Best Mixed Breed you have owned.

[SueLS]

Ours would be a german shepherd/collie mix. He had the best qualities of both breeds -- incredibly intelligent, loyal, loving -- all the great stuff. And, he was stunningly beautiful -- had the longer nose of the collie, upright ears, GSD coloring, but a thicker collie like coat.

Incredible boy . . . . . he was with us for 13 1/2 years!

[KCandMace]

My mom always got free blond ****-a-poos out of the newspaper. Then she got mad when they started to charge for a mutt. So that really is the only mix I have ever been around the most.

We I got out on my own I had a mix. Not sure what as we had found him on the side of the road. We put out flyers and in the paper but nobody claimed him. 3 months later he was missing. He was just a pup maybe 5-6 months when we found him. If I had to guess on he was part yellow lab with some sharpei but very small.

After that I had a boarder collie mix. Felisha was a smart loving girl. She was very driven to be near you. As the landlord wouldn't allow pets to be left alone inside we had a fenced in area for her in the backyard. My exbf one night slept on the couch that was on the back porch and listened to her franticly trying to get to him and she died trying. I was coming the next day to get her as we had broken up. He said he would watch her until I had a place which took a week. He didn't need to take it out on her.

[Innuendo]

She is 13 years old now but was one of my first dogs. Her name is cocoa and she is a little bit of everything Pit Bull, Catahoula and cattle dog are the only breeds we notice right away but she could have other stuff in there too!



Her favorite thing in the world is her squeeky ball.

[Solo'smom]

Cocoa is beautiful! So is that German Shepherd : )

[shadow mum]

I'd have to say it's a tie. I have owned a Great Pyraneese(sp?), an Akita/Malamute, a collie, a westie-poo, a peke-a-poo, a GSD X and a GSD. Out of these I'd have to say my akita/malamute, Deni, and the GSD X, Smokie, were fantastic.

When I was 16, we had Deni. My parents had taken the GP to be neutered, so I was left at home Deni for the weekend. (Small town, vet was 2 hrs away) I remember hearing someone at the door during the early morning, and thinking it was my older brother, went to open it. Deni placed herself at the door and started growling. I tried to push her out of the way, and she mouthed my wrist. I finally figured out she was trying to tell me something, and ran back upstairs to my room. The next morning, I asked my brother about it, and he said it wasn't him at the door. Deni got a HUGE steak dinner.

Smoke was another story. My husband and I were told we couldn't have kids, and Smoke became ours. Imagine our surprise when we not only had 1 child, but 2. Smoke was fantastic, but he protected them, sleeping beside their cribs, watching the door when they were out. When he died, I think a part of me died too.

Now we have our GSD, Shadow. Let the fun begin again. Back to puppy school for me.

[elsie]

with the exception of Dylan and Sheba (gsd, our first 'family' dog), all my dogs have always been mixes of shep/collie, shep/lab, lab/collie. they were all great dogs. i'll have to so, tho, gypsy gsdxcollie was the smartest and the most 'fun' of them. she was true to her name.

[Wolfie]

The only mixed breed I have owned was a 4yr old Samoyed/Wolf mix.

Blizzard

He was given to me due to his owners moving out of the Country. They had him since he was 1 and adopted him from the SPCA.

I gave him back to them when they moved back to BC a year later. Hard to do, but I knew he missed them a lot!

[Charlie Foxtrot]

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Growing up, a neighbor's dog "adopted" us kids. She escaped from the neighbors so many times, tunneling, chewing though ropes and chains, leaping progressively higher fences, that they finally gave her to us. She was apparently a GSD mixed with some portion of coyote (maybe a quarter?). Smart, loving, loyal, well trained; she was the best dog we could have ever hoped for. Most coydogs are not to be trusted, but she was an extraordinary companion in 4 kid's growing years.

Currently, we have a Belgian Malinois / GSD mix. Breed for police work, he turned out to be a 110 pound goofball; a luvbug unfit for a life as a cop's land shark. Their loss, our gain. A wonderful dog, smart, loving, athletic, and absolutely full of the joy of life.
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[Vertigo75]

The two best mixed-breeds I had were when I was a child. I was raised with a Chow/Airdale mix who helped me realize my love for dogs. He was very friendly and willing to do anything I asked of him, and taught me how to appreciate everything dogs have to offer. After he died from kidney failure, we adopted a GSD/terrier mix from the pound. He was awesome! I raised him from a puppy when I was 11 years old and he went with me every where. A kid couldn't have asked for a better best friend! He eventually died from old age, but still has a spot in my heart just for him. He looked like a GSD with a beard.

I miss them both and will never forget them.

[Ewilliams]

Mine is a dog from my childhood. He was a small breed, probably mixed with some poodle. His name was Happy. He took care of me and when my dad died when I was six, Happy stayed by my side. I can almost remember what his fur smelled like as I had so many days and nights with my face buried in his fur as I slept with my head on his side. Happy was more like my brother than a dog. He would lay and listen to me read to him. We shared a pb&j everyday for lunch. Everyone needs a Happy.