[nagdu] Dog Breeds

Julie J. jlcrane at alltel.net
Thu Feb 5 12:34:21 UTC 2009


Yes, Monty is a Boxer/Lab mix.  He looks identical to a Boxer except for the 
web feet and color.  Also his ears weren't cropped.  He has been mistaken 
for a pit, a great Dane, and a Bulldog.

But then again...who knows?  I once had someone ask me if my Beagle was a 
pit bull.

Julie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Breeds


> In our old neighborhood there was a family who had a very well trained, 
> well
> behaved Pit. He looked very much like Spuds McKenzie from the old beer
> commercials.
>
> One day I was walking past their house and noticed this dog walking beside
> us. The man came out and introduced himself and the dog, not telling me 
> his
> breed. I patted him and he was very sweet. Then the man told me about the
> dog, how they really tried not to tell people his breed because they 
> freaked
> out, but how well trained he was. I could see this. He and my big Golden
> licked each other and were quite happy to sit there while we talked.
>
> The dog's name was Rocky. Every time we came by and Rocky was out, he'd 
> come
> and walk with us, at perfect guiding position on my right side, from one 
> end
> of his property to the other along the side walk. Once there was a toy in
> the middle and as my dog moved me to the left around it, Rocky stepped out
> in front as if to lead us around. His owner found this not unusual for 
> him.
> Rocky liked to do jobs. The man had taught him to fetch tools, climb a
> ladder and bring them to him, then climb back down. We joked that Rocky 
> was
> about the size of my little Labs and he'd probably make a fine guide dog.
> I'd seen him around rowdy neighborhood dogs and he just stood there. He 
> had
> his friends he liked to play with but he didn't go in with the rowdy ones.
> The man said Rocky also would stand and block their baby who was just
> learning to crawl, from going onto the sidewalk.
>
> I think I worry more about the neglected pet spaniel or Golden than a Pit
> necessarily, depending on the area of town.
>
> I've also heard people who work boxers as guides say that their dogs are
> often mistaken for Pits. My first dog was a very odd Lab mix of some sort.
> She certainly wasn't a pure bred Lab. She had a large head with small ears
> set further back than most Labs and small eyes with a shorter muzzle. She
> was also very muscular, and pure black. She was mistaken for a Pit many
> times in one particular area I went in to work. This was fine given the
> area. If they only knew how unstable her temperament was. <grin> She would
> have embarrassed the Pit breed. Not the ideal first dog unfortunately.
>
>
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