What dog breed was this?

June 9, 2009 10:39 AM

What dog appears in the recent Pedigree Dentastix commercials? I saw this commercial last week, so the memory is a little hazy. I think it was "for big dogs" or "puppies". The dog is tan in color with a black face. Thanks!
posted by aeighty to pets & animals (13 comments total)

Umm... my memory is hazy too, but is it a young great dane? I'll keep an eye out when I see it again.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:51 AM on June 9

The ad in question (I assume).
posted by katillathehun at 11:01 AM on June 9

Oh, and I'm guessing that it's some kind of shepherd mix.
posted by katillathehun at 11:04 AM on June 9

Oh, that looks like a German Shepard / Irish Setter cross to me.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 11:25 AM on June 9

As a dog walker and so a professional on these matters that looks like a shepherd/ golden retriever mix to me. Woof! ;-)
posted by merocet at 11:26 AM on June 9

Seconding shepherd/ golden mix, although shepherd/ irish setter wouldn't shock me, either.
posted by COBRA! at 11:42 AM on June 9

katillathehun: This is not the ad I saw. The one I saw (in Canada) is a dog in front of a plain white background and a bag of dog food.

Nice, I love the shepherd/setter cross!
posted by aeighty at 12:23 PM on June 9

Oh. Well, never mind then. Can you tell us anything else about the dog other than its coloring and what commercial it was in? Big/small/medium? Adult or puppy? Upright ears or floppy ones? Long snout, short snout? Curly hair, long hair, short hair? Might help unless someone in Canada happens to remember the same ad.
posted by katillathehun at 12:37 PM on June 9

I'm pretty sure it was a puppy, big, I think floppy ears. Long snout, very short hair.

I'm beginning to think it was maybe some sort of a great dane mix.
posted by aeighty at 12:42 PM on June 9

I haven't seen the ad, so I'm just taking a stab based on your description: Anatolian Shepherd?
posted by lovermont at 2:39 PM on June 9

I just saw the ad I'd originally imagined when I read this question, and I stand by my original assertion that it's definitely an adolescent great dane. Adults usually have their ears docked into points, but the puppies' ears are floppy. The dog is also being shot with a wide-angle lens, so its head, ears, and front paws look kind of disproportionately large.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:26 PM on June 10

Wait, I'm back. My dog-expert friend thinks it's a Rhodesian ridgeback. I defer to her.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:34 AM on July 17

My dog-expert friend looked at it, thought it was perhaps a Rhodesian ridgeback, but then looked closer and decided it's probably a one-year old Great Dane.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 9:54 AM on July 17