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Borzoi + German Shepherd = Giraffe? A Family of Long-Necked Dogs Say…“Maybe.”
My dog is a rescue, so we don’t really know what all is in there.
She’s a smallish cattle dog, with terrier traits, and based on her teeth, our vet said, “daddy must have been a traveling salesman.”
But even when you know your dog’s breeding history, or think you do, there can be surprising results.
Meet Gatsby, the two-year-old Borzoi and German Shepherd mix.
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Gatsby’s family told Bored Panda that they fell in love with him immediately, even before he was old enough to leave the litter.
“In 2019, I decided our family needed a new member. I stumbled across someone who had a litter of pups from a Borzoi father and German shepherd mother. They had a wonderful, unique look that I was immediately drawn to.
On August 19th, 2019, we took the 3-hour trip to meet the pups. First look at Gatsby, and I knew he was the right one, and the look he gave me, I knew he thought I was the right one.”
Turns out, they were more right about the “unique look” than they realized.
The pooch has a very sweet face, but as he has grown up from puppy to ginormous full-sized canine, one particular feature stands out.
Gatsby has an unusually long neck.
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“We returned one month later when he was old enough to be adopted and brought him home. I wanted to teach him many things, and the bond between us has grown stronger than I could have imagined. Today we enjoy parkour, blood tracing, balance training, nose work, and just taking long walks together. I decided early to document our life together through videos on YouTube, regular Instagram postings, and recently took our life to TikTok. We have many adventures planned in the future and are expecting a new brother for Gatsby soon. Most folks claim that he has giraffe DNA in there somewhere, but in truth, it is most likely mythical creature DNA some have hinted at.”
Now, pretty much everyone is familiar with what the German Shepherd breed, so I thought maybe the Borzoi was responsible for the long neck.
As I soon discovered, Borzoi have extremely long legs, and although they are included on lists of long-necked breeds–relative to the proportions of the rest of their body, I don’t think their necks are unusually long, not like Gatsby’s.
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It almost seems like Gatsby’s DNA got a little mixed up somewhere.
TikTok users agreed, and Gatsby’s family made a multi-part video of some of their best comments.
@followgatsby More quotes from my comments
@carriecraftsagain @dawnynotblonde #dogsoftiktok #goodestboi
Still curious about their giraffe dog, they also ordered a DNA Test to hopefully solve the mystery once and for all.
@followgatsby Are you guys ready? #dogsoftiktok #dogdnatest #wisdompanel
When the results came in, the family was a little surprised: 50% Borzoi, 25% German Shepherd, and 25% mutt on his mother’s side.
@followgatsby Little did we know!#viraldogsoftiktok #wisdompaneldna #dogsoftiktok #mixedbreed
Maybe there’s a little giraffe mixed in there after all.
His family have fun letting the dog get his wiggles out, and posting his antics to social media.
This recent compilation video, perhaps underappreciated in terms of views, will give you a good taste for the fun he gets up to with his family and brother.
@followgatsby Jumping on this trend #sighthounds #twentyonevideo #viraldogsoftiktok
Thanks to the social media documentation of his adventures, Gatsby the long-necked pup has developed a fan base, complete with amazing artwork!
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I always wanted a dog I could ride like a horse when I was little.
What do you think about Gatsby? Part giraffe, part mythical creature? Let us know in the comments.
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This Person Wonders if They’re a Jerk for Asking Their Friend to Pay for Their Dog’s Surgery
If you happen to have pets, then you already know that vet bills can be astronomical.
And this situation involving a dog from a person on Reddit seems like it might just end a friendship.
Let’s see what went down…
WIBTA for asking my friend to pay for my dogs surgery after she almost k**led him?
“One of my good friends came to my apartment to go out together one night, let’s call her Lauren. I also have a 20 week old puppy.
Lauren is notoriously messy when visiting. She will go through her clothes, my clothes and just about everything to find an outfit to go out. However, now that I have my puppy I reminded Lauren when she first came in the apartment to please keep everything off of the ground and out of reach of my puppy.
I told her that he will chew/eat anything left on the ground, so for anything she cared about & for my puppies safety, to keep it up high.
Lauren continued to have her clothes and miscellaneous items from her bag sprawled out everywhere. So instead of reminding her after the 2nd or 3rd time, I just started putting her items in another room and closing the door for her to pick up later.
While getting ready Lauren decided to take a shower and she brought her own shaving razor. When she mentioned shaving, I told her to be careful because my puppy had tried to get ahold of my razor before, so be careful.
Long story short, I crate my dog and we go out. I come back and he is having bloody diarrhea and squealing. At 4 AM, I rush to the emergency vet. They tell me he’s probably constipated and to monitor him. I questioned this but didn’t know what he could’ve ate yet, so I take him home and watch him closely.
After coming home and making sure he is okay. I do a quick sweep of my house and try (emphasis on try, there were crop tops, socks, etc. flung all around my room) to find all the items she had left around my apartment. Lauren picks up her stuff and leaves.
The next day when I am taking a shower I notice she left her razor on the ground by my shower. It looked a bit off so I sent her a picture and asked if a part was missing. She says the bikini shaver of it is missing and seems unconcerned. I tell Lauren I think my puppy may have ate it.
So I go to my local vet to have another checkup and they take X-rays. The vet tells me he indeed ate the razor and that he needs to go to another vet over an hour away for emergency surgery, or he would not make it through the night. Of course, I rush there and they do the surgery.
Later I text Lauren that he is having surgery because he swallowed her bikini razor. Lauren tells me she is sorry for leaving it out and didn’t ever mean for this to happen.
We are good friends, I would like to still be. My question is would I be the a**hole it I asked her to cover part of the costs from his surgery?
My puppy is obviously a bit at fault here for eating it, I’m at fault for not searching my apartment well enough after she made a mess, but I believe she is at fault for leaving a razor out where he could get to it after being reminded SEVERAL times.
I’m not intending on asking her to cover full cost, but would I be the a**hole for asking for anything?”
And here’s how people on Reddit reacted.
This person doesn’t think the writer of the post is in the wrong at all for asking her friend to help pay the bills for the dog.
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Another reader couldn’t believe that the friend didn’t offer to pay the whole amount!
I think I agree!
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This Reddit user said the person’s friend is obviously not a responsible individual.
At all.
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And this reader went so far as to say that they might’ve dodged a bullet with this “friend.”
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Lastly, this individual made it quite clear and simple: this is not how real friends treat each other.
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