Posted on 04/19/2007 7:24:03 AM PDT by bedolido
Whatever you call them, pups Arnie and Angel could be the first of a new breed.
Cath and Graham Wilson think they might have uncovered a new breed of dog after their Dalmation Tom mated with their seven-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog Cassie.
Cath and Graham, of Croston, Lancs, have dubbed the two unlikely puppies Bernations.
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>>>What do you call a cross between a Bernese Mountain Dog and a Dalmation?
I’d call them kind of cute.
Love the paws.
They are adorable...and they look sleepy. :)
A mountain rescue dog that enjoys a spot of brandy?
A Dalnese Drool Blob?
“I shall sic my DDB on you, fiend!”
‘Noooooo! *gurgle, dead*’
You can not call a puppy ugly, but...
These guys are not going to win a beauty contest.
.....bob
—for some reason they remind me of Hillary and Bill-—
Mutts?
have dubbed the two unlikely puppies Bernations.
Well, I call mine a Dalbrador, but so far, they haven't actually recognized her as a breed ;~)
These guys are not going to win a beauty contest.
I'm glad you had the guts to post that. Maybe people will flame you instead of me for saying that those pups give a new definition to 'dog-ugly'.
I don’t think they’ll be ugly. The only thing that could detract is the paled-gray flecking covering their faces. Of course, this is all my speculative opinion because they aren’t grown yet.
I like that their marking patterns seem rather symmetrical. I’m not much into asymmetry a`la the sire’s breed. Also, I like husky dogs, so their apparent big bearing may make them appealing to me.
Gidget still looks to me like a husky German Shorthaired Pointer.
And count me in as one of the ones who thinks those puppies are UUUUUGGGGGly! I think it's the eyes and the shape of the head.
And why do they have two unaltered animals of different breeds in the same house, anyway?
I think they’re kind of cute! But I do have a boxer-pei (boxer/shar-pei mix) who should be a recognized breed.
But she’s got a tail as hard as a baseball bat...
Adorable!
Good questions AAM :~)
I do think the pups are pretty cute... but they’re accidents...
They’re adorable. :) I would love to have one. One of the funniest dogs I have ever seen was a dalmation/beagle mix. It had the body of the beagle and the dalmation spots. Sweet dog.
My sis just said, “Not a Labramation?”
*sigh*
Ever practical sis of mine.
I have fond memories of my St. Bernard/Bloodhound mix.
He was a county junkyard dog, as in he came home with me after buying an oil pan.
He ran off with the coyotes for 3 months and came back lean and chewed up but still friendly and lazy.
We named him Chewbaca.
I’m sorry but these are the first two puppies I’ve ever seen that I won’t go “aaaaaaawwwwww”.
Would it more likely be an “aaaaaugh!”?
Glad someone said it, I was just about to post the same thing.
So ugly, they’re cute.
Berners are really great dogs, BTW. Every one I’ve ever met has had a fantastic disposition and has been very well-trained. I’ve ever seen one running an agility course...not very well, mind you.
}:-)4
LOL Pretty much it.
Bertaination? or Dalnesetian? I don’t know they both sound weird. Wonder how big they will be?
If I were a breeder, I’d totally cross-breed a Bulldog and a Shih Tzu.
I’m wondering how big, and slobbery, they will be full grown.
I want one!
A lady runs 3 Berners in our agility club. Well, maybe "run" isn't quite the right word . . . "amble" more closely fits their style.
But her big male, Rudy, is infatuated with my little (43 pound) Chocolate Lab female. We let them out on the nearby baseball field to frolic together, it's like watching a Clydesdale playing with a Shetland pony. They rear up and bump chests -- which sends our little Lab sprawling, but she bounces up and goes right back in again. She can leap over his back and turn on a dime, which makes it a fairly equal contest.
Our girl is (sadly - before I knew what a great dog I had) fixed, so no weird offspring.
“so no weird offspring.”
A Choconese Mountrador?
. . . but, thankfully, it was not to be!
(I'm really sick about spaying this dog. She has 2 Excellent titles in Agility, 1 Retriever title and halfway to the 2nd, good obedience dog (she could get her CD tomorrow but we've not entered), great temperament with people and other dogs, and splendid health and conformation. Every trial I go to somebody asks when I'm breeding her, and I look sad and say, "never.")
Had a husky shepherd mix named “Tiny”.
(D.O.G. unit mk3, medium size, small bark, wicked bite when provoked.)
Not certain what one would call her, but she was an odd one.
Yeah, large and cute.
What a neat dog! Looks like he picked up the best of both breeds. How’s his disposition? Sad to say, every Chow or part-Chow I’ve ever known (including a Chow/German Shepherd mix my parents had when I was a kid) has been a nutcase of a dog. I know they aren’t all like that, though.
}:-)4
Heh, no, Berners running an agility course are pretty funny. They’d probably be much happier if you loaded up a wagon with the fences and jumps and let them pull the wagon around the course while setting up. :)
My in-laws own three Hungarian Kuvasz currently, but they used to have a Berner about 15-18 years ago. My wife (in high school at the time) still misses that dog.
}:-)4
His disposition is all lab. He thinks he’s a person. He’s obedient, submissive, knows about 10 words, he will bark and claw at a Rotwieller out of the window but cower down like a sissy at distant thunder.
And he’s nosey. He has to know what everyone is doing at all times.
Lol, can’t devise a name for that combo!
He’s praying!
How about a Bermation?
Burmation?
Burmatian would be a cross between a Burmese Cat and a Dalmatian . . . don’t think THAT’s gonna fly!
THey’re cute, but they’re not a new breed. They are simply a cross between 2 existing breeds. They will not breed true, as it takes many generations to fix type (be able to predict what you will get from a mating). I’m a little tired of people thinking they are creating something new when they cross 2 existing breeds. While they may make nice pets, and even be outstanding dogs in some way (outstanding is rather in the eye of the beholder), they are not anything any more special than any other mixed breed. In addition, you will still find some of the bad traits of either breed. I’m tired of *breeders* touting their particular cross as having only the best traits of the breeds they started out with. I don’t know why anyone would believe that hype, however many people clearly do.
susie
. . . "Labradoodles" are much touted but nowhere near fixed in type yet.
For heaven's sake, you can't fix type in a field/conformation Lab cross!
While I hate to pick on any breed (and have met nice dogs of every breed I’ve ever met) chows always give me pause. They are not generally friendly to strangers (I worked at a vet and unfortunately we were one of the only places in town that would dip chows and I often did the honors). The thing that always worried me was that they didn’t necesarily warn you before they tried to bite. I can handle a dog that is clear about their intentions, but I had more than a few who would wag their tails while they waited for you to get in range.
The only dog who every nearly got me was a chow/cocker mix. Cute dog. Not a nice one, however.
And to those who have sweet chows, don’t flame me. I’ve met a few who were great. It’s sad they aren’t all, as they are lovely dogs, and probably the cutest puppies in the world.
susie
If someone thought it was profitable, they would try! ;)
susie
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