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Ty for all the comments on my pupper-- I love my big mutt a lot ; u ;
Atwood wrote:To help with picking out what breed Taavi is loosely based on, here are the relevant hints. :3

(yes, it was a hint!),
'big', 'giant', "I'm not a big fan of fawn in general", "he's going to change somewhat in his colouring and markings once he matures", "it has been mentioned at least once in thread".
I'll also add that his pup stage is a fairly accurate, though stylized, depiction of the puppy of this breed.
Reading Atwood's clues makes me feel even more sure that the pup is a leonberger.




They're massive dogs from the mountains, and have a thick double coat which requires a lot of upkeep (i.e. brushing).
"not a fan of fawn" -- gonna assume that's a comment on the colour fawn, implying that the dog's main colour will change from fawn-- I'm going to assume that this means it's going to get darker. Many leonbergers have much darker coats than their puppy origins (since their colours show more as the hair grows). Their tidy face masks also tend to "bleed" out more into the body.




Not 100% sure if Atwood's confirmed this already or not-- didn't appear so from what I read in the forums, though it's possible that I missed a reply where he did confirm the breed.