Help with identifying breed

[Guest Anonymous]

I'm trying to find out the breed of dog that has stripes on it's back similar to a striped tabby cat (kinda tiger like). They are short hair medium to small size dogs, athletic looking, often see them in city settings...They seem like a good choice for city living given size and their disposition. Thanks.

[cairnmom]

I think there are a couple kinds of dogs that having this brindle marking....greyhounds and whippets do. Pitbulls do too. What does it look like? Is it a hound? Something else?

[Guest Anonymous]

Okay guys I am having a brain lapse right now but what are the dogs that look real similar to a whippet but are usually smaller??? Like height wise... Come on you know what I am talking about.... The mini Whippet dogs.. :lol:

[Guest Anonymous]

The Italian Greyhound. :) Great little dogs!! My friend Tim has a chihuahua/Italian Greyhound cross, and she's just the sweetest dog!! (Plus, she can RUN!! We clocked her at 22mph, having her run alongside a 4-wheeler with a speedometer!) She wasn't even panting, and wanted to run somemore!! :)

[Guest Anonymous]

Thank you!! Now the question is do they come in a brindle coloration?

[Guest Anonymous]

Yes, they do!! Absolutely aristocratic, elegant dogs!

They can also have a small white patch on the chest.
:)

However, the brindle markings are a DQ for the show ring....but I've seen two that were marked that way..:)




Edited to fix a sp. error!

[Guest Anonymous]

Okay that will be my guess if our guest is reffering to the brindle coloration(like the pic of "rub my belly" Sasha)!!

Italian Greyhound!!

Thanks Liquid!! :wink: