Trying to figure out the breed or future size at least

[boss_owner]

My puppy, Boss, is 7.5 weeks old and the lady that sold it him to me won't give me a straight answer on the breed of the father. Her story has ranged from boxer to German shepherd to rottweiler (today's story). The mother is a purebred boxer and I've met her.

I am concerned with the breed to be able to research the types of behaviors, traits and illnesses to watch out for, but also to be able to estimate the size that Boss is going to be. I thought I got a medium size dog (80 lbs or so), and the prospect of him being half rottweiler, who is 135 lbs is kind of scary. He is adorable and I am not even considering giving him up, just trying to figure out what I have to deal with here.

By looking at the puppy, he looks like a boxer, fawn color with white gloves on his paws, short snout, floppy ears, short hair, black mask. His snout is a bit longer then an average boxers, but his mothers snout was longer as well.

I think I can safely rule out the German shepherd story, since there are no similar features that I can tell. What confuses me is that rottweilers have similar features as far as body type, ears and shorter snout.

Can anyone recommend of ways that I can figure out or estimate his full grown size or the mix breed? When he was 6 weeks old he weighed 9 3/4 lbs. Any advice would be appreciated.

Once I get access to a digital camera I'll be able to post some pics, so this would get easier...

 

[mobrian]

Have you taken Boss to the vet yet? I would think that they could recognize the other breed.

 

[boss_owner]

Yes, he was at the Vet when he was 6 weeks old, but at the time I thought he was either a pure boxer or a german shepherd. The vet said he didn't see any shepherd there, so I assumed he was a pure boxer. Today is when I heard the rottweiler story... We have another visit to the vet in the next week, so i'll be sure to ask. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Debbie Magon]

Hard to imagine he would be red if his Dad was a Rottie?
I think he would have a lot of black on him and be a very heavy, thick set dog.
If he had shepherd in him he would display some feathering usually in the tail or breech area.
Get some pics!

 

[boss_owner]

I will work on the pictures this weekend. The weird thing is that the lady told me that the rotweiller was brown, and there aren't any brown rotweillers that I've ever seen! She's just lying to me:mad: . Hopefully the vet will have more ideas. Thanks for your help!

 

[None-removed]

Here is my first boxer, Capulet. She was boxer / gsd mix, so maybe you can tell if your kid has some shepherd blood. If so, Cappie was large for a boxer at about 90 pounds, but temperment and personality were 100% boxer. She is the one that turned me on to this breed.

Hope this helps some.

Cap

 

[boss_owner]

I finally posted the pictures in the gallery, just search by my user name. I think they need to be approved first, so as soon as that occurs... There are 4 pictures that give a pretty good idea of what he looks like.

We took him to the vet this weekend, but she wasn't helpful. Said that he looks like a boxer, but can't pinpoint any other breed. Also said that he'll be between 60 and 100 lbs when he grows up, but that's such a wide range!!!

Also, does anyone know how to attach a picture as a thumbnail to my user name when i post? Can't seem to find instructions.

Thanks!

 

[Maniago]

you do have a picture under you name

 

[boss_owner]

Thanks. I figured it out right after I posted the message. Doesn't it always work that way? :eek:

 

[Maniago]

yes it does.........I had to look twice to make sure it was there

he is just beautiful