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Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: Kitchen Cottage on January 15, 2014, 07:47:43 am

Title: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on January 15, 2014, 07:47:43 am

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My name is Luca.  I come from Bulgaria.  I am very slight and light in build.  I have rough hair.  I can be seen in the above photo.

My new Mum has done a "doggy DNA" testing kit on me and is awaiting the results, she has no idea what kind of cross I am.

Can you guess before the kit comes back? 

http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/kitchencottage/media/luca_zpsd068a3a5.jpg.html?sort=2&o=8#/user/kitchencottage/media/luca_zpsd068a3a5.jpg.html?sort=2&o=8&_suid=13897718090780026384819103652868 (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/kitchencottage/media/luca_zpsd068a3a5.jpg.html?sort=2&o=8#/user/kitchencottage/media/luca_zpsd068a3a5.jpg.html?sort=2&o=8&_suid=13897718090780026384819103652868)

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: Alistair on January 15, 2014, 09:23:48 am

Husky type dog cross crossed with collie type cross, I.e a cross of a cross and a cross, I am no longer sure if I have spelt cross correctly, which has made me ............... Angry

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: Rosemary on January 15, 2014, 10:31:26 am

He's clearly a Bulgarian Bitsa  :) He's lovely, whatever he is.

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Post by: doganjo on January 15, 2014, 10:32:27 am

Could almost be a breed in itself there are so many who look similar to him  :innocent: - he is lovely, and I love his name.  :thumbsup:   Will be very interested in his gene make up - I'm guessing mostly collie, but could include rough and border.  :thinking:

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: fsmnutter on January 15, 2014, 11:23:05 am

The eyes look to me a bit like Australian shepherd, but not sure what else is in there, hard to tell body shape from the photo when he's lying down

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on January 15, 2014, 09:57:02 pm

Sorry nutter I should have mentioned, he's blind.  His eyes are damaged.

I hadn't even thought he had collie in him, I just thought husky (but he is very small, about the size of a sheltie)

 :excited: :excited: can't wait to find out!

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: doganjo on January 15, 2014, 10:33:42 pm

Shetland collie cross then?

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Post by: sabrina on January 17, 2014, 10:01:58 am

Collie something I think.

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Post by: Old Shep on January 17, 2014, 06:42:28 pm

GSD x collie x JRT! :-)

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Post by: shygirl on January 18, 2014, 10:17:30 am

Many people are mentioning British breeds. Does Bulgaria not have native breeds of its own?

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Post by: doganjo on January 18, 2014, 10:55:26 am

Yes, the Karakachan - but it's a type of collie.  There are also two hound type breeds.

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on February 03, 2014, 02:51:06 pm

Well, that was money down the drain.... he came back with "insufficient DNA associated with a single breed to indicate a breed characteristic".  This means that he doesn't have 25% or more of any single breed (either by one dog or any collection of dogs with bits in).

This just proves he is genetically not racist... his ancestors mingled far and wide  :roflanim:

Title: Re: TAS "Guess my breed" game :)
Post by: SallyintNorth on February 03, 2014, 05:26:08 pm

He's a "proper mongrel" - as I suppose the majority of dogs are!

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Post by: shygirl on February 03, 2014, 05:27:26 pm

a real heinz 57. non of this arty-farty designer crossbred pooches.

 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: