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In other words, when their mouth is closed, Their forehead is usually smooth, but it wrinkles when they're alert. Their head and face is wrinkly, all the time. Their head is large and almost rectangular, when viewed from the side. What does their head and/or face look like? Check any of the following, if they describe your dog. Your dog's fur is shorter in most places, then grows into a longer feathery fringe Their fur is longer on their legs, muzzle and eyebrows. Your dog is the champion shedder of the world. Their fur is long on the front of their neck or around their neck, with a ruff or mane-like If left to grow, their fur becomes a big fluffy ball. Your mutt has a line of fur growing forward on the top of their back, creating the The fur is stiff and bristly, and more than 1/2" long. Their fur is long, silky, and perfectly straight. The fur on their feet is unusually long, pretty much dragging on the ground. Check any of the following, if they describe your dog. Hair that is neither very short, nor very long. Loooooong fur (give me down-to-there hair, floor length or longer, here doggie, there doggie,Įverywhere doggie, doggie. Their fur is black and silver or black and silvery white. Their fur is 95% or more gray or bluish-gray. Their fur is tan and/or brown on legs, black on body/torso, and lighter brown on their bellies, Their fur is white with irregular black patches. Their fur is brindle (irregular vertical bands of dark hair overlaid on lighter hair, resembling stripes), Their fur is 95% or more medium to dark brown.

Their fur is black with large white patches between eyes and chest, and possibly around Their fur is mostly black with some tan/rust/mahogany markings on their feet/legs/neck/chest. Their fur is 95% or more fawn colored (pale brown, tinted with yellow). Their fur is composed of big orange and white asymmetrical patches. Their fur is composed of big red and white asymmetrical patches. Their fur is 95% or more red or brownish-red. From light light yellow all the way to deep golden Their fur is 95% or more golden or yellow.

Their fur is mottled (mixed up, without clear defined edges) in brown and white.Īll of their fur is white (okay, they're a mutt so maybe there's a spot or two ofĪnother color, but 95% or more is white). Their fur is composed of large areas (big patches) of different colored fur Their fur is mostly black, with symmetrical white patches on their chest, neck and face, and smallerīrown patches (called "flashings") on their face and chest. Their fur is "ticked," which means it has irregular spots of color on white fur. And it isĪlso called dapple, if that helps you visualize it. It is sometimes called merle, which means dark patches overlaid on a lighter background of the same pigment type. Their fur is an unsymmetrical, mottled, crazy mix of some or all of the following colors: Pick the best description of your mutt's fur color. Small triangular ears, lying flat on their head, pointing forward. Or back when the dog is relaxed (also called “rose” ears). They are held straight up but they roll over into a semi-flop at tips.Įrect but the top part hangs down in a V shape.įloppy (also called “pendent”), sized appropriately/proportionally or small in comparison with their head,Ĭovered with so much long hair that you can’t see where the ear ends and the hair begins.įloppy and very large and/or long compared to the dog’s head.įloppy and covered with very long hair, so that it is hard to see where the ears end and the hair begins. Pricked or erect, but rounded at the tips, called “bat” ears. Small or medium-sized, held pricked or erect (think the opposite of floppy), and not covered in long hair. Held pricked or erect (think the opposite of floppy), pointed at the tips, and covered in long hair. Large and held pricked or erect (think the opposite of floppy), and pointed at the tips. Without further ado, answer the following questions about your mutt: Pick the best description of your mutt's ears. Of my blathering on, or go to my Donations page if you feel inclined to donate monetarily to my questionnaire-writing habit. Head on over to my Disclaimers page if you want to enjoy more It seems like "shepherd mix" describes every dog I've ever been I am the kind of person who loves dogs, loves mutts, and goes to the shelter or to rescue groups to get a dog. Answer a few (well, more than a few!) questions and maybe you'll find out.