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You be the judge...Apollo. Our dearly loved little pup, has been a mystery to us ever since we picked him up from the shelter.
He's about 9 months old now, and he's changed a lot since he's been growing up. We first believed that he was a Black Lab, with a possible mix. The vet then told us that he looked more Great Dane than Black Lab, which was no less reassuring.
Speculation then grew as a number of people began to identify Apollo as an English Pointer. This was slightly more relieving as we were not necessarily looking forward to having a big Great Dane mix lumbering around the house. Thus, we arrived at the conclusion that Apollo must be a Black Lab-English Pointer mix.
However, the plot thickened. While I was at the mall with some girlfriends, we passed the yearly holiday Christmas display and were soon "ooh-ing" and "ahh-ing" over all the cute puppy pictures of Pugs, Bull Dogs, Dachunds and other adorbale little guys. My eye then caught a calendar with a dog that looked surprisingly like Apollo. The breed? German Shorthaired Pointers!
I feel confident, after doing some online research, that we've stumbled across the breed that Apollo belongs to and we no longer have to worry about him exceeding some ginormous size dimesions! He's still adorable and lovable and keeps us entertained.
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I thought he passed ginormous months ago, but I'm sure you're glad he may not reach mutant status.
Ahh.. Come on Justin. He's not even close to as big as Jammer was. You've just been spoiled with pint sized Zoey! Thanks for the cute pictures by the way. I love the one of her looking out over the pond.
Yeah, we're glad he won't be too large. But mostly I'm glad I finally figured out what he was!
I still contend he has some Great Dane. There is a puppy at the dog park here, Dutchess, that Zoey loves to play with that is a spitting image of Apollo and she is purebreed Great Dane.
I hope for your sake he is the English Pointer mix =).
Are you guys going to be in Chico for Xmas? We'll likely be there a few days before Xmas through the Saturday/Sunday after Xmas...then we trek to visit my fam.
We might still be here when you first get into town. We are leaving on the 23rd after I get off work and heading south for a week. If you get into town on Sunday or Monday before Christmas we should be around though!
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