Comments | ms_hecubus: Who knew?

ms_hecubus

Who knew?

May 06, 2013 17:55

I just got back the DNA results for the dogs and Cowboy's is so odd! He is 50% Russel Terrier, 25% English Springer Spaniel and 25% who knows what. This dog was guessed to be a Beagle/Basset Hound mix and I could easily believe it. He doesn't have a speck of either breed in him, not even in the "could be" possible breeds.

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tatjna May 6 2013, 22:06:11 UTC

I can definitely see the Russell in Cowboy, although I don't know if I'd have spotted it without knowing it was there.

ms_hecubus May 6 2013, 23:55:22 UTC

I can see the Jack Russell a bit too. It's just that he's so long and short. His body totally looks Basset. I guess I could see if you combined the length of a Springer with the short legs of a Russell. I have no idea where he got his coloring though!

tatjna May 6 2013, 23:56:29 UTC

I wonder if there's a bit of dachshund in there? Those legs and ears have a vague look about them.

ms_hecubus May 6 2013, 23:57:38 UTC

That didn't come up either. Speck had possible Dachshund in his results, but that was going back more then 3 generations so they can't say for certain. If Cowboy has it the percentage is too small to show up.

pombagira May 6 2013, 22:27:10 UTC

Maybe Cowboy has dwarfism? i had a friend once who had a dog called Bear, he was a dwarf dog, this brothers and sisters were all hunterway (a New Zealand farm dog breed) and something else large, however Bear was not tall/large like the others he had short bowed legs, and the rest of him looked like his siblings.. it was odd, but having said that Bear was an awsome dog!!

*ponders things*

ms_hecubus May 6 2013, 23:59:30 UTC

Interesting. I did research the bowed legs when I first got him and mostly ended up on Basset sites. The biggest tip seems to be to keep him slim or they could cause him to develop arthritis.

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ms_hecubus May 7 2013, 00:01:51 UTC

They were a lot more expensive when they first came out and I was a lot poorer. I always figured what was the point, but now that I've done it I wish I had gone ahead with Devo. Oh, well. If I really HAVE to know I suppose I could send in a bone.

photogfrog May 6 2013, 23:24:58 UTC

They are both SO cute.

ms_hecubus May 7 2013, 00:02:02 UTC

Thank you!

mahasin May 7 2013, 00:00:29 UTC

Freaking adorable dogs though.

ms_hecubus May 7 2013, 00:03:27 UTC

They're both pretty good little dogs too. Honestly, I might have passed on Cowboy if I knew he was half Russell because those dogs have a reputation for being crazy. He's not that much of a spaz though. I guess some of his whatever mix includes lazy breeds. ;)