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So it's been just over a month since I adopted my dog from the shelter, since then people have stopped me on my walks to ask if she's part coyote. After researching it a bit, I found out its actually a possible thing where I live. I'm in Tucson, Arizona and she was found on the outskirts of town. This is Dakota:  She's a very sweet dog who has a few little quirks that make me question her dogness. -Her eyes and "serious face." You can't tell in the dark cellphone picture but she has the most piercing yellow eyes. Her pupils get big and doofy when she's playing or excited, but if anything grabs her attention suddenly, her ears shoot up and her face shifts into exactly this:  This GIS picture of a coyote is exactly how her face looks when she's interested in something. -Her paws. I don't know how sharp most shepherd dog's paws are, but her nails can easily break skin. She does this thing where she jumps up for treats or pets, but when she starts to slip she digs her paws into you and it can put holes in your shirt. We're working on the jumping-up thing. -Everybody says her tail is a coyote tail, but I could see it being a German Shepherd tail. Maybe I'm imagining it, she's a cool looking dog regardless. Hopefully some PI goon dog-lovers know more about this than me. Good news is she's brilliant and she craves my approval, so training her has been easier than I thought it would be. I'll post better lit pics when the sun comes up.
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Apr 26, 2015 07:24
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I dunno I think we need more pictures.
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Apr 26, 2015 07:32
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Yeah my house is poorly lit at night, I'll get her in the sun tomorrow so you can see her coat and face better.
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Apr 26, 2015 07:37
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Wow yup, that sure is a GSD mix (I seriously doubt there's any coyote in there, otherwise you'd probably be having some serious behaviour issues. Features like that are pretty common across all canids).
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Apr 26, 2015 08:33
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I don't think it's possible to know for certain without doing an expensive DNA test.
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Apr 26, 2015 09:18
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When I visited a tourist town with my 4 month old sheltie, I lost count the number of times people asked me if he was a fox or part fox (New Zealand has no foxes) and everywhere we went I could hear whisperwhisperfoxwhisper So maybe your dog has a bit of coyote but also maybe people say dumb things about animals that are wrong. DNA test for shits and giggles if you want to spend the cash though.
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Apr 26, 2015 11:29
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People always complement my brother's shiba as being a very beautiful fox. I hope this helps you.
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Apr 26, 2015 14:08
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your dog is not part coyote
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Apr 26, 2015 15:48
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Your dog is definitely a very cute dog.
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Apr 26, 2015 16:16
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Good enough for me, I'm not going to waste the cash on a DNA test, but I might just start lying to people that ask. And yeah there have been no behavior problems outside of normal new-dog stuff, so I think that's that.
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Apr 26, 2015 17:36
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I was at the vet recently and my pets were complimented on by multiple people who mis-identified my guinea pigs as bunnies. ... It doesn't take much. Guinea Pig:  Rabbit:  I guess lots of people just don't know what a guinea pig even is so they assume it's a bunny because it's fluffy and doesn't have a nasty skanky rat-tail coming out it's rear.
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Apr 26, 2015 19:05
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Your dog looks very much like a cattledog mix. In some parts of the country they dock cattledog tails because with the tail their silhouette looks too much like a coyote and they end up getting shot.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:12
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:Your dog looks very much like a cattledog mix. In some parts of the country they dock cattledog tails because with the tail their silhouette looks too much like a coyote and they end up getting shot. I could see that, my initial thought was that she's German Shepherd and some other shepherd mix, being how she's colored and how small she is. Plus she's the smartest dog I've ever tried training.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:28
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If I were you, I'd just call your dog some fancy wolf-looking dog breed, like one of these: http://srai01.hubpages.com/hub/11-dogs-similar-to-wolf People will stop asking and just respond with "Of course! I was totally thinking the same thing" and walk away. You could even come up with your own unique breed name and get the same reaction. I think "Mudblood" has a nice HarryPotter ring to it.
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Apr 26, 2015 21:42
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Tamarillo posted:When I visited a tourist town with my 4 month old sheltie, I lost count the number of times people asked me if he was a fox or part fox (New Zealand has no foxes) and everywhere we went I could hear whisperwhisperfoxwhisper I could've sworn I heard that foxes and dogs are genetically incompatible.
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Apr 26, 2015 23:37
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Rolo posted:I could see that, my initial thought was that she's German Shepherd and some other shepherd mix, being how she's colored and how small she is. Plus she's the smartest dog I've ever tried training. I'd believe a GSD/cattledog mutt.
