Comments on: The WTF? moment that just can’t wait to be told

By: Original Lori

Original Lori — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:16:14 +0000

Haters will always find something to hate. You did what you could.

By: Kim Thornton

Kim Thornton — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:26:28 +0000

My brindle Greyhound was variously identified as a Whippet, a Pit Bull and, wait for it, a Dalmatian.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:42:58 +0000

I had a woman think my frenchie was a pitbull too. I was flabbergasted. When I said no she wasn’t she started over to pet her and asked what she was. When I said french bulldog she pulled back and said “Oh well I don’t do bulldogs either”.

Huh??

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:12:00 +0000

It seems like pit bulls have become like pornography. You can’t really describe it, but you “know” it when you see it.

By: Cait

Cait — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:21:36 +0000

Emily, don’t you know that if it’s solid black and has pointy-uppy-ears, it’s a GSD. If they point downwards or sideways it’s a lab, duh. :P This is true for all dogs over 5 pounds according to our local ACO.

By: EmilyS

EmilyS — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:22:10 +0000

Katie, I’ve had my 37 pound 16 inch Staffordshire bull Terrier mistaken for a Lab, which I think is even odder. Was it the small close-set rose ears that were the give-away?

(eyes rolling)

By: katie

katie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:18:01 +0000

You really have to watch out for those pit bulls! They’re so smart they’re now masquerading as little fuzzy retriever puppies!

What’s funny is that I’ve had my pit bulls mistaken for Labs on oh, half a dozen occasions.

By: Smaki

Smaki — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:29:31 +0000

Sounds like that guy is a nosy grump with nothing better to do. I hope the manager gave him an earful.

By: retrieverman

retrieverman — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:22:45 +0000

That’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard.

At one time, a retriever had to be black. If they were of another color, they were culled.

Luckily, for me anyway, someone decided that the yellow or reddish ones were just as good.

But then, a lot of people think retriever means “golden retriever” and golden retriever only.

I think that misconception exists because we say “Labrador” without using the word retriever.

By: Cait

Cait — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:26:58 +0000

People consistantly mistake Mal (tricolor smooth collie) for a Doberman X. I told one really creepy guy at my old apartment complex that he was a Doberman/ Arctic Wolf mix and he nodded knowlegably, he’d thoght so. *headdesk*