You know,this proves the OPs point.All of us have a differance of opinion on 'this' dog's breed,so how reliable IS breed identification from visual comparison?? Can YOU say 100% a dog is a ''Pit bull'' or ''pit mix'' just by looking at it? The dog is certainly not a pure cattle dog.It looks to me like the dog may be dalmation, husky mix with a dash of german shorthair pointer.Hard to tell from the image since the dog is curled on itself laying down.