Thanks, Patterdale Lover.

You would certainly know better than I would, as I had never heard of Patterdales until the rescue said that's what she was (but then they originally labled her as a Pat/Chihuahua mix! NOT!).

She seemed to me to rather fit the breed description, behavior and some Pat puppy photos I had found online, but I definitely see your points and more and more evidence seems to point to a Lab/Staffordshire or Pit (more likely the latter as they are probably more likely to show up in a shelter or rescue).

Have to admit my wife and I were really intrieged with the Patterdale breed (I hope we can find one to adopt in a couple years) and were kinda freaked out to start to realize that she's most likely a Pit Bull mix (makes a lotta sense though as Pits are everywhere up here in Nor. Cal. as most of the pot growers all up in here own Pits and have a tendancy to be really irresponsible in many ways).

I definitely love Terriers in general -- I really do like their fiesty, stubborn personalities; Labs are ok too if they have half a brain.

Well, thinking Kimba was a Patterdale definitely had me perpared to deal with a challenging breed that would need lots of mental & physical exercise and training . . . so I guess now we just have a different kind of dog that needs exatly the same attention.

I'm just a bit concerned about excitement escalating to aggression with other dogs so far. I've never seen her start the agression, but she damn well thinks she's gona finish it! First sign of aggression from another dog -- growling, "get off me!" or a bite, and she gives it right back. She doesn't even come close to submitting, not yet anyways.

But otherwise she seems to really enjoy meeting other people and other dogs. She's an abolute lover with people (most esp. kids) and people seem to be really attracted to her. I'll just keep introducing her to more dogs as we visit the local pet store, go jogging/walking/hiking, and at puppy manners class (which I expect we'll have to do a few rounds of).

It seems a lot of folks are really into Lab/Pit mixes and swear they are great dogs. With proper training and treatment, I think Kimba promisses to be an excellent dog too -- just not sure if I'll ever be able to let her off leash with other dogs. We'll see.

-- Sean