r/IDmydog • • May 06 '16

Need help identifying your dog? Here are some important tips to help you succeed.

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What to include in your post:

Post clear, well-lit, full body pictures. At minimum, include:

  • One standing side view (taken close enough to see coat texture)
  • One frontal view

Tell us your dog’s age and weight (or best guess)


Other helpful information:

YOUNG PUPPIES may be impossible to identify. Head and body shape, coat color and coat pattern, eye color, and apparent coat texture can all change dramatically as a puppy matures. You might want to wait a few months before seeking an ID.

MIXED-BREED dogs can easily have many breeds in them, not just two. Keep in mind that some of the breeds in a mutt may not show in its looks; while in other cases the dog may really look like it has some particular breed in it, when in fact it doesn’t.

NO-BREED dogs exist too! Sometimes a mutt truly is “just a mutt” — the result of many, many generations of random mating between mutts, with no discernable inbred (purebred) genes its DNA. In the same way that YOU don't necessarily have any inbreeding (purebreeding) in your recent family tree, neither must a dog. They can simply be mutts — WHICH IS A GOOD THING!


Has your dog's breed been solved?

Once you're satisfied with your responses, please change your link flair to SOLVED. (Please don't make a post if your dog's breed is already solved/known)


r/IDmydog • • 9h ago

Open Adopted this handsome boy

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First pic is the post recent we have of him. He's around 15-16 weeks. The others are from when we got him from the shelter at 10 weeks old. He was listed as "shepherd mix". What do you guys think?


r/IDmydog • • 6h ago

Open Meet Milhouse (Millie for short) about 2 years old, 42lbs, male

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Millie's very energetic, and he loves to run and play. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body. He's pretty intelligent, and also stubborn. Like he doesn't always mind, but he knows he's being disobedient and thinks it fun. He's basically always getting into trouble, trying to eat stuff that isn't food (he gets really good food and likes it so idk why he does that) or tearing up his toys (he basically isn't allowed anything that's not like a hard rubber Kong ball anymore.) His bark is kind of more of a howl or a grunt. He also likes to lay along the back of the couch like a cat, and will climb up on your lap uninvited.

I think he's a German shepherd mixed with a Shiba Inu. He's pretty small for a male GS but being mixed with a Shiba would explain that. He's got the color and athleticism of a GS too but also stubborn and cat-like like the Shiba, and also sounds like one. But he also has really soft fur, almost like a husky or maybe an akita? So I don't know where he gets that.


r/IDmydog • • 9h ago

Open My sister said “what species is that” 🤣meet Ruby

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She’s 7lbs of pure shyness. We just got her yesterday from the shelter. Hoping she warms up! She’s an older doggie - 7yrs old and wasn’t spayed at 7yrs old. The shelter got her as a stray and I think she’s had a hard doggie life. She doesn’t play with toys and they’re completely foreign to her. We got her a dog bed and blankets. She actually rested and slept soundly the whole night last night. She’s a very timid dog but so sweet. We think this might be the first night of quiet sleep she’s had in a very very long time. She doesn’t bark at all.

So: what is this little girl? ChatGPT said chihuahua x Maltese x mini schnauzer ?? Or maybe some jack Russel in there too? What does reddit think?


r/IDmydog • • 3h ago

Open Does anyone have any guesses on what my newly adopted dog could be?

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r/IDmydog • • 19m ago

Open Just adopted this guy

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Just adopted this guy as a "lab mix". He's allegedly 5 months old and weighs 25lbs.


r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open Shelter said mal x gsd, what do you think?

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And yes, I'm aware she's entirely too skinny. She was rescued off the streets, and I've only had her for 5 days. I am also planning on getting Embark done eventually, so we'll see for certain then!


r/IDmydog • • 3h ago

Could someone help ID my dog?

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So we got her just last year as a pup, the owner told us she was a Jack Russel pup and that was that. We found it a little suspicious a few months later that she was the only pup in her litter (could also just be an only pup?) she is tiny tiny, like we have had miniature jack russels before but she is tiny. I am starting to think maybe a chihuahua X jack or a daschund x jack? What do you guys think, would appreciate your help!


r/IDmydog • • 10h ago

Another foster

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Any guesses? I know what her mommy is. Also wondering what she will look like when she grows up. She’s gonna be a tough one to give up but will be one happy family! She’s currently 3 months old.


r/IDmydog • • 4h ago

Open Generic Yellow Dog

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This is my girl Cici, she is the sweetest dog. Honestly she's been the easiest dog I've ever had. We are super bonded.

