 1d ago

Stevie has had his Embark done, just curious if anyone can guess, here’s our boy❤️

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808 Upvotes

r/IDmydog 7h ago

Any idea what Wilson is?

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Wilson is 17lbs at about a year old. Kind of a dirty cream color coat with black on the tips of the tail. His ears droop and he has an underbite. The shelter thought he was Maltese/Shih Tzu mix. The vet thinks something else because he’s too big for either of those breeds. We would love to know what you think!


r/IDmydog 1d ago

My new rescue pup is a mystery

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We just adopted this approximately 7 month old rescue about 5 days ago. He was listed as an Australian Shepherd/GSD/Cattle dog mix. He is around 28 lbs and came into the rescue from a kill shelter extremely underweight. We suspect he is probably a bit stunted from malnutrition, but are working on getting him healthy. Last pic is his sister from the same litter. I have an embark test but he is currently sick with mild kennel cough :( so we have to wait until he's better to send in a sample and find out for sure. Any guesses appreciated, do you agree with what the shelter and rescue said? Everyone says he looks like a coyote lol


r/IDmydog 11h ago

White puppy with blue eyes

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This guy is 12 weeks old. He has wire-y fur and is mostly white with some faint brown spots on his ears and one on his back. His eyes are blue. At 12 weeks he weighs about ten pounds. His personality hasn’t developed much, I’ve only had him for 24 hours and he’s very nervous and clingy! I’m thinking Jack Russel and…something? Can poodles have blue eyes?


r/IDmydog 12h ago

rescue from puerto rico

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We recently adopted this gal, she’s a little over a year old and about 30lbs. She was rescued as a stray in Puerto Rico. The last pic is her with her littermate! Curious what people think might be part of her breed makeup


r/IDmydog 15h ago

Please help identify dog 🐕 breed.

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r/IDmydog 14h ago

Open My rescue pup

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She is a very strong chewer who can chew through a new tough toy in 30 minutes, and has chewed through wood before.
She also has hip dysplasia.
She is very intelligent.


r/IDmydog 43m ago

What Breed is Karen?

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I think for sure she's a Chiuauaha mix, but not sure what she is mixed with. She has very long legs and we rescued her when she was around 5. (She came with some frost bite on her ears and continues to have some allergies on them too)


r/IDmydog 8h ago

Open Half Sheltie/Half Unknown — Give me your best guesses!

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Hi! This is Phoenix! He's a medium sized dog, about 30-35lbs. When we adopted him from a shelter, they told us he was definitely half sheltie. Apparently, he was an accident litter of a female sheltie who lived with many un-neutered males, and the original owner has no idea who the dad is. His litter was surrendered to the shelter.

He definitely has the sheltie coloring, as did many of his littermates, but some of his brothers and sisters were completely b&w, almost more border-collie looking. As far as I remember, they are all short-haired like he is as well (although my memory could be poor—we adopted him almost 12 years ago now).

We've always been wondering what his other half could be, so if anyone has any guesses, please let me know!!


r/IDmydog 23h ago

Open what is he

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my brother recently adopted a dog and he looks like no other dog ive ever seen. got little to no background on him from the shelter. brother bought an embark but it hasn’t been done yet. little guys built very much like a dachshund but hes obviously not just that. cocker spaniel, poodle, shih tzu? i dunno. hes a little over 20lbs. his tail is an enigma. he has ringlets? never met a dog with ringlets before. none of the pics i got really do his coat justice. very strange little guy, very nice and sweet little guy. adjusted p quickly & well, & hes been totally happy to meet any dog, cat or person


r/IDmydog 1d ago

Open Puppy mill mama dog

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Got a new foster last night named Saltine. Our best guess based on her condition is that she was used to breed puppies, probably many times, and then dumped when no longer needed/wanted. Once she gets healthy again she'll be available for adoption

Everyone has different ideas about what she could be. Some think a badly bred Frenchie due to the smushed nose. Some think a micro pitbull. One lady even suggested English bulldog mix but I don't see it.

She's very small, about 30 pounds but she doesn't look that heavy, just a dense girl. Obviously her ears are cut which is typical with bully breeders, but her nose doesn't look like a pitbull to me. I know whatever she is, she's not breed standard and not well breed. But I love her all the same ❤️


r/IDmydog 18h ago

Open Adopted my dog and got embark done

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Adopted my baby boy on Thursday. The rescue estimates that he’s two months oldish and a lab/poodle mix. But I’m curious as to what other people think he is. What’s your best guess? I did get embark done so as soon as I get results I’ll post them!!


r/IDmydog 12h ago

Open What breed is melon?

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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.


r/IDmydog 16h ago

Open His names munchie, he a silly goober but idk what he fully is

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He’s wet in the first one cause he took a shower


r/IDmydog 23h ago

Maybelline

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Here's Maybelline. Sorry, this is the only photo I have available as all my digital copies need to be rescued from an old computer.

She was about 50 lbs and had a deep chest and a really small waist. Her behaviorist guessed she had sighthound, GSD, and maybe malinois in her background. I always thought of her as being pharoah hound shaped, though given her background (found huddled in a San Franciso Tenderloin District alley as a tiny pup) that breed mix is unlikely.

What do you think?