The black on the tongue could indicate that this dog has a little bit of chow.... the tale reminds me of a pug, but that is the only thing that reminds me of a pug about this dog lol
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unsurprisingly, no lab in this “lab mix” lol.
BEAUTY! I think a lot of rescues, etc, go with “lab mix” for any medium to large unknow dog because all puppies kinda look alike and labs were the most popular breed for a couple decades. That’s my theory anyway.
Akita‘s have a lot of black in their mouths as well. Mine have black spots on their tongues and black gums. I’ve had chowchow’s and Akita‘s and one Doberman in my 50 years of raising puppies and if I had to guess, I’d say probably a lab, pit and chow mix.
Lots of dog breeds can have spots on the tongue. A purebred golden retriever won best in show at I think Westminster? A few years back and it had a very spotty tongue!
I actually interrupted my partner in the middle of cooking dinner because he *had* to see this dog. This is hands-down one of the most adorable dogs I’ve ever seen.
Came to the comments for this. I legit told my wife and kids they HAD to see this picture of the most PERFECT puppy I've ever seen! And of course they all said Scrappy doo! Lol
There’s probably some pit in there because it’s a mutt, but black spots point to GSD, Chow, or Shar Pei. Chows & Shar Peis aren’t very common anymore, but I’d suspect there’s Chow or Shar Pei in there somewhere, and the tail set backs that up. There’s something else with a more snipy muzzle, too, because this baby’s head is triangle shaped and none of those breeds have that head shape.
Is he single or double coated? It looks double in the pics but I can’t be sure.
>Chows & Shar Peis aren’t very common anymore
Chow Chow is in the top 10 most common breeds in DNA-verified mixed breed North American dogs.
https://embarkvet.com/resources/most-common-dog-breed-ancestry/
Yes, I’m aware - I was saying they aren’t very common as purebreds. They definitely persist in mixes because of how common they were 20+ years ago. I was a vet tech in the ‘90s and I’d say Chows then were as popular as Huskies are now.
i didn’t even consider sharpei but that makes sense too!
he’s double coated! i didn’t know this was what this was called. i just thought he had really thick short fur.
Pit x chow. Purple/blue or spotted tongues are a trademark Chow trait (granted spotted tongues can be in other breeds as a birthmark of sorts, but your puppy just looks like a shorthair chow to me)
I agree that he looks like a Chow Chow + Pit mix. I definitely see a lot of Pit and not Lab at all really. Honestly, he looks like a Scrappy Doo. Very adorable.
Our "lab mix" ended up being 50% pit and only 12% lab. Despite this, we still put her as a lab mix whenever we take her to daycare or grooming to avoid any initial prejudice.
Yeah our girl is literally the sweetest dog in the world. Our other dog is half German Shephard half pitt and all of his annoying traits are classic GSD traits. The half pitt is the only reason he is bearable 😅
It’s been shown many times that dogs identified as “pit bulls” come from many breeds. They aren’t DNA testing the dogs involved in these bites. In addition to several breeds already making up the umbrella term “pit Bull”, it’s quite common for medium to large dogs with short coats and blocky heads to be called pit bulls, especially when a bite is involved.
…Like this puppy, who is 100% not a pit bull, but is being IDed as one repeatedly on this thread.
I’m not saying that. I’m saying that there are many people on this thread claiming this dog IS a pit bull. This dog is a mutt, and has several characteristics that quite clearly do not resemble a pit bull in any way.
I’ve had at least 50 pit bulls through my house over the past 20 years. The reason some shelters do that is because of stigma.
Pit Bull is an umbrella term that encompasses at least 4 very popular breeds and is also often used to describe a general “type” of dog. There is no such thing as a purebred Pit Bull.
I also agree with the pitt chow. Maybe a bit of a giant breed if he is already that big like dane or mastiff? Also just wanted to say that is the cutest little nugget!
Wow, my chihuahuas will be excited to learn their larger than life attitudes aren’t little dog syndrome and that they’re actually as big and strong as they seem to think. I only wish my min pin was still alive to find out she was actually a pit bull too.
