How do you prove to your apartment complex what breed your dog is?

When you go to get your rabies shot from the vet, just have them put mix breed on the rabies certificate. You can show that to the apartment complex, and they can't dispute it is a shepard because the vet doesn't recognize it as a certain breed. We've done that when we've owned pitbull mix, and so it wouldn't affect insurance rates the vet wrote mix on the certificate.

German Shepherd isn't what comes to mind when I look at that photo. There may be some, but not much. Also, if he's less than 40 lbs at six months, he must be mixed with something pretty small if he's part Shepherd. I think you can get genetic testing done on dogs these days, which tells you exactly what mix a dog is, and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. You might check that out. If the results show something favourable to you, then use them. If not, take the dog to a vet and get another educated guess. The older they are, the easier the guessing is, but with some dogs no one can ever really tell for sure just by looking.

Edit: just searched 'dog breed testing' and there are a number of places to get it done. Don't know how to post a link but one called dog-dna.com will mail you a test kit for $120. Might be cheaper than having to move. I read a newspaper article about this and apparently some people were very surprised when they got the DNA prooof of what mix their dog was.

In answer to your question about him being a Plott Hound mix - No. He's a Mutt, pure and simple. And I don't think there's a whole lot of GSD in there either, for what it's worth.

Otherwise I don't understand your question. If your apartment rules say no to certain breeds of dog, then that's unfortunately, a no (to those certain breeds).

Frankly I'd move as this doesn't sound like any kind of dog-friendly environment and you don't want to be looking over your shoulder all the time, do you?

Honestly, I am sure your apartment people would not look at him and think he is German Shephard. I don't think he looks it at all. The vet will change what they have him as if that helps any. You can always just tell them he is mixed. I doubt they will give you problems if you dont say to them "hey, I adopted a German Shephard mix." No one will know the difference.

He looks too long to be a GS mix. But he has GS coloring. He looks like he has terrier in him. Ask a vet. They see so many dogs. Tell him your predicament. Maybe he'll sign a paper stating that your dog's a mutt.

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No, actually I looked at the photos again, and he looks like he has GS in him. I'm so sorry.

Seach on Google for you breed of dog and various pictures of the dogs and present the to anyone who asks as you cant argue with that unless they know dogs like the back of their hand

Go to a vet you have never been to before to get an unbiased opinion. Ask them what breed he his....at least what his dominant breed is.

Lab/chow mix sounds believable.

ask for a written letter from some pet institution or a vet and pay him properly. Or else abandon the dog in Arizona.

I don't see any German Shephard there.