What breed ?

[shovel leaner 7,648]

I don’t know what breed they are , look like a lab to me . Instead I’ve come up with a caption. “ Damn , I seem to have run out of dog , here in the middle of nowhere.... but don’t worry lass , I’ve brought six baskets of condoms .”

Edited March 3, 2019 by shovel leaner

[Chid 6,376]

Chesapeake, they are a wildfowl dog but we’re used for swimming between boats carrying fishing nets and pulling carts with the days catch on 

[sussex 5,776]

Whatever they are that seems a serious amount of weight for two dogs to pull .. 

[bird 9,594]

1 hour ago, marshman said:

I like an old pic especially if they’ve a dog in them but this pic has caused a discussion.

what breed do you think they might be I’ve no clue ? 

if the couple are Dutch in the pic, i think the dogs are Broholmer, there  were bred as dual purpose dog, for butcher dog/cart  and guarding . big dogs 27-30in  130lb , the early ones are like in the this pic, there  The Mastiffs book  colonel David Hancock., not the lurcher breeder from Brum.

[marshman 7,756]

29 minutes ago, bird said:

if the couple are Dutch in the pic, i think the dogs are Broholmer, there  were bred as dual purpose dog, for butcher dog/cart  and guarding . big dogs 27-30in  130lb , the early ones are like in the this pic, there  The Mastiffs book  colonel David Hancock., not the lurcher breeder from Brum.

Good shout photo might be European 

 

[marshman 7,756]

1 hour ago, gnasher16 said:

How can you tell they,re black and tan in a black and white picture ....they might be green 

I’d say there’s more a chance of them being Black and Tan than green mate lol  

[stumfelter 3,032]

They look like retired Romanian pick pockets to me....

[keepdiggin 9,215]

Newfoundland 

[ChrisJones 7,973]

Any idea on how old the picture is?

I'd imagine the breed would be "If It Doesn't Work It Will Be Dinner, Hound."

[low plains drifter 9,461]

 Suffolk punch 

[marshman 7,756]

I think bird was right not a Labrador . I’ve found the it’s a Belgium mastiff. They was used for pulling milk carts in the late 19th and early 20th century 

Edited March 4, 2019 by marshman

[Meece 1,957]

17 minutes ago, marshman said:

I think bird was right not a Labrador . I’ve found the it’s a Belgium mastiff. They was used for pulling milk carts in the late 19th and early 20th century 

I thoght thatthey might be from Holland or Belgium.  I suppose the picture above  could bend the idea of gundog. . Do t those people all look blooming miserable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Draft_Dog

[marshman 7,756]

4 minutes ago, Meece said:

I thoght thatthey might be from Holland or Belgium.  I suppose the picture above  could bend the idea of gundog. . Do t those people all look blooming miserable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Draft_Dog

Just read that link didn’t know they’re extinct shame as I like their stamp 

[TOMO 24,860]

far to big to be a lab....

I think rays on the money ....but my first thought was foxhound type

[Greyman 25,220]

Surprisingly gone on for three pages now and no one has suggested bedlington/whippet possibly the most versatile breed of dog ever