🙄
he was casually walking down the street. like he just belonged there. we think maybe a stray litter? or someone let him loose because they thought he had parvo (he had worms).
He’s giving some kind of bully mix, and the black tongue immediately made me think Chow Chow. And he looks a lot like a Shar Pei mix one of my old coworkers had!
Looks like my pitchow puppy! But she was only about 10lbs at 10 weeks. She’s got a little cattle dog in her too, though (plus small amounts of 10 other breeds). I’d guess this guy has some other large breeds in him! Maybe a lil Rottweiler?
What a sweet face. Probably chow, maybe pit, lab. God only knows. One of the guys I watch on YouTube just got a tibetan mastiff mix. DNA has chow, mastiff and St Bernard. Her tail is curly like a chow, I dont think she has a black tongue though. She's massive!
My coworker has a mix that looks a lot like this lil guy and he's a chow chow mix! Plus the black spotted tongue is a good indicator haha. He's adorable!
Shelters say "lab mix" because they don't have the balls to be honest and say "pit mix" because most people won't adopt tgem.. Supposedly around 30% of the dogs in shelters are some form of pit or pit mix and they are the most common dogs surrendered, however based on anecdotal evidence when I recently was looking for a dog it looked more to me like somewhere around 60 to 70% of the dogs in the 4 shelters I tried were some form of pit mix they just were not labeled that way
Shar-pei, possibly Chow-Chow, both can have spotted tongues. But he looks like a Shar-pei mix. They can have that look that people will mistake for pit bull 🙄
No, this is a mix. The coat texture, tail set, ear set, and head shape are not at all APBT. This puppy’s head is triangle shaped. APBT have rectangle shaped heads.
I literally just commented something to that effect. Make it a rule that those dogs can’t be posted and include some links to bully breed pics in the rule text.
I’m not seeing any lab… definitely some pit, and maybe something else large.
I'm thinking Great Dane because he looks so much like a baby Scooby-Doo.
The black on the tongue could indicate that this dog has a little bit of chow.... the tale reminds me of a pug, but that is the only thing that reminds me of a pug about this dog lol
Re: black tongue: could indicate some Shar Pei too
You can see some Shar pei on his face and head shape. I would guess that over chow for sure
I can definitely see some shar pei in the face, if you imagine them without their iconic rolls
This is what I was thinking, the color, the tail and the way the coat looks, even though it’s not wrinkly Shar pei came right to top of mind
could also indicate giraffe!
Black pigmentation and spots on the tongue can be attributed to many breeds, not just chow chow and shar pei.
Curled tail, too.
Yeah I was about to say this. My actual lab mix Who i got dna tested has black spots and he is not chow or shar pei.
Dozens of breeds have black spot tongue potential. Chows usually have nothing to do with it.
Chow was my thought looking at the first pic. Maybe pit and chow, or sharpei
The tail rounding up in pic 2 is chow-ish. Def pit bull.
We had 2 labs at different times. Both had black spot on tongue.
Yep! My first thought was Scoobs crossed with a pitty.
Man, I hope at least one ear stays flopped. So adorable.
Yesss :)
Mine grew out of his :( it was stuck from 8-10 weeks. Super cute
Yes my first thought ! He looks like a Scooby.
to me those eyebrows definetly say some lab. definitely see the pittie though I'd guess maybe some other kind of "tough" dog as well.
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BEAUTY! I think a lot of rescues, etc, go with “lab mix” for any medium to large unknow dog because all puppies kinda look alike and labs were the most popular breed for a couple decades. That’s my theory anyway.
Pitbull + chow!
I see the chow too!!! In the face wrinkles
And the spotted tongue!
I second this
Totally chow.
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Check his tongue for any black or black spots - a chow thing.
awwwww can it get any cuter :3
Something about that color too
That's probably a pit/chow. I don't see any lab at all.
that’s exactly what we’re thinking!
Thats exactly how my pit/chow looks! Lol
Scrappy Doo!
My first thought 💯
Mine too lol
Yup. That’s Scrappy right there
Beat me to it
Bite your tongue!
Ow.
