So That's What Wrigley Is!

~ Wrigley ~

I adopted a wonderful dog and named him Wrigley from the Denver Dumb Friends League Buddy Center in Castle Rock. (Yes, I am originally from the Chicago area, and moved to Denver over 20 years ago.) The information about him was minimal at the most. What I do know was that he was in a shelter in New Mexico for about 10 days before being transferred up here. He was only at this shelter for 2 days before I adopted him. They weighed him in at 24 lbs. at the first shelter, but when I brought him to a Vet, he was up to 27 lbs. and still on the very slim side. On his information they said he was a Shiba Inu and Australian Cattle Dog mix.

I had a pure bred Shiba Inu named Kobi. I could see, maybe, a little Shiba in him, however he was much taller and his ears were way larger than Kobi's. I looked up Australian Cattle Dogs to get some information on that breed. Yes, Wrigley had more of the ears, but the body just wasn't right. Wrigley has the build of a Greyhound.

It wasn't until I watched the Westminster Dog Show that things started to click. I had an AH Ha moment. While watching the herding group, there was a dog that looked similar to Wrigley. I had my computer so I looked up a Canaan. It's an ancient dog from Egypt. The Canaan can come in many colors; solids, with patches, brindle, white or black masks and can come in four types such as: a heavy sheepdog appearance, a Border Collie appearance, dingo-like appearance or a Greyhound appearance.

I know I can have a blood test done and sent in somewhere that will tell me what breed/mix of breeds my dog is. But for now, I am going to assume that he is at least part Canaan. What do you think???

Australian Cattle Dog Canaan Dog Kobi (Shiba Inu)

*** Australian Cattle Dog and Canaan Dog phots taken from Dog Image Web site on Google. ***