is ava's nose long??

[xXBENTLEYXx]

okk...i showed a pic of ava to a girl i work with && she said that ava looked just like her pit bull. she showed me a pic && she does. its her nose && mouth that looks like the pit to me. but i dont know if its just me or what. i know i dont have hardly any pictures up, but the one i showed her is the one just of her face && its on here. pls let me know what you think. bc shes suppose to be full blooded. shes registered with AKC. thank yyou in advance.

[gmacleod]

I would be inclined to agree with you and your friend... Your puppy does not look like a boxer. Pits and boxers have very different head structure, and your little girl appears very much to have the scissor bite and elongated muzzle of that breed - rather than the square head of a boxer, with undershot jaw. She is also missing the essential black mask.

It is possible that she's part boxer. But I would find it very difficult to conceive that both parents are full-bred boxers.

I understand that she is registered as a boxer with the AKC. But that doesn't actually mean anything more than whomever bred her stated that her parents were dogs also registered as boxers with the AKC. This is an honour system, after all - it is never checked, unless someone files a complaint (in which case, an upheld complaint may end in the breeder being 'struck off' - so they'd use some other registry instead). To put things into perspective, people have successfully registered kittens as pure bred dogs (just for proving the point, I think). The AKC is, after all, nothing more than a registry.

None of that changes that she is beautiful, of course And I'm sure she is going to be a wonderful pet, whatever her parentage. But you are right to note that she looks nothing like a boxer, and it's unlikely that she is fully of this breed.

[HurricaneBox]

I have to agree with Gmac, I think she strongly favors the pit bull rather than the boxer, but whatever her parentage she is so CUTE! I love your picture of her sleep spread eagled like that... she is just adorable

[SILLY6PAK]

my vote is pittbull. I know tons of great pitts. It is all how you raise them. I am amazed you got AKC papers. Something doesn't smell right to me.