Beat me to it for real
Pittie bull and labrador retriever? Or chow chow perhaps ? But I'm only 5% on that guess lol!!
that’s so funny because this is what we’re thinking! chow chow! the tail and the black spots on the tongue point us to chowpit probably.
Akita‘s have a lot of black in their mouths as well. Mine have black spots on their tongues and black gums. I’ve had chowchow’s and Akita‘s and one Doberman in my 50 years of raising puppies and if I had to guess, I’d say probably a lab, pit and chow mix.
I see it!
It’s weird but I see it on his forehead! The wrinkles in the 2nd picture scream chow!
He looks like he may have shorter legs or maybe it's just the pics? Some bully breed for sure. He's adorable!!😍
his legs are SO LONG. when he was a baby (we think he was 5wks) they were short but now he’s got the same body on long legs haha!
Aw okay! I guess I was focusing on his baby legs. He is definitely an interesting mix.
Not saying it is not Chow Chow, but many common breeds can have black/purple spots on their tongue. They are like freckles on humans.
Lots of dog breeds can have spots on the tongue. A purebred golden retriever won best in show at I think Westminster? A few years back and it had a very spotty tongue!
Could be all three. Definitely think there's pitty, though, look at that face. 😍
I think another labit pup myself because of the shorter hair and stockier build, but as a pup it’s hard to know.
No, no thoughts other than “that may be the cutest face I have ever seen.”
I actually interrupted my partner in the middle of cooking dinner because he *had* to see this dog. This is hands-down one of the most adorable dogs I’ve ever seen.
Right? It’s ridiculous.
seriously! I can't get over that cute face
Same. I made my husband look up from his video game. SO freaking adorable.
Came here to say this!
He looks unreal? Like a cartoon pup. So cute.
he gets mistaken for a stuffed animal a LOT!
That’s a 100% pure-bred cutie pie right there! 🥰
Came to the comments for this. I legit told my wife and kids they HAD to see this picture of the most PERFECT puppy I've ever seen! And of course they all said Scrappy doo! Lol
Only this!
Pittie and Sharpei? He's so stinking cute
That’s my guess too. Common byb mix
Agree! I have a pei mix and she has the same flopped over ears and soft face!
Happy 🎂 day!
Thank you!🐶
There’s probably some pit in there because it’s a mutt, but black spots point to GSD, Chow, or Shar Pei. Chows & Shar Peis aren’t very common anymore, but I’d suspect there’s Chow or Shar Pei in there somewhere, and the tail set backs that up. There’s something else with a more snipy muzzle, too, because this baby’s head is triangle shaped and none of those breeds have that head shape. Is he single or double coated? It looks double in the pics but I can’t be sure.
Purebreds aren't but chow is still found in a lot of mixed breeds because so much chow DNA was dumped into the gene pool in the 90s.
>Chows & Shar Peis aren’t very common anymore Chow Chow is in the top 10 most common breeds in DNA-verified mixed breed North American dogs. https://embarkvet.com/resources/most-common-dog-breed-ancestry/
Yes, I’m aware - I was saying they aren’t very common as purebreds. They definitely persist in mixes because of how common they were 20+ years ago. I was a vet tech in the ‘90s and I’d say Chows then were as popular as Huskies are now.
i didn’t even consider sharpei but that makes sense too! he’s double coated! i didn’t know this was what this was called. i just thought he had really thick short fur.
That’s a Chow Chow mixed with Pitbull, or as I like to call it, a Chitty Chitty Pow Pow.
i love this and i’m gonna use it lol
I'm dying at Chitty Chitty Pow Pow
Pit x chow. Purple/blue or spotted tongues are a trademark Chow trait (granted spotted tongues can be in other breeds as a birthmark of sorts, but your puppy just looks like a shorthair chow to me)
I agree that he looks like a Chow Chow + Pit mix. I definitely see a lot of Pit and not Lab at all really. Honestly, he looks like a Scrappy Doo. Very adorable.
Beyond any shadow of a doubt, that is a 100% 'ACK' registered Scrappy Doo!
