I'm not drunk! I just have speech impediment...

March 30, 2007 11:26 AM

What breed is Brian, the talking dog from Family Guy?
posted by furiousxgeorge to Pets & Animals (15 answers total)

Best answer: They don't say in the show. Answers on the net vary ridiculously, from beagle to jack russell terrier. both which sound wrong. well ok, i'd go with beagle.
posted by phaedon at 11:33 AM on March 30, 2007

Seconding beagle here. He just seems beaglish.
posted by the dief at 11:37 AM on March 30, 2007

He's clearly a mix breed.
posted by tastybrains at 11:37 AM on March 30, 2007

What breed is able to talk?

I think it's clear he's a modern day Snoopy, who is also a beagle.
posted by DU at 11:38 AM on March 30, 2007

I'm with DU, I think he's a beagle the same way that snoopy "is" a beagle.
posted by drezdn at 11:40 AM on March 30, 2007

I Nth beagle - I think he's supposed to be a weird take on Snoopy, and Snoopy was a beagle.
posted by Sprout the Vulgarian at 11:43 AM on March 30, 2007

Judging by his love for the mojito and the fact that they've made several snoopy references about him, beagle.
posted by Thrillhouse at 11:45 AM on March 30, 2007

Brian is *very obviously* a wire haired fox terrier. They are prone to mojito abuse and niteclubs which often results in embarrassing behaviour.

Its a genetic thing. Or so I've been told.
posted by fox_terrier_guy at 12:16 PM on March 30, 2007 [3 favorites]

There was an episode involving Brian's mother, who was eventually stuffed and mounted by a taxidermist. As I recall, she didn't look a thing like him... not white (grey? beige/yellow?), and slightly shaggy coat. I can't seem to google up a picture at the moment.

So... not purebred beagle.
posted by CKmtl at 12:34 PM on March 30, 2007

He's a cartoon dog that talks, so I would say he is some kind of bastard offspring from Goofy.
posted by worker_bee at 1:05 PM on March 30, 2007

I am going with the "beagle". The episode involving Brian's mom specifies that he was born in a puppy mill outside Austin. I'd have to dig out the disks to tell you the name of the puppy mill but I'm pretty sure it was [something] Hill Puppy Farm, reminiscent of Snoopy's alleged birthplace, the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. It is worth noting that according to Wikipedians, there have been 6 other Peanuts references in Family Guy over the years.

completely unrelated, but there's this white dog in the neighborhood that is so clearly smarter than his human that I call him Brian. Brian knows to use the sidewalk; his human prefers to walk down the middle of the street.
posted by ilsa at 1:29 PM on March 30, 2007

The episode involving Brian's mom specifies that he was born in a puppy mill outside Austin.

Ah. She does look like him. Disregard what I said then. :P
posted by CKmtl at 1:47 PM on March 30, 2007

He's a mutt, and judging from his size he's got some Labrador or other big breed up in there.
posted by Mister_A at 2:42 PM on March 30, 2007

Mongrel.
posted by strawberryviagra at 8:26 PM on March 30, 2007

Snoopy thinks, he doesn't talk--Schultz was adamant about that when the TV specials, commercials and films were made.
posted by brujita at 10:03 PM on March 30, 2007