What breed(s) is this puppy?

Coloring looks like a dobie. It's always hard to tell with puppies though as you have no clue what their adult size will be.

I thought of a dobie mix too, maybe some rottie. But it's hard to tell. Goodluck and you have a cutie there!

it's too bad you don't have a better picture. it's REALLY hard to guess when all you have ais a front view face shot. Maybe some labrador in there

looks dobeXlab or RottiXdobe or a combination of all 3

first thought was mostly dobie with some shepherd and rottie.
but that was first thought. I'm not good at these things.

acutaly my first thought was maybe some min pin, but I'm not sure how big the dog is

Looks like a lab/hound mix, maybe some Rottie and not because of the color. Just because the dog is black and tan doesnt mean it has to be a breed that is black and tan. I have seen purebred Labs in black and tan, I know Shar Pei's can even come in black and tan.

I'll try to get more body pics to help with identification.

The recurring theme so far seems to be Rottweiler and/or Doberman. We have two young children (two year old and newborn). I know that any breed of dog can turn out aggressive or not and I don't want to sound "breedist," but what are everyone's thoughts about these breeds of dogs around young kids? I wouldn't want to take a chance if there was even a slightly higher chance of them being aggressive towards humans. Of course the kids wouldn't play with the dog unsupervised until they are much older, but it only takes a split second for something bad to happen...

Am I being silly, or are these breeds more likely to be aggressive?

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/rottweiler.htm

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/doberman.htm

(if you look around on that site those 2 links are from, there is excellent information on there.)

Ack said:

Here's a picture of a stray puppy we may be adopting. I know they'll all be wild guesses, but can anyone help me guess what breed(s) this dog is and how big it will grow up to be?

Click the picture to see a larger image:

Click to expand...

i know some one who has a gsd,golden,lab mix that looks like that

Ack said:

The recurring theme so far seems to be Rottweiler and/or Doberman. We have two young children (two year old and newborn). I know that any breed of dog can turn out aggressive or not and I don't want to sound "breedist," but what are everyone's thoughts about these breeds of dogs around young kids? I wouldn't want to take a chance if there was even a slightly higher chance of them being aggressive towards humans. Of course the kids wouldn't play with the dog unsupervised until they are much older, but it only takes a split second for something bad to happen...

Am I being silly, or are these breeds more likely to be aggressive?

Click to expand...

I wouldn't worry so much about aggression - especially from a pup - but you do have to be very, very mindful of their size. Accidental injury during play seems much more likely than aggression; most big pups I've met didn't realize just how big they were, and normal jumping & wrestling can cause problems. I'd also spend extra time teaching bite inhibition; even if it's not malicious, play-mouthing from a Rott or Dobie is much different than a play-mouthing from a Shih-Tzu.

There are a LOT of dog breeds that come in that color pattern. BCs and Aussies do, Collies do, a lot of hound breeds do, APBTs do, and just... yeah. Rotts and Dobes come ONLY in that color pattern and are well known for it but it's not necessarily a direct link. I think she's just a good old muttly-type mutt.

Ack said:

I'm not as worried about aggression from the pup as I am from the dog when it's an adult. Our kids will still be young when the dog is full grown, plus I don't want him to be aggressive towards people who come to visit. Any more thoughts from anyone on this?

Click to expand...

The dog's behavior toward visitors/strangers etc is 99% training/1% breed. I've known ill-trained Labs that would attack visitors and well-trained Pitbulls who would love them into submission. Seriously, with kids that young it is real important to train any dog.

Ack said:

George: I'm not as worried about aggression from the pup as I am from the dog when it's an adult. Our kids will still be young when the dog is full grown, plus I don't want him to be aggressive towards people who come to visit. Any more thoughts from anyone on this?

Click to expand...

Rotts & Dobies aren't especially human aggressive; the problem with them is they don't need to be to hurt someone, especially a kid. To put it another way: a Cocker Spaniel doggie-hugging a 10 year-old = Cute; Rottweiler doggie-hugging a 10 year-old = Ouch.

As long as you train & socialize him properly, he's not going to flip out and start munching down on the neighbor's brat (unless you want him to; in my experience, Rotts are really eager to please).

I had a friend with a cattle dog that looked just like that.