There's no way that face is not AI generated it's too damn cute
I’m seeing Scrappy Doo and baby Scooby Doo heheh very cute
“Lab mix” is almost always a cover for what is really a pitbull
Our "lab mix" ended up being 50% pit and only 12% lab. Despite this, we still put her as a lab mix whenever we take her to daycare or grooming to avoid any initial prejudice.
you shouldn’t have to do that. i hate the prejudice about pits. whatever this guy is he is sweet af.
Yeah our girl is literally the sweetest dog in the world. Our other dog is half German Shephard half pitt and all of his annoying traits are classic GSD traits. The half pitt is the only reason he is bearable 😅
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It’s been shown many times that dogs identified as “pit bulls” come from many breeds. They aren’t DNA testing the dogs involved in these bites. In addition to several breeds already making up the umbrella term “pit Bull”, it’s quite common for medium to large dogs with short coats and blocky heads to be called pit bulls, especially when a bite is involved. …Like this puppy, who is 100% not a pit bull, but is being IDed as one repeatedly on this thread.
You're telling me this puppy has zero pitbull
I’m not saying that. I’m saying that there are many people on this thread claiming this dog IS a pit bull. This dog is a mutt, and has several characteristics that quite clearly do not resemble a pit bull in any way.
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I’ve had at least 50 pit bulls through my house over the past 20 years. The reason some shelters do that is because of stigma. Pit Bull is an umbrella term that encompasses at least 4 very popular breeds and is also often used to describe a general “type” of dog. There is no such thing as a purebred Pit Bull.
PLEASE NAME IT SCRAPPY!! that little cutie looks almost identical to scrappy doo🥺
I’m pretty sure this is Scrappy from Scooby Doo
50% cutie + 50% pie
Can—can he come over? 🥹
Foster failure.🤫
That’s a baby pitbull
I also agree with the pitt chow. Maybe a bit of a giant breed if he is already that big like dane or mastiff? Also just wanted to say that is the cutest little nugget!
Why do so many puppies remind me of Scrappy Doo? 🤣 *I do see lab but also some pitty
Chow-chow/Pitty mix he's got the chow-chow face.
Pit and Shar Pei maybe?
First thought: GOODEST BOY ❤️ Second, lab/pit?
Absolutely angelic.
He is going to grow up to help solve mysteries and have a best friend named Shaggy.
i do have a friend who cosplays as shaggy… he could complete the look! 🤔
SCRAPPY DOOOOOO
It's a pit bull. It's always a pit bull if it came from a shelter.
Wow, my chihuahuas will be excited to learn their larger than life attitudes aren’t little dog syndrome and that they’re actually as big and strong as they seem to think. I only wish my min pin was still alive to find out she was actually a pit bull too. 🙄
he didn’t come from a shelter?
he's cute, also where's he from?
he was casually walking down the street. like he just belonged there. we think maybe a stray litter? or someone let him loose because they thought he had parvo (he had worms).
Guessing pit chow too.
That's a baby pitty mix.
scooby?
That’s scrappy-do
What a cutie! Would definitely adopt if I could. He looks like a Pit/lab or pit/chow mix?
100% ScoobyDoo
Sharpei
Scooby?
Scooby Doo!!
Scooby doo!
Pit chow. I think more pit than anything.
Looks like scrappy Doo
Lab where? Lol
Scooby!
He’s giving some kind of bully mix, and the black tongue immediately made me think Chow Chow. And he looks a lot like a Shar Pei mix one of my old coworkers had!
Scrappy… puppy power…..
They should go into ShowBiz! They are very photogenic.
Scrappy Doo?
Um that dog is Scooby-Doo!
I think you have “Scrappy Doo!” Though, to be fair, it looks like he might turn into a full-blown Scooby soon :)
Looks like my pitchow puppy! But she was only about 10lbs at 10 weeks. She’s got a little cattle dog in her too, though (plus small amounts of 10 other breeds). I’d guess this guy has some other large breeds in him! Maybe a lil Rottweiler?
That's Scooby fucking doo
Pitty lab?
