How to Identify Household Pets (Dogs) Based on Their Fur

It is 2:06 am on the night after I wrote the one piece on this blog that could actually be considered useful, it’s shameful really. Don’t worry though, I’m back to writing things of absolutely no value. Though I don’t feel tired now, I doubt I finish this article tonight. By the time I actually publish this, it will probably later today. There’s a lot of idiotic content to type.

Today, we will be devoting some time to identifying different household pets based on their fur. By household pets, I mean dogs. Identifying rabbits or hamsters by their hairs is too stupid even for me.

We will begin with dogs. Basically, there are two main distinguishing factors: length of the hair and color of the hair. If you’re looking at clothing when determining what kind of dog, the placements of the hairs can distinguish small dogs from large dogs. Also, just a heads up here, these results probably won’t be super accurate no matter what.

First, when you’re examining the hair, notice the color.  Usually, dog hairs are black, brown, white. There are some dogs that have other colored hairs, such as ginger or yellow, so if you see these colors it should significantly help narrow down your search.

Below I will name some dogs of each color. Note, there may be some breeds in multiple categories because they can have different colors.

Black Haired Dogs
German Shepard, Rottweiler, Great Dane,  Dobermann,  Miniature Schnauzer, Newfoundlands, Labradors, Collies

Brown Haired Dogs
Ridgeback,  Shih Tzu, Yorkshire Terrier, Retriever, Labrador, Mastiff, Pointers, Pomeranian,

White Haired Dogs
Terriers, Maltese, Pomeranian, Chihuahua, Sheperd, Poodle, Jack Russell

These are only a few breeds, obviously, there are many more in the wide world of dogs. If you’re really keen on being precise at this, uh, just look it up. Since I don’t actually care about this, I’m not going to devote a massive amount of time into researching it. Though I will say there is a noticeable unavailability of articles allocated to this specific topic probably because of how stupid it is. Happy trails.

Next, you want to determine whether or not the dog is short or long haired. Here’s a hint: If the hairs are short, the dog is probably shorthaired and vice versa.

The final step is identifying the size of the dog. This can be unreliably done by looking where the hairs end if you’re looking at the remnants of the hairs on someone’s clothes. If the hairs only go up to about knee level, you’re looking at a moderately sized dog like a Border Collie. If the hairs end midway up the shins or below, you’re looking at a small dog like a Chihuahua. If the hairs go above the knee, you’re looking at a large dog like a Bernese Mountain Dog.

Congratulations, now you are knowledgeable about something utterly useless in almost every aspect. Unless if you’re looking to impress your friends… Well actually, you’ve still come to the wrong place. Almost no one would be impressed by this, including me.

Godspeed.