Can You Help Me Guess Lilly's Breed? - Pet forum for dogs cats and humans

LilMac · #1 December 31st, 2010, 01:28 PM

Lilly passed away 6 months ago.

I missed her so much and for awhile had it in my mind that I wanted to adopt a dog that looked like her. I was in no hurry but I have been browsing a bit. (I do have another dog, which is enough for me at the moment). My problem was I didn't really know what to look for since I'm not sure what her breed mix is. I have guessed a million different things. Can anyone assist?

PS She was 33 lbs

luckypenny · #2 December 31st, 2010, 03:04 PM

So sorry for your loss of Lilly, LilMac. She was a beautiful girl

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I'm guessing she was a Sheltie mix.

rainbow · #3 December 31st, 2010, 03:14 PM

I'm very sorry to hear about Lilly passing.

She looks like a spaniel/sheltie cross to me or maybe spaniel/border collie ......she was a very pretty girl.

luckypenny · #4 December 31st, 2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rainbow

She looks like a spaniel/sheltie cross to me

I think you're right...Spaniel for sure.

catlover2 · #5 December 31st, 2010, 04:36 PM

There seems to be a lot of Sheltie there for sure, and maybe some Springer Spaniel? She was adooorable!

LilMac · #6 December 31st, 2010, 04:52 PM

Thanks!

The various breeds people have suggested before definitely include sheltie and spaniel. Some suggested Australian Shepherd (but she is too small).

Also Papillon/Sheltie, American Eskimo, Beagle, you name it.

I have only ever once seen a photo of a dog that looked anything like her. It was soon after Lilly passed and I was browsing sheltie mixes on petfinder, and made the mistake of looking outside Canada. I saw a 12 year old female at a high kill pound in Ohio that looked sooooo much like her--the same eyes and everything. She was unsocialized and had apparently been running loose in the rural area for months.

I inquired about her and found that the pound did its euthanasias every single week and the next one was scheduled for a few days from then. So I made a plan to go get her. Another volunteer was going to drive me. But as it turned out she got scared and bit someone while being vetted by a rescue that was contemplating pulling her and she ended up on the run again for months.

I told them to contact me if they found her again, and they did. It was a lot tougher then because I didn't have anyone to take me but I was forming a plan when the very best miracle ever happened: they emailed me to say not to worry but that the couple that had found her and tamed her had come in to adopt her = )

12 years old and unsocialized in a high kill pound--the odds were certainly against her. It was such a wonderful outcome. All I wanted was for her to be safe. I was hoping all along that someone from her area would adopt her and it worked out against all odds = )

Anyway, the point of that long-winded story is that in all my browsing of petfinder, and all my volunteering at shelters, I have never seen a dog who looks much like her--just reinforces how unique and special she was.