Kara said:Definitely NOT the same litter. Jake, left, is about 15. We don't know Melvin's, right, exact age, but he's much younger. Regardless of where they came from, 2 exceptionally good dogs. Of course, I'm biased.
I've been told the 'DNA for mutts' tests are useless. Is this true?
Pretty much. AKC has the only one that will hold up in court. But I've seen the results of many, and I think they are a gimik. Always seems to be some obscure breed within four generations, and the likeliness of that obscure breed running around loose and intact, let alone even in the area....are slim. Like the pharaoh hound mix recently. I know many, many pharaohs...and this dog didn't have a drop of Pharaoh in it. It happened to have large prick years, pointed muzzle,, long legs and a lot of tuck up. Looked like a GSD mix to me...with LOTS of black pigment...no pigment in Pharaohs. [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
I am the "breed Nazi" at work, and when people bring in a new pet, I get called up to guestimate the breed. I ALWAYS go with my first, brief impression. The reason is, speaking reform experience, if Animal Control or a Good Sam call about a stray dog, they will state the most obvious breed they see in it...Lab Mix, Shepard Mix, pit mix......
And same for me, if an owner calls that their dog is missing, I need to be able to closely describe the dog, or a hit by car brought in.
Once, my second day on a new CVT job, I was told to go back and get the Ridgeback and bring up to owner. I walked back, no RR. Came up front, told yes, the RR named "xxxx" (don't recall), I walked back, found cage card with that name, and saw a cute, tan, female pit bull. By no stretch of the imagination was this a RR. Ugh. Case-n-point.
TommyZ said:My vicious killing machine....yall scared yet? Lol. Big guy rolls over and shows belly to my 5 LB Birman cat, lmao
OH MY DOG! I wanna grab those lips!!!!