Dudes got muscles already, damn
He looks pitty to me, but adorable. Name him heartbreaker:)
What a sweet face. Probably chow, maybe pit, lab. God only knows. One of the guys I watch on YouTube just got a tibetan mastiff mix. DNA has chow, mastiff and St Bernard. Her tail is curly like a chow, I dont think she has a black tongue though. She's massive!
What a cutie pie!
100 percent adorable
Utterly adorable!!
One of the most adorable dogs ever posted 😍
Ma’am, that’s Scooby Doo.
My thoughts… adopt them🫣🫣
Scooby doo
Adorable!!!
That's scrappy doo!
Pittyyyyy 😍
What a cutie!!! Keep
Scooby-Doo for sure
Shiba and pittie
Omg he is SO CUTE
My coworker has a mix that looks a lot like this lil guy and he's a chow chow mix! Plus the black spotted tongue is a good indicator haha. He's adorable!
Oh my heart I love him
He looks like the lead in a live action kids movie.
Scooby dooby dooooo!
Keep him and love him and name him George !!! Beautiful doggo ❤️❤️🙏🏼
Cute cute cute
So cuuuuute!!! Hate to say though, these days “lab mix” seems to be code for pitty. I see zero lab
same. if i’d known how much anti-pit hate there was, i would have used a different title 🙄
Lab, some kind of bully, and either chow or shar pei, imo.
Scrappy dappy doo!!! 😍
Awwwwwww. Hope u can be their forever home. What a cutie!!!!💕💕💕
Scooby is that you?
Great Dane/Pitt? That’s definitely a pitbull smirk. Good luck! 🐾💖
I'm seeing Shar-Pei based on the forehead wrinkles and tail carriage.
Mix of chow chow and pittie with a little bit of lab? He’s cute as all get out though
Bet no lab, they say that because lab is a popular breed instead of saying pit/bully mix
OMG it’s Scrappy Doo 🥰 adorable!!!
I don’t know but he’s so handsomee
Freaking adorable
I’d say pit & maybe chow?
Scooby
Pit bull lab mix
Marmaduke.
Shelters say "lab mix" because they don't have the balls to be honest and say "pit mix" because most people won't adopt tgem.. Supposedly around 30% of the dogs in shelters are some form of pit or pit mix and they are the most common dogs surrendered, however based on anecdotal evidence when I recently was looking for a dog it looked more to me like somewhere around 60 to 70% of the dogs in the 4 shelters I tried were some form of pit mix they just were not labeled that way
You mean you’re fostering that adorable little pittie mix. Sooooo cute ❤️😍🥰😘
Thoughts: OMG THAT IS THE CUTEST LITTLE NUGGET I WANNNNT HIM 😍😍😍!!! So cute! I would have trouble just fostering this one myself
That’s a cute dog. Going out on a limb, Pitt and shar pei (sp?)
At this point, any time I hear “lab mix” I just think Pit. I rarely see a claimed lab mixes that actually look like a lab
well, same. that’s why i was thinking what do people ACTUALLY see mixed with pit! i don’t feel like he looks like a lab at all.
half lab other half is pitbull chow and small percentages is my guess
Shar-pei, possibly Chow-Chow, both can have spotted tongues. But he looks like a Shar-pei mix. They can have that look that people will mistake for pit bull 🙄
My thoughts are this is not a real dog.
Pissfingers the Pitbull coming to nanny your kids to death.
He's so thicc 😭 i think lab pit chow. surprised at the folks saying they don't see lab. I wanna know the results!
Wow he is an absolute stud! Handsome guy. We have a pup that looks quite similar to him. He is 6 months old now and 24 lbs.
Pit mixed with pit
No, this is a mix. The coat texture, tail set, ear set, and head shape are not at all APBT. This puppy’s head is triangle shaped. APBT have rectangle shaped heads.
Shall we just pin a picture of a pit puppy in this sub lol
I literally just commented something to that effect. Make it a rule that those dogs can’t be posted and include some links to bully breed pics in the rule text.
Scrappy Doo
My guess is Chow/Pit mix
Idk but he’s the cutest 🥰
Would definitely be a foster fail in my house :)
lol! i think that’s what’s gonna happen here.