Can anyone tell me what breed these dogs were please?

[Ponders]

I saw them in a parked car (late afternoon, not hot!) the other day - 2 of them - both were

small-medium size
light sandy fur
pricked ears
pale blue eyes

Having googled I think they had a look of husky about them, but were much smaller.

TIA

No, kelpies aren't Australian Shepherds - Aussie Shepherds are a Californian breed that look like heavily built Border Collies and (used to be) docked.

I don't know what your dogs were either, but I suspect something husky-ish or collie x - ish, as blue eyes are much commoner in those types of dogs. The ears sound extraordinary!

kelpies are herding dogs

oh sorry, I meant they look like German Shepherds, but are Aussie, hence German Aussie Shepherds. (Hadn't googled Aussie Shepherds, didn't know they existed!)

(just a minute! Aussie Shepherds are a Californian breed???)

Yes, silly, isn't it? Stick "Australian Shepherd" into Google and you will come up with loads of links, I'm sure. Developed in California in the 19th century, I think.

'They acquired their name because some of the Australian sheepdogs arrived in the United States with boatloads of Australian sheep' - OK, that makes sense

Chunky long-haired Border Collies, yes, exactly! (shame about the tails though )

Even though I still don't know what my Tesco car park dogs were this thread has been very educational!

These? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Klee_Kai

Or maybe these? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schipperke

nope, neither of those, Lou - thanks anyway!

Have just told DS1 (who was with me) that nobody knows what they are!!! & he said "they were foxes" (clearly they weren't - but they did have foxy faces!)

Maybe you'll see them again, with their owners next time

New Guinea Singing Dog?

coca did u watch dog 101 this morning?

No, were they featured? I am sactually sad enough to have spent time googling "dogs that look like foxes"

actually

yes, this morning :) and i thought of this thread.

fuck me! Why didn't you stop and ask the question to the sodding owner???!!!!!

Did you read the thread 7seas? It's because they weren't there.

Probably a husky cross - not that many breeds have blue eyes - even though there were 2 of them. I have 2 mutts from same litter as well and get the "oooh what breed is that?" daily.

Were they These? They sometimes have blue eyes

I'm wondering if they were a podenco/husky cross? Or possibly a long haired podenco? (long haired one here)

They're pretty common where we used to live in Spain, but our lovely husky x podenco (probably also x alsatian, but he looks like a husky/podenco) always turns heads now we're in Britain (usually comments along the lines of "what is that dog???"). He definitely has very upright ears.

I love this description, btw, from the website I linked to "He is a harmonious, compact, very coarse and well vertical dog."