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Apr 27, 2015 00:21
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Cockmaster posted:I could've sworn I heard that foxes and dogs are genetically incompatible. She is a very, very pretty dog though. 
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Apr 27, 2015 06:56
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http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/coydog.htm
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Apr 27, 2015 07:48
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dogbreedinfo isn't really a reliable source for anything
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Apr 27, 2015 09:50
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:I'd believe a GSD/cattledog mutt. Far more believable than a special snowflake coyote hybrid or wolf hybrid.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:47
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I've had children scream "wolf" and run to their mothers. It owns.
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Apr 27, 2015 10:54
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Cythereal posted:Far more believable than a special snowflake coyote hybrid or wolf hybrid. Best of both worlds: A cool looking dog that baffles the local neighborhood dumb people, and acts completely domesticated.
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Apr 27, 2015 18:40
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The original cattledogs were herding dogs crossed with domesticated dingoes, so if you want to pretend you have a special snowflake exotic wild dog hybrid you can say you have a dingo mutt and it'd just be really stretching the truth instead of an outright lie.
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Apr 27, 2015 23:27
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:The original cattledogs were herding dogs crossed with domesticated dingoes, so if you want to pretend you have a special snowflake exotic wild dog hybrid you can say you have a dingo mutt and it'd just be really stretching the truth instead of an outright lie. And brace yourself for the "ate my baby" jokes.
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Apr 28, 2015 05:33
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Rolo posted:if anything grabs her attention suddenly, her ears shoot up and her face shifts into exactly this: That.. looks like the face of any canid staring at something. There is nothing in this photo that particularly screams "coyote!!!" at me (other than, you know, being an actual coyote). Rolo you are cute but you have a really handsome mutt dog. I would bet many monies she doesn't have a drop of coyote.
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Apr 28, 2015 07:06
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Yeah I don't doubt it at all, I just knew literally nothing about the sort of thing and the local "experts" made me curious.
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Apr 28, 2015 07:16
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Take this with a bucket of salt, but I'd be worried telling people my dog was part coyote, in case there's lunatics who think coyotes are the scum of the earth that all need to be destroyed. Spare your dog from getting murdered or poisoned. Same goes for 'wolf dogs' that aren't actually wolves. That's still a hella handsome dog.
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Apr 28, 2015 23:05
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 OK, you can go out, just don't make that stupid face you always make.  god dammit That's probably it for the thread, I'll close it down sometime tomorrow.
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Apr 29, 2015 01:02
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Rolo posted:
Noooooo don't close it, keep posting pictures of your dog. She's super awesome looking, I love everything about her
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Apr 29, 2015 08:03
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Hey Rolo, I think your dog might be part my dog. 
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Apr 29, 2015 16:12
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i thought this was ironic but it wasnt. has this ever happened before?
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Apr 29, 2015 16:57
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vet: this is a coyote not a dog me: no its a dog vet: ma'am this dog is trying to kill me me: so what are you implying
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Apr 29, 2015 16:58
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Mapparu posted:i thought this was ironic but it wasnt. has this ever happened before? Supposedly. Vet said it's rare but it happens out in here in the desert, I see more coyotes than I do strays where I live. People call them coydogs, which is uninspired. Never really thought the doofus was a wild animal, just that there might be some in the gene pool somewhere. I am not a dog geneticist, but I thought it'd make an interesting topic.
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Apr 29, 2015 17:19
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Inevitable posted:Hey Rolo, I think your dog might be part my dog. I wish there was a gang of these roaming the outskirts of my neighborhood.
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Apr 29, 2015 17:21
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Rolo posted:People call them coydogs, which is uninspired. Would dogotes be any better?
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Apr 30, 2015 10:14
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Now she's doing this thing I just learned is called "coat blowing" where my bed looks like she killed a chinchilla in it.
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Apr 30, 2015 18:48
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Buy a furminator and pull all you can out (outside of you can swing it) and you'll be much happier.
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Apr 30, 2015 23:08
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:Buy a furminator and pull all you can out (outside of you can swing it) and you'll be much happier. Seriously, the furminator is a great invention.
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May 1, 2015 01:27
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 This is Pepper. She is a cattledog mix who has similar ears and the same piercing eyes you talk about (especially when you try to get her to do something she knows she should but doesn't want to). She is smaller than most cattledogs and everywhere we go people ask what kind of dog she is, but in reality she's just a run-of-the-mill mix with some strongly expressed traits.
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May 6, 2015 23:27
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I figured it out the other day when she farted so loud it woke her up and she fell off the bed. She's 100% idiot. That eats poop.
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