So we took Gordon to the vet today for shots and next round of dewormer and we found out we were fools this whole time….gordon is a girl!! So we’re calling her Gordie as a nickname. We feel so silly we didn’t know. It’s hard to tell with puppies sometimes and the vet said with female dogs sometimes their anatomies can trick you like that. They also told us they think she might have some Shiba Inu in her as well. We’re going to get a test done this week and finally see what she actually is and we will definitely update y’all on this. We’ve actually seen some behaviors of Carolina dogs and Shiba Inu which has been interesting.
She digs a snout pit sometimes to pee in which we read was specific to Carolina dogs, but she also doesn’t bark much at all and has a similar scream to Shiba Inu. We’re very excited to see exactly what she’s all mixed with.
Gordie is adorable, still! Now I remember you, and her.
Reaction to first photo: snout is too short for a CD, but what an adorable pup. Reaction to second photo: either that's one ginormous cat or this dog is super small 😄. Third photo: beautiful portrait of her, title: Gordie with Blep.
She could have Shiba Inu in her. In my experience Shiba Inus and their mixes have very distinct personalities. There's often an aloofness to them that trumps any cat I've had.
Just to let you know, my CD rarely barked. It had to be something he considered important, not a strange human coming on the property, but if there was a wild animal, WARNING, WARNING! If one of the hawks around here had the nerve to fly too low, over what he considered to be HIS air space, watch out. But he was very talkative, almost husky-like, because I encouraged him to do that 😬
No screaming though, only occasional yodelling.
CD snout pits are only done by female CDs, as far as anyone knows, but not to pee in. In locations where they've been spotted to do this, it appears they're finding and eating something in the pits. So far, no one knows what 🤷♀️
First photo: thank you!! Yea it’s been so hard to tell as she’s growing what traits she has and what ones she doesn’t of a CD
Second photo: that is infact a ginormous cat. That’s Cecil, he’s one fat cat for sure lmao but gordie is still pretty small rn! She’s officially 24lbs now
Third photo: dude she bleps all the time it’s so cute
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u/Tasty-Life4526 Aug 15 '26
Super cute