You mean he isn't?

I remember when Murphy was a puppy, we'd taken him out on his own, and of course we got lots of attention, as he was horribly cute....

I was stopped by someone wanting to stroke him, as he was a lovely French Bulldog

At this point, even as a puppy, he was WAY bigger than a full grown Frenchie, plus he was obviously a Boxer.... however this woman wouldn't have it at all.

When I said that I knew he was a Boxer as I'd seen both parents, plus the litter at 3 days old, she told me that the breeder had obviously "seen me coming" and must have "swapped puppies"....

I'm fairly sure that now I have the largest French Bulldog in the world....


(at about a year old....)

Lovely example of a Frenchie!

I did have to apologise to another owner about Parker who growled at their french Bulldog as he thought it was a Staffie. Don't tend to see many of these about and I knew it was a French Bulldog but Parker obviously didn't as he doesn't like Staffies but is fine with everything else!

You need to let him swot up on the KC breed standards book

some of these are soooooooooo funny ive been laughing my head off - my oh thinks ive gone mad.

only one i really have was somebody claiming my bullmastiff was a blonde rottie

but did have a lady at work today with her cat. it was a tiotorse (SP) with a boys name so i asked if it was male as they were so rare. she said no its a girl but did you know if you get a male tiotorse there gay!!. i just smiled and walked off before i laughed in her face

With the breeds I have I tend to expect questions, assertations and assumptions to be honest.

I've had shar-pei for 15 years and although they've become more common on the streets, they are still pretty rare. It's complicated by having had two bearcoats (longcoats). I think it's funny and a fantastic conversation starter as most people are fascinated by them and just want an excuse to ask questions and pet them.

"They look like those wrinkly dogs..." Well, there's a good reason for that.
"They look just like shar-pei, but yours are black and they only come in that sandy colour." ... Okie dokie.
"Are they pugs?" Yes, big pugs.
"That's a stunning Neapolitan Mastiff puppy! How old is she?" Huh? She's 4 years old.
"What a lovely chow puppy!" When I was in the vet with the bearcoat sat on my knee.

A couple of drunk blokes walk past me one night. One turns to the other after they've gone past and says to his mate with a sound of awe in his voice "See those... they are those Japanese fighting dogs!"

And my favourite of all time when I had a brushcoat mother and bearcoat daughter - "Wow, that one's got a mane! Are they male and female like a lion and tiger?"

The Tibetan Mastiff, well I've had 4 people actually know what he is in almost 7 years. Two of those were just after there had been a story in the Daily Mail about how they are worth a million quid.

Usually, I get asked is he a St Bernard, Newfoundland, Pyrenean, one of those mountain dogs, a 'Burmese' Mountain Dog. All good guesses, though it seems churlish of me to explain Burma is a long way from Switzerland.

"Oh, my friend has one of these! What is he again?"
"I know he's a alsatian cross, but what's he cross with?" that's easy - peoiple who think he's crossed with an alsatian.
"That's a wolf crossed with a rottweiler, innit?" Nope
"Ohhhh, he has such a kind face - can I stroke him?" He says you may touch the hem of the royal robe.
"Does he bite?" He's looking calm and friendly and so are you, so no.
"Does that dog bite?" It's dark, you're a strange bloke and my dog is growling at you because neither of us like your body language. Do you really want to get close enough to put it to the test?

The other two occasions someone knew what breed he was were not nice in one case and highly amusing in the other. When he was a puppy we were at a town show with a dog show attached just socialising him with people and dogs. This old woman with two Portugese podengos came up to me and asked if he was a TM. He stood there sweetly and calmly while she vociferously character assassinated the breed, reeled off a list of misinformation about the breed and how aggressive they are to anybody in earshot. She then told me to watch it when he was older as her friend had one and he'd got her friend down on the kitchen floor and attacked her. Bloodbath blahblahblah, 50 stitches blahblahblah. I politely stood there and took it with 5 packets of salt, let alone a pinch. She reminded me of my great aunt who insisted GSDs all had a wolf streak and would 'turn'. Daft old bat. I wonder if she thought we were competition for the AVNSC class?

Second one was an angler who was all set up for a day of pike fishing, had just gutted a load of mackerel and laid the fillets out ready to use as bait. Bloke shouts over "Excuse me luv, is that a Tibetan Mastiff?". So I get dragged over for a chat (TM thinks the world is his personal fan club). As we're chatting away and distracted, TM proceeds to help himself to the beautifully presented array of sashimi this lovely man has quite obviosly prepared especially for him. Luckily he saw the funny side and said it was alright as he had plenty of spares in his cooler box.

Great post, some of those are truly hilarious

Love the line about the hem of the royal robe

Hilarious! He looks more like a very kissable rottie to me!

Does anyone else on here who has a GWP get asked if it's a wolfhound pup?
Even once, when I was walking with a lady and her 2 wolfhounds !!!!!!!!!

Hee hee

Boxer people do tend to like Frenchies too, must be those faces

Yes, quite a few times Lola has been mistaken for a Staffie too.