February 27, 2011

misidentification?



The shelter identified Ondine as a border collie, but she's much longer and leaner than most borders. That's not unusual - border collies were never bred for conformity. But there's a new breed of dog called the "silken windhound," which apparently started in Austin as a cross between a whippet and a borzoi (and which surely takes the cake for pretentious-sounding made-up breed names). The pictures I've seen lead me to believe Ondine could be one of those, or at least have one in her background - she has the same long legs, skinny waist and deep chest, and she has that cool Borzoi explosion of curly hair on her hips. I dunno. It doesn't really matter, but it's an interesting theory.



4 comments:

  1. She looks more like one of those than a Border Collie for sure... But she also herds.
    Did you see that freaky Wendy the Whippet?

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  2. lol - She looks like a bad Ondine/Aries mash-up.

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  3. I like the picture of them with Amy. Also Ondine is just stinking cute all around.

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  4. We need to have a playdate with Pete!

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