Columbia MO Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Hi all, I'm the chair for the 2006 BCSA Rescue Fund Benefit, to be held in October--last year the Benefit raised over $3000 for Border Collie rescue. As one of the fundraising games for the Benefit, I would like to post photos of known mixes and have people buy "chances" at guessing the breeds. I got the idea from Find the Pit Bull . I want to make it pretty hard, concentrating mainly on Border Collie and other herding breed mixes, smooth and rough coats, all different colors and patterns, dogs that look like purebred of a particular breed, but are really a mix of two totally different breeds, etc. I'm mainly interested in photos of adult dogs with herding breed ancestry (or who might fool people into believing they have herding ancestry) rather than deliberate toy mixes like Puggles, Shih-poos, etc. Please send any and all photos to me at k9shrink@prodigy.net. Please identify each photo clearly with the known mix of the dog. Please do not send any photos where you are making an educated guess as to the breed. I need to know 100% what the parents were in order to use the photo for the fundraiser. After the fundraiser, I may put up a page on my website so that people who adopt a mixed breed might get some ideas as to what mix their dog could be. I volunteer at the local shelter, and always wished I could find a page like this to possibly help in identifying unknown mixes that come in. Thanks, Columbia, MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Oh, cool. I would be interested in seeing the finished project, if you do put it up on your website. I'm still trying to figure out my Jack! You might post this on the rescue board, too. I know there's a couple of known mixes over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie_Girl Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Great idea! Sorry I don't have any pics to share, I am sure you will get lots. BTW, I picked the pit on the first try! Yipee for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia MO Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Hey guys, I just checked my Inbox and already have five dogs, all different BC mixes. Yay! I have to say that I wouldn't have guessed any of them. Good stumpers! Please keep 'em coming and let any of your friends know that might want to send photos. I know there are some great spaniel mixes out there that could pass for BCs and BC mixes that could pass for spaniels! I'd like to get at least 20 photos to use for the contest. Does anybody know anyone with a dog from Hanging Tree lines? I have seen some of their dogs at cow trials that are deliberate mixes of ACD, BC, and even pit bull. That would be a good one to include. Columbia, MO P.S. By the way, it just occured to me that if you have an unusual looking purebred BC, that might be fun to put in the contest too as a ringer! (For instance: tail docked, unusual color or pattern, unusual earset, really HUGE or tiny, etc.) Maybe I should post this on the thread about Strangest Guess About What Breed Your Dog Is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsPalmer Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 I just saw the Australian Kelpie page today and thought wow I would have never guessed that dog was a breed, it looks like a cross! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al8dan Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 If you like I can send you a photo of Freeway He is the product of a Collie dad and a Corgi mom.... Everyone he meets thinks he is a German Shepherd puppy... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/al8...yofDSCF0011.jpg That is the link to one picture. Cheers julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia MO Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Julie, Freeway is adorable! Do you have any bigger photo of him that you could e-mail me for the contest? Mrs. Palmer, I saw a photo of a kelpie on a motorcycle in Australia in National Geographic years ago. I had the photo on my wall for years. I loved the size/shape/physique, but nobody I met had ever heard of them and they weren't in any breed books--even "rare breed" books. So I decided to get a "blue heeler" instead, which I saw in a photo with an actress/owner, and also in the movie The Road Warrior--it looked almost like a Kelpie. (Terrible way to choose a breed, but I was 18 years old!) That one ALSO didn't exist in any of the books. It took me another four years before I found out the real name was "Australian Cattle Dog" and got one of my own. I just saw my first Kelpie last year, about 20 years after I saw that National Geo photo! Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Does anybody know anyone with a dog from Hanging Tree lines?There are Hangin' Tree Aussies (Gary Ericsson sold the rights to the use of that name/bloodline in Aussies some years ago, if I rememer correctly, when he sold off his Aussies), Hangin' Tree Border Collies (he breeds for slick-coated dogs), and the Hangin' Tree Cowdog (which is what I assume you are looking for). If you do a web search on "Hangin' Tree Cowdog", you will find several owners/breeders who have this dog. I expect you could contact one or more of them to get permission to use photos for your contest. There are some slick, merle, largely self-colored (no significant white markings), bob-tailed Hangin' Tree Cowdogs (whose background is 3/8 to 1/2 Border Collie) and I don't expect anyone would guess they are almost half Border Collie. I think most folks would guess Catahoula or Kelpie at best. Gary's dog, Gunney, would be a great contest "poster boy". Best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna frankland (uk) Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 i dont know if she is unusual enough looking for you, but she is tiny! this is brighid at a year(ish) old, the dog in the background is an irish terrier. if you want to use her feel free to use the pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna frankland (uk) Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 but i guess i should have sent that privately! lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Donna, what's her mix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia MO Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Paula, Donna's red dog in the photo is a purebred BC, of course! I'm sure she was thinking it might be fun to throw a red purebred into the batch of mixes and leave people guessing if they are TOTALLY sure whether she is a purebred or possibly a mix (Brittany & Aussie...?)... Or maybe with the Irish Terrier in the background, people might incorrectly guess she's part IT...? Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurie etc Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Originally posted by donna frankland (uk): Awwww Donna - Danger wants to know why you think Brighid doesn't look all BC!?! He resembles that remark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna frankland (uk) Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Originally posted by PSmitty:Donna, what's her mix? oops! i should perhaps have written that! i posted her pic cos colombia MO had mentioned possibly looking for some unusual pure bc's. and as my whirly goo is tiny/red/smooth i thought she may be a good example. i used the pic with erin the irish terrier so you can see how ickle she is. out of interest the most common 'mistake' by people is to ask if she has springer spaniel in her! most other people simply ask what mix she is laurie, can i have danger please? thankyou very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Oh, ok! I *thought* she was purebred, that's why I was confused. Now I get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fooshuman Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 This is Sydney, although i haven't a clue of what she is really mixed with. I usually tell folks she is 1/2 Dingo or Coyote. Unless they believe she is Full BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia MO Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Foos Human, Maybe after the contest in Oct., when I post the photos on my website with their IDs... you'll be able to figure out what Sydney might be a cross of. I'm hoping this will be a good resource for people who would like to compare their BC mix to known mixes. I'm now up to about 20 photos of known mixes, but keep 'em coming! Some are super easy to guess, but most I never would have guessed right myself. No wonder most Humane Societies fall back on the ol' "Lab mix" for any dog that looks black-ish and has short hair. Thanks! Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 You know there is a book.... I don't remember what it is called though - something about mutts in the title. It has pictures of known mixes in it, some border collie mixes. Things like golden/bc, terrier bc. etc. The whole book is about the "mutt". Pretty cool book, I will see if I can find it online..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 OK, that didn't take to long. It is called "The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts" I am looking in my book now... It has a BC/chow, bc/spaniel, and golden/bc (with pictures and discriptions for each one. It has lots of other mixes in it but those are the only BC ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Sharon, when the photos are up on your site, will you please remind us, and post a link? Thanks a bunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Karelian Bear Dog [first photo that came up in a Google image search]: And here's a McNab: And now for one of my all-time faves... a dog that was identified as, yep, a pit bull in a news article last year: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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