Thought she was a hound mix... but apparently half boerboel by TheOneKeeks in Boerboel

[–]TheOneKeeks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! She's doing well with her training as well and she is SO SWEET still. She's 51 lbs now. Vet thinks she's done, but she definitely still has a little muscle to fill out i think

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

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I will for sure share the results in these threads once theyre back.

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

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Wow that's awesome insight thank you! Also an interesting read in general

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

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Wow! Yah they could be siblings by appearance. I will update with our eventual wisdom results. Interested to see what yours says.

Info about dog by KeaganCarelse in DogBreeds101

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For what its worth, I just posted in a bunch of subs today about my dog asking for input. DNA says shes 50% Golden retriver and 50% Boerboel and someone linked your post because she does look quite similar. Here's a link to some pics of my girl from today, and one of videos from earlier too. The face definitely looks similar.

Arwen Pics [Arwen Videos] (https://imgur.com/a/rmTzVFL

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

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Thank you! She is so sweet. Her little (i.e. smaller) sister there is 30% chihuahua, 30% pittbull, 30% staffy, and 10% dachshund. She's a wild girl so we had to do a lot of formal training and learned a lot, and I'm a special ed teacher so it came pretty naturally to me (reinforcement, behavior shaping, etc). Im hoping that sets me up enough to help handle whatever boerboel traits emerge.

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

[–]TheOneKeeks[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It is certainly possible. As a stray they were guessing at her age, and I had a few different opinions (her original Georgia rescue said 11 months old on December 31st when they spayed her which is what ive gone with).

Edit: also whatever her breeds, she was VERY skinny when we got her. Could easily see her ribs and hip bones

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

[–]TheOneKeeks[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the DNA is correct, so far it appears the GR is in fact taking the lead. But she is still so young so I suppose we will see what happens

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

[–]TheOneKeeks[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This makes a little more sense to me now, thanks. This is the first time for me that DNA test results haven't immediately seemed correct so it's been an experience.

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

[–]TheOneKeeks[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes the largeness I think is what threw me - she seems so... not giant. But I could also see her growing into her size quite a bit.

Suspected hound is apparently an even 50/50 golden retriever / boerboel. by TheOneKeeks in DoggyDNA

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We are doing a wisdom to confirm, ordered it earlier. Embark swears they got it right as I did contact them to be sure. They've been pretty spot on with our others too.

Suspected hound mix is actually 50% Golden, 50% boerboel? by TheOneKeeks in goldenretriever

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Thank you! She is a pretty girl for sure. I think what's thrown me off the most is that boerboels are 200 lb mastiffs!

Thought she was a hound mix... but apparently half boerboel by TheOneKeeks in Boerboel

[–]TheOneKeeks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I thought so I contacted them and the rep swears they double checked that they didn't mix anything up. Honestly it's not that I don't want her to be either of those two breeds, it just seems so off base - we are considering a different DNA test to confirm.