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  • @Kipawa:

    People have asked me if Kipawa was a Shiba Inu. I was also asked if he was a fox. :O

    I get shiba inu a lot, and he has been mistaken for a fox a few times too. The first time I walked him in my home town, we passed two older men. One did a double-take and just stopped. "Is that a fox?" Of course, smart a** that I am, I said yes. :)

    A lot of people guess some sort of terrier mix. Actually, the first vet that I took him to thought that he was a terrier mix. She had heard of basenjis but had never actually seen one.

    Most often, people just ask what he is. I guess the breed is so striking that they can tell that he's a PB.

  • My first basenji was mistaken for a pit bull several times – he was a brindle so maybe that had something to do with it. I can see by the head on yours why people might ask about a pit bull. I carried a picture of a p.b. for a short while just to show the neighbors that mine was not.
    Now that I've had nothing but red/whites I jsut get a lot of "what kind of dog is that".

  • Over here people aren't even guessing what breed Voodoo might be. The only thing they ask me is if he is a good hunter, what country he came from and what you can hunt with them. That's all they are intrested in, not one has asked what breed he actually is.

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