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TriggerNutzofDOOM

What a gentleman. I’d be he’d pass the Grey Poupon.


-Gravitron-

PARDON ME


Aggravating_Bad8428

Brilliant !


peggingenthusiast24

now i’m bummed i didn’t name one of my dogs mustard


gocrazy305

r/Velvethippo


neveradullperson

Would u have any


NotAutoM8tedNam3

A small cow. I love him and want to give him all the kisses!


drinkselectrolytes

I love this


Ambystomatigrinum

Weim/American bulldog. If AmBulls are out too, boxer.


barrisonbes

Not a chance he passes as a boxer


Mooch07

Not a chance he passes as anything … Why are there all of these posts all of a sudden with the most obvious block headed land seals of all time trying to pass as golden retrievers? 


GigiLaRousse

Because people need places to live. Many places won't rent if you have a bully.


staggered_conformed

Yes, we all know *WHY* people make these posts. The comment was just saying that people like OP are ridiculous for thinking anyone is going to believe their pit is anything but a pit.


GigiLaRousse

It works. I live in a province where pitbulls are illegal but you can't do anything about a tenant having a dog unless the dog causes problems. There are still pitbulls everywhere that are "boxer/lab mixes." Some people really are that clueless, others are in the know and pro-pittie, and others just don't care so long as there's no issue with aggression or damage. Meanwhile, I have a golden/rottie/mastiff and strangers regularly ask if she's a pitbull. Same with my neighbour's mastiff. To some people who aren't knowledgeable about dog breeds, anything medium- to giant-sized with shorter fur is a pitbull.


AnonDxde

To be honest, that’s what I thought about my mastiff mix. I was sure he was a pitbull mix. He’s way too big though, and the vet said mastiff. I just don’t know a lot about dogs.


GigiLaRousse

Mastiffs are wonderful! Not that I don't love pitties, but their chillness lines up nicely with my lifestyle. They also tend to be snugglers like pitts.


New-Environment9700

Because apartments won’t rent to you with a pit type dog. My white blocky Am staff passed as a white boxer her entire life and I rented apartments the entire time. I took her to the vet and said she was that breed and that what all her paperwork showed. It sucks that I couldn’t proudly say she was a pittie where I lived but I never had an issue. So yes they CAN pass as a boxer.


ThePennedKitten

If you don’t know dogs you’ll believe it’s whatever breed someone says. As long as they aren’t ridiculous with it. Like everyone knows what a poodle looks like. If you say he’s a terrier (that’s what our humane society does to get around euthanizing them) that could work. Or say he’s a boxer mix. That could explain away a massive head.


New-Environment9700

Exactly.. plus visual id has been scientifically proven to not be useful for identifying breed. If you stick with breeds that have somewhat similar features it usually works out.


Mooch07

Makes sense. I’ve been in places that didn’t allow pets at all but none that restricted based on breed.


New-Environment9700

My white amstaff pittie passed as a white boxer mix for 12 years and she had the blockiest pit head ever. I rented from apartments in 3 states and it worked.


Ambystomatigrinum

I mean he doesn't look like anything other than a pit bull. He couldn't "pass" as a lab mix either. Its just creative listing.


Visual_Appearance_95

Ooh I’ll upvote. Didn’t see your comment and said the same thing


Correct_Artist1364

Boxer lab maybe 🤷🏼‍♀️


KimmyTR222

Labrador mix


chutenay

Silver lab? Since they are trying to make that a thing


juggmanjones

Silvers are just chocolate labs with a pigment mutation right? Edit: id go with a lab/wermer mix of somesort


disinterested_a-hole

This edit is the correct answer. Labradeiner that needs to drop a few pounds.


sweetteanoice

(Silvers are probably just Weimaraner mixes)


KimmyTR222

Sure!! With those floppy ears it would definitely work!


yayblah

My cousin has some "albino" black labs that look really similar to this chonk


stonedcold_ET

That’s a lab mix


No-Show-9560

This is what we went with on our renter’s insurance


KimmyTR222

Mine can’t pass for anything! So I made her an emotional support animal!


