If you can believe it...

*drumroll*

for those of you who were brave enough to participate in my previous blog contest, here are the results:

the puppies in photo #1 are half GERMAN SHEPHERD (sally is the winner, her guess was a belgian shepherd) photo taken by a westside shepherd rescue volunteer... all of the puppies and mom have been adopted earlier this year.

the puppy in photo #2 (Rebel) is half KING CHARLES SPANIEL (heather is the winner, her guess was springer spaniel... but only because that was her childhood dog. pure luck!)

Rebel is a puppy that boarded with me a few weeks back and after seeing a photo and communicating thru e mail with his owner, i was dying to SEE him and hear how she'd come up with his breed mixture - that is when she confirmed that he was born at a rescue, to a king charles mama. my best guess is that dad was a piebald daschund / rat terrier / chihuahua... those ears, WOW!!

He's a fun and well behaved little guy, only living up to his name every now and then. Despite his pint size, he had a great time here with Gia, Tilden, Buzz and Gracey...

so much for my nap on the sofa:



Gia referees. Rebel commentates:

She's a WHAT??? (guess the breed game)

Its not uncommon to walk into an animal shelter and see every black dog listed as a Lab X, every dog with erect ears as a Shepherd X, and almost every small dog is a Terrier X of some sort. Before you take these descriptions and run with them, remember how tricky genetics can be in the first place, along with the fact that a dog can be mixed with not only 2, but 3, 4, 5, or 6 different breeds (and beyond).

Occasionally (and sadly) a mama dog will give birth in the shelter, or under a rescues care, (or at home, eek) and the game of "who's your daddy" begins...

Well my version is a little different.

In both photos, the pup or pups were born @ the rescue, the mama dogs breed is KNOWN and PUREBRED... although you'd probably never guess it in a million years. as far as who hopped the fence and got mama pregnant... well, the dads breed in both cases are pretty obvious (at least i think so).

OK...start guessing, and make sure to read game details at the bottom of this post. Good luck!!

Photo#1 (taken from a rescues organizations website which i will mention after the breed reveal) Hint: Mama is not an Australian Cattle Dog!



Photo#2 (taken by me of a clients dog) Hint: Mama is not a Rat Terrier!



...Winner, winners or whoever comes the closest will get a prize! Leave a comment on facebook, or e mail me at ipetsit.la@gmail.com Please specify if your guess is for photo 1 or photo 2. I'll reveal the breeds in Sundays 10/24 blog post. Again, good luck...you'll need it! Ha!