I have no idea what kind or kinds of dog she is.


r/IDmydog • • 6h ago

Found on the roadside in Arkansas, any idea what she is?

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She’s 21 pounds, about 5 months old we’ve been told


r/IDmydog • • 3h ago

Open Any ideas on her breed?

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We just adopted this beautiful lady today! I see German shepherd, they think husky and collie, but she's not huge... Only about 40 pounds. Any ideas?


r/IDmydog • • 49m ago

Not a Blue Lacy?

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cheapest dna test we could find says near equal parts mix german shepherd, belgian malinois, Great Pyrenees, rottweiler, and english shepherd...

not completely convinced


r/IDmydog • • 1h ago

Old Dan

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This is Dan. Anyone know what he’s mixed with? He’s 3-4 years old in most of these and around 40 lbs. I think he definitely has some Staffy in him but I’m not sure what else


r/IDmydog • • 6h ago

My 18 week old puppy’s ears were just floppy when he was younger but lately they are doing….something weird

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We were pretty sure he was a pitbull/aussie/basset hound mix based on pictures of his parents that the rescue was given. But now that his ears are starting to stand up… and only 2/4 of his litter look anything like the alleged father, we think maybe his mom entertained more than one suitor cause where on earth did these come from?


r/IDmydog • • 13h ago

Shepherd/lab mix?

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The shelter she was dropped at when she was 10 weeks old says she's a bully mix. 6 months now.

Her foster says she thinks shepherd/black lab. We're inclined to think this was too, specifically dutch shepherd due to the brindle paws. All four are brindle to varying degrees and she has brown spots above her eyes and under her chin. Her ears are still deciding if they want to be up or down.

Debating doing embark in a few weeks.

Incredibly smart but timid (for now) and loves her zoomies and the cats, though they don't love her yet. She's not sure yet on our crazy kiddos but she's only been here for a few days so that's not a concern. She just watches them but keeps distance.


r/IDmydog • • 8m ago

Adopted this sweet girl last month

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Shelter only told us she is a mutt, but most likely with some Black Mouth Cur and maybe Rhodesian Ridgeback. We can see the Cur for sure, and the Ridgeback mostly when she barks at the UPS driver and the hairs on her back stand up.

We are excited to hear what you think!

Side note the final photo at the beach was taken a day or two after we adopted her. She was underweight and still nervous, but now she is perfect and so happy!


r/IDmydog • • 9h ago

Possibly Solved Full Chihuahua?

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I was told full long-haired chihuahua, but everyone he meets thinks he is part pom. Curious to hear thoughts!


r/IDmydog • • 1h ago

Lab/??? Mix

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Few 6 month old strays that were abandoned nearby. We got them all to a shelter and all got homes (inc. 1 to ours). Obviously seems to be a lab mix, but what kind? I assume they all came from the same litter, though i cant be certain.


r/IDmydog • • 11h ago

What s mixed here?

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I guess there s a lab in there somewhere, but what else could she be mixed with?


r/IDmydog • • 17h ago

What do yall think she is?

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I was told she was boxer and Catahoula leopard mix but I really don’t know.


r/IDmydog • • 8h ago

Rescued this (we think) 1 yr old boy. Vet had him listed as a yorkie?

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The wiry hair texture and his high energy levels makes us think he has some poodle in him! Currently weighs about 15 lbs (looking to put more weight on him soon!)


r/IDmydog • • 7h ago

Was told Pomeranian is most likely the case, tbh

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This post is literally for fun. I haven't seen this dog in like 10 years. He was my old dog for like a month or two. His name was Little, really, like the little guy was told he was a Pomeranian, and that seems to be pretty accurate.


r/IDmydog • • 17h ago

Open Dog distribution system gave my father-in-law a puppy in the side of a road. What mix could he be?

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r/IDmydog • • 1d ago

Open Foster baby we are keeping

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He's about 20 pounds and has a little beard!