[Miikkas mom]

OK, I must make a confession. Prior to getting Miikka – and joining this forum - I really did not know there were so many different lines of GSD’s. If I would have seen, say, a Czech working line I probably would have thought it was a mix. That would hold true for the solid black/white GSD’s too.

Our Bella was a GSD/chow chow mix. But she looked more chow; solid reddish-color fluffy fur with a GSD body. When I was a kid growing up in Minnesota there was a wonderful PB GSD up the street. He was a black/tan saddle - pretty much what I always thought of when I thought of a GSD. I’m still learning all the various lines! I think there are a lot of folks like me out there in the world...please be patient with them.

To answer the question at hand, people pretty much know Miikka is a GSD. She’s from West German show lines so she looks like a stereotypical GSD. Once in a while folks (usually kids) will ask me if she's a police dog...