Fit-Hold-4403

labrador pitbull mix


Zootang79

Weimaraner mix? Maybe and I'm only saying this as a way to slide past housing req. Luckily I found a place that actually allows the restricted breeds as long as there aren't any attack dogs.


cleffawna

Chubby weimer


Zootang79

Exactly


draxsmon

Yes I was thinking Lab/Weimaraner


appalachiensis

Yes, I came here to say a buff Weimeraner. 😆


Zootang79

😁 little thicc


NinjaCaviar

This is the only believable thing IMO. This dog looks very much like what he is lol


Zootang79

Lol he def is a beautiful specimen


hemptations

Actually had a Weimaraner x Staffordshire


Zootang79

Yeah this one is def got that Stafford look too


Bigolsquiggle

Mixed with a Bernese mountain dog and boxer


LonelyPlenty7645

Boxers are actually on a lot of breed restriction places


SweetTeaBags

Huh... Boxers are like the goofiest of large breeds and harmless AF. Never met a mean boxer. Also never met a mean pittie but pitties are goofy too.


fugueink

Well, not a boxer that had been treated in a civilized manner. There was a woman in my town that had two boxers, and at least one of them was dangerous. She would tell you to restrain *your* dog if she met you on a walk because hers might attack it. I wish I had thought to ask her why she wasn't restraining hers. On edit: It's possible, come to think, that she was lying in the hopes of detering intruders. I never cared to put it to the test, of course.


LonelyPlenty7645

The community we lived in they were on too I’m pretty sure but it was on a military base which they had Great Danes on there 😂 basically you could have a German Shepard, hunting dogs or small dogs


OkBackground8809

That's so crazy! I mean, they're rambunctious and crazy, but... boxers???


Consistent-Pair2951

Bulldog weimaraner mix


ThePennedKitten

If one of the parents was actually a Weimaraner I’d believe that. So, good call.


FairyFartDaydreams

Weimaraner/Lab mix. But he is 100% Good Baby


OtherAcctIsFuckedUp

I've found a good method is to pick a secondary breed that is hard to picture but logistically makes sense. So if someone told me your dog was actually a weimaraner crossed with a cocker spaniel-' wow! I think I can actually see it in his body shape. Never would have been able to figure it out if you didn't tell me!' A spaniel/weimaraner mix could totally end up with a stockier body and slightly wider head. The coat really helps sell it too.


afb_pfb

I have had a Doberman mix and a Pit mix. My vet has always written them in as a “mixed lab breed.” Or because my Pit looks more Pointer, he’s a “Pointer mix.” That usually quiets the landlords down. I had an issue come up with my Doberman mix (through no fault of my own or his own) and my landlord shut up once the vet sent in that he was a “lab mix.” It’s all property insurance issues and not actually hating the breed. Edit to add: foster a relationship with your vet where they know your dog well enough and your dog presents good behavior and they’ll help. Now, my Dobie mix was squirrelly and could go off, but he was always under control and the only reason he looked to bite was that my landlord accidentally rented out my apartment and gave keys to someone who entered my home while I was asleep and that’s why he went off, bc he assumed it was an intruder, but his vet had his back and mine and we stayed there for years as a “lab mix.”


kibonzos

I mean it was an intruder. Just the intruder was not at fault although surely the second you see jackets in the the hall and hear a dog you shut the door and go contact your new (incompetent) landlord.


AmElzewhere

A hippo possibly


mouserz

A r/velvethippos!


WingsOfDesperation

Neapolitan mastiff


Vexed_Violet

Definitely could pass as a mastiff mix. Don't understand why pitbulls get all the hate when mastiffs are giants!


WingsOfDesperation

No dog should get hate, multiple independent studies have shown that breed has almost 0 correlation with aggression


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A [2022 study](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0639?cookieSet=1) of breeds and traits concluded that breed is almost uninformative when determining a dog's reactivity, or its sociability. Furthermore, [Insurance data](https://web.archive.org/web/20150904071314/http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=25091614) indicates the Pitbulls and Rottweilers account for only 25% of dog bite claims. [Which is also in agreement with the Ohio State University's Study](https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2019-06/new-study-identifies-most-damaging-dog-bites-by-breed/) that shows that Pitbulls account for approximately 22.5% of the most damaging reported bites. Pitbulls account for [~20%](https://www.pitbullinfo.org/pit-bulls-population.html) of the dog population by best estimates. Showing that pitbull bites are proportional to their population. In fact, their [Breed Risk Rate](https://www.pitbullinfo.org/breed-risk-rates.html) is in line with other dogs breeds out there that are considered great family dogs. So how do pitbulls account for more than half of all dog bites? Agenda pushing misinformation by groups dedicated to hating a breed. If you did not comprehend that, what this tells us is that pitbulls bite more because there are more pitbulls than other breeds, but they don't bite anymore than their share of the dog population. Additionally, data from the [American Veterinary Medical Association](https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/literature-reviews/dog-bite-risk-and-prevention-role-breed) has concluded that no controlled studies have shown Pitbull-type dogs to be disproportionally aggressive. Lastly, Studies have shown that [Errors in Identifying Pitbulls](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109002331500310X) [Link 2](https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/241/9/javma.241.9.1163.xml) happen approximately 60% of the time with shelter staff that spend a lot of time around dogs, so reports in the media about dog breeds are highly inaccurate and hardly count as a reputable source for a dogs breed. Oh you only see videos of pitbulls attacking? Not surprised. There is a group on this site that dedicates itself to reposting old archived videos to keep brainwashing people into fearing an event that happens 25 to 40 times a year with a breed that has a population around 20 million. Save us your anecdotal evidence of outliers. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pitbulls) if you have any questions or concerns.*


