Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Dexter, a Kelpie reconstruction!

Just ran across a breed with which I was unfamiliar: the Australian Kelpie.

Kelpie examples:





And, of course, my boy:





Sources:
http://www.freewebz.com/glenavon/index.htm
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/australiankelpiephotos.htm
http://petzopedia.com/dog-breeds/australian-kelpie/

OK, maybe it's just mostly the face. His muzzle is squarer, and the ears are different, of course. But to me, strikingly similar - and the frequency of the eyebrow spots in the breed (three different dogs above, all found in the first couple of GIS pages) is striking.