Dutch Shepherd Forum

She looks so sweet. But my husband would kill me if I brought another one home! ! https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/29980573/

MINI DS!!!!!!! How cute!!!!!

I swear rescues and animal shelters pull possible breeds our of their asses. A full grown dog that was a GSD/Dutch Shepherd cross would not be only 35 pounds and 19 inches tall. My girl weighs that at five months and is half an inch taller.

Mobil wrote:I swear rescues and animal shelters pull possible breeds our of their asses.

Ouch. I'd hate to pull a shepherd outta there. They better start calling everyone a teacup chihuahua.

But yes, people who volunteer at shelters typically have no way of knowing the true breed, but they do their best. She does look like she could be a shepherd crossed with something smaller. She is about the size my Whippet/Shepherd was. (And the shelter he came from just labeled him GSD mix because they didn't know much about sighthounds. He was for sure a sighthound with some shepherd mixed in.)

I agree that this is likely a mix, but I do see some DS from the limited pictures shown. I'd like to point out that Elli only weighs 42lbs and she's 20.5" tall and will be 4 years old in November, so there are little ones out there. Maggie Fan just placed a pure malinois that was only 26lbs 18" at a year old. She can jump over 21' in dock diving too.