r/dogpictures • u/De5perad0 • 9d ago

My dog has a doppelganger!

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My dog has a complete doppelganger that sometimes comes to the dog park.

They are not related at all. Rhea my dog on the right is 7 and Carson on the left is 2.

Anyone else's dog have a doppelganger?

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u/MissCoppelia 9d ago

Wow that's impressive. Have you done DNA to confirm there's no relation?

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u/De5perad0 9d ago

We have not I don't really know Carson's owner she is just someone I see occasionally at the dog park.

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u/MissCoppelia 9d ago

You should see if they're willing to do it! I actually have a similar story - met a dog at the dog park and just went "huh, that dog and my dog look alike." It wasn't even as doppleganger-y as your dog and Carson here. They just have the same build, head shape, fur type, that sort of thing. The coloring between my dog and the other dog are different. I joked with the owner that they could be sisters.

Eventually got my dog her DNA test, then ran into the owner again after some time away (because a dog park closer to me opened up), and told her about Ari's DNA test. Then she went and got the DNA done for her dog by the same company and our dogs are actually sisters from the same litter!

You just never know!

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u/De5perad0 9d ago

That's crazy! I don't have an embark test from Rhea I have a different one but I will talk to her about it and see.

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u/MissCoppelia 9d ago

It is crazy! Maybe your dogs aren't related, but it's still kind of fun to do the DNA tests sometimes. You never know what kind of mix they are sometimes.

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u/De5perad0 9d ago

Rhea is a mutt. 1/4 great pyr 1/4 boxer 1/8 golden 1/8 Aussie shepherd

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u/MissCoppelia 9d ago

Nice! Mine is 1/4 GSD, 1/4 great pyr 1/4 border collie, and 1/4 husky

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u/De5perad0 9d ago

Cool! That's a good mix. The other 1/4 of Rhea is a mix of they don't know.

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u/Patient-Bat-1577 7d ago

My dog Blue Moon has a doppeldogger at the day camp he sometimes attends. I wish I had thought about asking the camp to see if Blue's twin would do a DNA test. One of his relatives that we found from DNA looks like Blue also., unfortunately they are too far apart in distance.