What Breed and Age is this Puppy?
Had this puppy show up on our front porch last week. Covered in fleas, friendly and happy as can be. We kept him crated/kenneled when no one was home for the first 7 days, left him out all day both days of the weekend and he stays right on the property, mostly under the carport. Doesn’t even try to wander or “go home.” No neighbors have come by asking about a missing puppy, no signs put up. I live in an area where dumping animals is, sadly, not uncommon. I’ve been wanting a dog for a while and decided recently we would start looking into one, so this probably my dog at this point.
We’re reserving the right to give him to someone else or take him to a shelter for another week or two, still observing his personality and whether we think we can handle him, one of our main questions right now is what kind of dog even is he? Mutt is the obvious answer, but what’s his majority breed? I was thinking German shepherd at first but am now realizing that if he is a German shepherd, he’s WAY younger than I originally thought, or he’s really small for his breed. He weighs 5.6 pounds.
Any additional advice would be great, I’ve (M27) had dogs my whole life but never one that was fully my responsibility. If and when we commit to keeping him, he will be a fully outdoor dog trained on an electric fence system, which I know how to do from my family dogs growing up.