what kind of dog do people think your GSD is?

[Fodder]

I've been asked if Gia (a bi color) is mixed with Lab because GSD "don't come in that color"... I also used to get Doberman with her when she was really thin.

Tilden on the other hand is a reeeally red long hair, and its been an interesting road... I've gotten Collie, Sheltie, Doberman, Shiloh, Tervuren, Golden Ret, Aussie, Border Collie and Setter.

[24kgsd]

"Police dog" is the most common. When people ask me what kind of dog my dog is, I figure a dumb question deserves a dumb answer, so I reply with all seriousness "gas-station dog." Which is totally lost on most people these days.....back in the day, when gas stations were family owned they were all full-service and sold gas and did auto repairs. The gas-station always had a dog and more often then not it would be a GSD.

[sleachy]

I get the "that's a police dog" comment too. Tooz has been called everything from a greyhound to a husky.
More often than not, people just ask "what breed is he?" (Even though Tooz is a girl!).
I fostered a German shorthair pointer and I had more than one person ask if he was a rottweiler! When I asked what made him look like a rott, people would tell me because of his docked tail.

[Zisso]

My two have been called Police dogs-by younger boys at the park, hyena one time by a really young kid(funny they would know a hyena but not a GSD or even Police Dog) and most recently, a lady at our herding class asked if Z was a Tervuren. I was really surprised she asked/thought that!

[goatdude]

At the vet's office I'm sometimes asked what breed my dogs is. My usual reply is "poodle".

[becca5880]

lol These replies are too funny. I usually get oh my god look at the K-9 or look at that cop dog! Apparently people think k-9 is a breed lol

[JakodaCD OA]

my black and tans, and black and red dawgs used to get the "police dog".

My black bi color boy, used to be either a lab mix, or he isn't purebred right?

Masi, my black sable gets,,"malinois", what is she? what's she mixed with?"

Heck even my aussie when she was a puppy would get "border collie?" I'd flip her around "aussie no tail"...) Or is "that a berner puppy?"

I live in the hicks ))

[Raziel]

A wolf.
ALL THE TIME.
Like hello?
LOL

[sleachy]

What is with the wolf thing???

My mother went on a cruise to Alaska and when she got back, she had a couple pictures left on a disposable camera before getting them developed. I took the camera hiking with me and took pics of Tooz out in the woods. My mother showed them off with her vacation pics and told everyone it was a wolf...of course they believed her.

[DarkEyes]

Talking about wolves, there was a house in this neighborhood whose resident passed away a few months ago. Her children comes to tend to the house while it's waiting to be sold. They bring their dog... name Wolf. Thing is... this is a HUGE, very long haired like a collie, and seems to have a face of a wolf. I have yet to meet its owners (they were too busy), but my first encounter scared the heck out of me. I was walking Haley (4 months at the time) when she slowed down and paused. I looked at her, wondering why, and she slowly looked behind her. So I looked behind, and not 4 feet away, there's that giant dog standing there, wagging its tail. I had to cover my mouth because I started screaming. The dog took another step and I took another step back, and then calmed down when I noticed the dog was being super friendly.

One day I'll get a pic if I still don't know the breed, but that dog was HUGE! Maybe the size of a Great Dane, but appears to be stocky, long haired like a collie, possibly more the look of a collie than a wolf. Neihgbors called the dog Wolfl.... but I don't think there's a wolf mix with it.

I guess it takes dog owners who owned different dogs to know what breed NOT to call in a dog. Hehe.