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Less_Record620

100% this. The only really aggressive dog I've ever encountered (and have been around all sorts of dogs my whole life) was a golden retriever I used to dog sit. Constantly snarling and bit a few people but the anti bully / rottie/ doberman/ German sheppard ( pick your decade!) brigade will tell you that is safer. Judge by deed not by breed.


Wild-Effect6432

God, that reminds me of my friend back in high school who grew up terrified of dogs cause her neighbor had aggressive pits. To help her with that fear, her parents got her a lab and trained him really well. To this day, I still think he was the best dog I've ever met. The neighbors, thinking it was cause of his breed and not the training, also got a lab. That thing ended up even more aggressive than their pits were


LitleStitchWitch

The only dog breed that attacked me was a standard poodle. I was walking to a coffee shop and out of the blue it lunged at my leg from under the owner's table. Thankfully it didn't break my skin since I was wearing thick pants, but I did have a limp for a bit. The ~~bitch~~ owner, *clearly* knowing how to handle her dog, pulled the poor pup back and slapped him hard without even apologizing. It makes my blood boil to even think about. While obviously different dogs have different personalities, in my opinion 99% of the time a dog's aggression is because of the owner refusing to train/socialize the dog, or just outright abusing them. Hell when I was a kid this horrible family kept a Belgian Maliois as a "guard dog," and just left him outside with little food and water and let him bark. I'd walk by their home and after 2 weeks of just talking to him while I walked by he would bring his food bowl to the edge of the fence and look at me. I wish I could have done more to help him, he was a good dog who needed someone to love him. And yes, many people called animal control and they didn't care. I firmly believe there are no bad dogs, just dogs that aren't getting the care they need.


Wild-Effect6432

There was a study with foxes a good while back that proved that disposition is partially related to genes, so it can be passed from parent to child. However, this isn't just true for aggression. They were able to cultivate two lines, one being highly feral and the other being so docile that they started to develop traits similar to what you'd see in dogs This has nothing to do with breed, but I wonder if that's why people may be getting them confused as both are things which can be passed down so when a dog is aggressive like it's parent(s) it just gets associated with breed. Despite the fact that disposition can be improved and extreme docility is also very much present within the pit population. Like anything, though, tragedy gets far more attention than things going well


Bulky_Promotion_5742

A hippo! https://preview.redd.it/7p8wbnvbw6ad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05b9aa98d5172826ff70dc952d22484d37294c4e


charles_chinaski_jr

American Bulldog


fugueink

Anywhere that bans pitties bans all the bully breeds! Ignorance is astonishing in its scope!


Equivalent_Yak_95

Um. Tank?


flewintocuckoosnest

Chunky head, kissy face, love monster. I hate breed restrictions.


hazeliiis

English Labrador / Weimarener mix. ENGLISH Labrador. Blocky heads. He's probably got some in him. It's in his beautiful meaty face. He's so gorgeous!! 😮😮😮😮😮❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️


sweeneyty

thats an american house hippo...no way to hide it.


PersonalPerson_

Much larger than a Canadian [house hippo](https://youtu.be/cvPwJQXzHm0)


ColteesBigOleTits

If you’re worried, please just go with “lab mix.” That is one adorable dog and he/she can pass for a few different mixes honestly 😊


AWolfButSad

Vet tech here. We have tons of "lab mixes" and "terrier mixes"


half_in_boxes

Isn't he a Cane Corso?


Available_Dinner_388

Not a Corso but he could pass as a mastiff mix. I don't think either would be helpful if trying to dodge breed restrictions though.


