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» firegirl_in_NC - Mom is a Red Bone Coon Hound

Hi Vermontchris

Your puppy Ripley is very cute! I have a puppy too that is half Red Bone Coon Hound (Dad) and half Rottweiler (Mom). An odd combo I know, but Butch looks just like the Red Bone breed is supposed to look.
The wrinkled up head and floppy ears are Red Bone qualities, and I've even seen Red Bone Hounds with the black mask Ripley has. Butch had that too and a black tip on his tail when he was a baby, but by the time he was four months old he began turning red on top and strawberry blond underneath only.
From the pictures (they're very good, actually) I'd say a Boxer mix might be a good guess because of the way his snout looks, sort of broad and short, especially if one lives near the Mom dog. Boxers have a broad chest and smaller rear end, so if he starts to become shaped like that as he grows up, that might be your answer.

-- posted by firegirl_in_NC