[Sheshepherd24]

Hi
I adopted this furry baby from an animal shelter while I was vacationing in Ruidosa.
I wasn't sure what breed she was but at approx 9 mos old she resembles a shepherd. Ive used the Lens app and she comes up as a Harzer Fuchs??

 

[Sheshepherd24]

 

[LeoRose]

Pretty! She looks like a mix to me, with the best guess being German Shepherd x Golden Retriever.

 

[Chungar]

 

[Chungar]

That's one half of my fur babies. The other is this one's sister but she looks more like a German Shepard. My son found the name/breed Harzer Fuchs and this one (Casey) is a perfect match

 

[LeoRose]

Pretty pup. Were you told they were Harzer Fuchs when you got them? They are such a rare breed that I had to look them up.

 

[DaySleepers]

That breed is quite literally on the brink of extinction and originates in Germany. They're one of the Old German Working Dogs, and there are only about 3,000 individuals in that whole group in their own home country (http://www.g-e-h.de/index.php/rassebeschreibungen/46-hunde/351-altdeutscher-huetehund). The chances a shelter picked one up in the US is unlikely enough, let alone her sitting there long enough to be adopted out without her owner or breeder claiming her. People involved in breeding and keeping rare breeds - especially ones like this where almost every individual is going to be genetically valuable to preserving the breed - are extremely devoted to keeping track of the dogs, and when one goes missing or winds up in a shelter, people know and act quickly.

I'd absolutely believe a German Shepherd mix with something fluffier - like a Golden or collie of some sort - or a longhaired German Shepherd mix. It's just statistically way more likely. I own a rarer breed myself (though not nearly as small in number as the Fuchs), and I can't tell you how many people think he looks just like their mixed breed dog!

 

[Nini9278]

 

[Nini9278]

We adopted our boy after he was found abandoned riddled with mange as a young pup walking by the sea in Bulgaria. Thought up until yesterday he was a collie cross shepherd... then yesterday used Google lens and it suggest garafian shepherd but after contacting someone who has a garafian she said to look into harzer fuch..

 

[Nini9278]

 

[DaySleepers]

This post is a year old and the original poster hasn't been back since the day they posted it, so I'm closing this to further replies. Do feel free to start your own thread about your pup's breed/mix, or join in any of our current discussions!

For the record, I stand by what I said to the OP - Harzer Fuchs is one variety of a landrace - the Altdeutsche Hütehund - that is rare even in its home country of Germany. It's much more likely you have a similar looking mix than one of these dogs.