JEharley152

Chubby chihuahua—


Baybemama

Pit boxer mix https://preview.redd.it/oegtg9woh7ad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6f51cc7aa5611ff348b0f8eb6ea04a9fb024bbb


Antiquatedshitshow

1/2bestest 1/2 goodest


Material-Lemon-9189

https://preview.redd.it/cfzfrepyzbad1.jpeg?width=2860&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e52f06b7af7a7bad50e89e22650c0a97c9e12912 A handsome boy but also a house hippo Here’s my house hippo !


amavi00

Lab Boxer mix. from one pittie parent to another , good luck finding housing. screw the worlds stereotypes 🫶🏼


AMetalWolfHowls

That’s a silver lab, obviously


Impossible_Oil2995

He's a Blue Nose American Pitbull. I used to pass mine as a American Staffordshire to pit haters who don't know the difference!!


Missscarlettheharlot

Are Bullies out too? Because lab/bully mix, or just bully, would be my actual first guess.


fugueink

If they're banning pitties, they'll ban bullies (if they haven't already!). And mastiffs of any ilk, too. Our mastador was a big baby, but people looked at him like they thought he was vicious and I had to pay extra insurance on him (until I switched carriers, of course). Most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Now my Chiweenie I keep away from strange humans and dogs, but she's got a history. I am sure she didn't come that way, and her foster mother was an ignoramus. (You do not socialize adult dogs the same way you do puppies!)


TheRealHK

Weimaraner / lab mix.


fromhelley

Not sure I am spelling this right, Weirmaraner?


fugueink

Weimaraner (I looked it up!)


fromhelley

Good job! I can't say or spell this word well, but love the dogs!!


Suffering_Soul_28

He could pass as a good boi!!


LeakyVision

Honestly, with some of the god-awful breeding practices that skyrocketed over lockdown you could tell people it’s a Cane Corso. Looks nothing like an actual one but breed standards slipped so much that it’d work.


OnlyMe504

A chunky Weimaraner


YinzerNinja

Definitely some kind of lab mix. Or a weimeraner mix? Handsome fella. ♥️


Ariandrin

Third vote for Weimy. Maybe with a bulldog if that’s an allowed breed where you are, or a lab otherwise.


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DocsDaddy042013

American Bully or cane Corso mix?


HiddenHolding

Sherman Tankdog


MrsHobie_Ashlei

Beautiful


mnrooo

Silver lab


codymason84

You’ve got a chonky boy he’s a good one


CastleDanger23

Silver lab


Tuesdayssucks

Black lab Stafford mix


Tall_Ad_1940

Lab and weimeriner-however it’s spelled


Coarticulator_

Lab/ weimaraner/ bulldog mix


OrangeCatsRule13

Mastiff/Labrador Retriever mix.


Capital-Adeptness-68

Hippo


EsperImzadi

Maybe a mastiff/lab mix


CirqueDuRaven

That. Is a meatball.


CelerySecure

Hippo


Emisweirdsoul

The goodest boy


MyFriendSucksAlot

Goober


SharuShinra

Blue house hippo


deadbabysteven

A velvet hippo if I ever saw one


Certain-Mix5450

Clearly he’s 100% good boy.


Seaweed_Mermaid

Precious angel muffin man


Ill_Pop540

Gosh he’s handsome.


NeatArtichoke

Mastiff/weimeriner mix, or mastiff/wiemeriener/lab mix! That chunk of a head tho, folks would.love him at r/velvethippos!


Visual_Appearance_95

Weimeraner/English bulldog. 😜


here2lurk79

Isn’t that a cute little hippo?


ammo1117

Velvet Hippo


mamabird77

Land hippo


dontlikeagoldrush

a cutie pie x good girl, very rare and usually found amongst flowers! give her a pat from us please


Macho_Mans_Ghost

Kentucky Blue Velvet Hippo Tennessee Water Chonk Oregon Thick Bellied Terrier


HANDFUL_OF_BOOB

https://preview.redd.it/ckrrflpbgaad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc075a14ff7c5f1b6edc5fdcd28956227397b8e5 Aww your bluey looks just like mine! The shelter I adopted her from said she was a “weimeraner mix,” lol.


Sassydemure

The perfect breed. ♥️🐶


megatron561

https://preview.redd.it/bgv0l0j6saad1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebb2ed93c1742e013bbd3870a57ff716e7a172a9 I play the Lab\\Weimaraner card often, other then that he is a Megatron ruler of the deceptcons. Or a seal.


