Tyson acquired us back in March 2006 after being taken out of the dog pound here in Cork by a family member whom was ultimately unable to look after him due to circumstance. From day one of him owning us I have been stopped in the street by people asking me what breed he is, I’ve even had people stop their cars as they drive past to ask, we always had a sneaking suspicion that he was a Boxer cross Lab (with maybe a touch of Alsatian) so I replied with pride “he’s a Boxadorisation”, but it had also been mentioned he had the look of a Rhodesian Ridgeback and Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

After seeing the advert online for “What Breed is my Dog” and due to the very reasonable price I thought what the heck, contacted the staff to see if they would be OK to perform their service with me as I am based in Cork in Ireland, they said they would at no extra charge. My contact with the company has been extremely pleasant ever since, they send regular update emails to let me know how the process was going, and I was delighted to get back the results of Tyson being a level 1 Boxer with level 3 Labrador Retriever so a Boxador he is.

Bully AKA Bulldozer as at 2 months old he dug under the fence within the space of an hour to the neighbours ;o) Bully appeared to us on the 17^th September 2009 – we had rescued his mother, Roxy, on the 18^th August 2009 from the dog pound here in Cork. We had her checked by the vets that weekend and apart from her being 10lbs underweight we thought all was well – until Thursday 17^th Sept when she delivered 6 pups, one of whom was Bully, luckily all pups and mom survived and are creating havoc to this day, we kept “Bully” and “Penny” ourselves (along with Roxy) and found suitable homes for the other four.

Now of course since they arrived the speculation as to the father raged, initially we where thinking Newfoundland due to the size and colourings (Black and White) then while Bully continued to grow in every way, the rest of the gang didn’t seem to be getting as wide, so the thought turned to “Flat Coated Retriever”. As this breed is apparently prone to cancer and can only live to the age of 10 I had concerns for my two new babies. On seeing the advert online for What Breed is my Dog I thought now’s my chance to find out, not only out of interest as to the father, and answer the question to people who meet us in the street, but also from a health point of view, if I knew what breed they were made up of, it meant I could keep a watchful eye for those issues which increase due to genetic composition.  

As it runs out Bully is level 2 German Shepherd, level 3 English Springer Spaniel and level 5 Pekingese – the German Shepherd we knew because of Roxy, the English Springer Spaniel fills the gap of the colourings and the Pekingese explains why he thinks he is a lap dog – at 4.5 stone at 7.25 months, he is some lap dog!

Paul Buchanan