Correct_Artist1364

I ask the same all the time. What could my girl pass as https://preview.redd.it/pudbojyaxaad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23e09ffa27bcd8ba8cdb50aeea50f658f00863c5


shhkbttjxa

Hippo


New-Environment9700

I’d call him a Weim/boxer mix! He’s gray, go for it! My white pitty was a boxer mix her entire life lol. She passed at all the apartments I rented and some of them were snooty places too! I took her to the vet and said she was a boxer mix so that’s what her paperwork said from the vet and I used that lol. Worked for us! Good luck! u/tedwardbearz


gokartninja

Lab/pit mix


pittiegirl143

Pitbull/lab


NobodySatan

He passes as a good boy in my book!


mastiff72

Lab mix, but if you are concerned about something like housing please look into getting an ESA letter from your Dr. as long as there is no issue with aggression they cannot deny your dog no matter the breed. ESA (emotional support animal) are protected under the Americans w disabilities act.


Significant-Win-2563

AKC certified couch potato


SimilarNectarine5966

American bulldog/lab mix


1lapulapu

A really muscular Labrador retriever


22aDayHughes

House hippo


mizfred

I've heard people say to get it in writing that they're an emotional support animal in order to get past breed restrictions.


Malignant_Lvst7

a Good Boy/Girl


Worldly_Progress_655

Weimaraner/Boxer


MyFeetLookLikeHands

if in a blue state, an emotional support pup


RangeScrapper81

Blue Healer.


Luna_DGO

Blue nose Pitbull


knobcobbler69

Chonky Boi


FunOk5399

F*cking adorable. Oh wait, that’s most dogs 😁


dracary_ss

Cane corso for sure


Salt_x

110% good boy


Mother_Focus_9569

Could you just say that your dog is a terrier? Technically, it is correct, but terrier doesn't carry the stigma.


Strawberrymochi_cake

A cutie


nellelee21

A seal!


curiouspamela

Silliness. Only one


BallsOutNinja

Just say lab mix


bongwatervegan

Weimaraner x bulldog


manateevet

Grey faced love nugget. Very rare.


livsmalls

Weimaraner mix for sure. The color is just like theirs. Do you need him to pass as another dog for something serious like housing? Because he has quite a pit look to him.


adfurries

Lab/pittie mix?


cierradadon

Pit and lab mix


Piranha1993

A chunky wiggly butt. Eh, maybe a Labrador if you have to make a stretch to an apartment manager or something. I like chunky wiggly butt better though.


OkStick-443

50% angel 50% goodest boy 100% lovable


Lumberrmacc

Card carrying handsome man is my guess


Patient_Commentary

Pitt lab?


LawfulGoodBoi

Hippo


ScreenDry376

American bully ???


OG_Konada

Lab mix


ScarletKing42

He looks like he has a tie!


caseyranae

A cute toad


lostinthewoodsATC

Pure breed goodboy, very rare breed


SmkAslt

A pitbull


Scorpio_Goddess87

Looks like some Corso in there


Sportyj

Mastiff


Direct_Gap_661

lab, without seeing the name of the sub I thought this was r/labradors


popeyematt

Teacup Yorkie


Shrikecorp

In the right costume, a chunky unicorn


hissyfit64

Lab mix for sure


rvlifestyle74

Looks like a pit bull to me. But if we're just looking to pass off as a non "power breed" lab and mastiff? Or weimaraner and lab? My daughter got a "emotional support animal" exemption at her apartment complex


UALOUZER

Good boy


dailybrowser

A dog. He’s undeniably a pit mix, cant pass him as anything else lol


warriorscomoutnplay

100% cutie pie


cptnsexy

Lab/ miniature Dane. Or 95% Land seal /5% Silver Lab.


Delicious_Account_39

He’s a grey good boi clearly.


hooly

LabraDonk


Two4theworld

With that head it’s obvious he’s a pit.


Plastic-Serve5205

Great White Land Shark. That's what I call mine sometimes. Apart from good boi and lovey puppy!


LiveFree_NeverDie603

Lab and sausage mix for for sure


liquitexlover

AMSTAF


gibbakith

Great Dane/lab mix


Ecstatic_Wolverine38

Definitely a Labrador mix


Gold_Ticket_1970

Miniature velvet bonehead


Deadly_Duck_

Definitely as a boxerdog, partially.


greenworld00

staffy 100%!