What breed could Skulk win at a dog show?

private_jokerprivate_joker Join Date: 2012-11-11 Member: 169534Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">dog skulk</div>Let's have a discussion for fun. My girlfriend's family breeds and shows Golden Retrievers, so I've had a lot of exposure to dog breed standards, and to be honest the Skulk isn't built too badly for a canine:

<img src="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/images/thumb/7/7e/Skulk_Render_2.jpg/771px-Skulk_Render_2.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

So, which breed standard does he match the most closely?
<a href="http://www.akc.org/breeds/" target="_blank">http://www.akc.org/breeds/</a>

My vote is for the German Shepherd Dog, because of the overall size, strong muzzle, and severe angulation of the rear legs:
<a href="http://www.akc.org/breeds/german_shepherd_dog/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.akc.org/breeds/german_shepherd_dog/index.cfm</a>

The Skulk's chest is a bit too small, though.

Other ideas?

-Joker
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  • GarfuGarfu Join Date: 2012-02-12 Member: 145170Members
    pug
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  • private_jokerprivate_joker Join Date: 2012-11-11 Member: 169534Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2026099:date=Nov 16 2012, 03:56 PM:name=Garfu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Garfu @ Nov 16 2012, 03:56 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2026099"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->pug<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    <a href="http://www.akc.org/breeds/pug/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.akc.org/breeds/pug/index.cfm</a>

    No way, pug has zero angles in the rear legs and no muzzle. Also not at all scary.

    -Joker
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  • GarfuGarfu Join Date: 2012-02-12 Member: 145170Members
    edited November 2012
    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/CzTf8.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    I'm not sure I follow your logic
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  • private_jokerprivate_joker Join Date: 2012-11-11 Member: 169534Members
    Hahahahaha
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  • GorgenapperGorgenapper Join Date: 2012-09-05 Member: 157916Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <img src="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/065/a/5/NS2_Gorge___cute_version_by_kyliegirl.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • private_jokerprivate_joker Join Date: 2012-11-11 Member: 169534Members
    Did you draw that, Gorgenapper? In that vein, I've been thinking that the NS2 community should try getting an image macro going: A spinoff of the Slowpoke advice animal, but replace Slowpoke with the Gorgie. If you draw then you should give that idea a crack.

    Slowpoke meme:
    <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slowpoke" target="_blank">http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slowpoke</a>

    -Joker
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  • GorgenapperGorgenapper Join Date: 2012-09-05 Member: 157916Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    No, that is a gorge picture drawn by Kyligirl
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  • extolloextollo Ping Blip Join Date: 2010-07-16 Member: 72457Members
    looks kinda like a whippet.

    skulk is a sight-hound either way.
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  • ritualsacrificeritualsacrifice Join Date: 2012-11-14 Member: 171148Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <img src="http://c3dogs.com/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/american-bulldog-photos2.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Body kinda looks like an american bulldog, but the head is all off.
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  • Know painKnow pain Join Date: 2012-09-04 Member: 157674Members
    <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img441/1677/skulkfront.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img839/6127/samugliestdoglulu114.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Which one would you take home?
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  • KuddlyKalliKuddlyKalli Yuggera Country Join Date: 2010-12-23 Member: 75905Members, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester
    <!--coloro:#FFC0CB--><span style="color:#FFC0CB"><!--/coloro-->The skulk's waist is so thin past the ribs I always thought it looked like an anorexic greyhound. That said, I dislike comparing it to dogs. The skulk's speed and agility seem far more feline to me.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    It being compared to a dog is probably more related as to how it attacks, with biting and also the sound that makes. Other then that it looks more like a hybrid of a dog and a cat.
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  • ToastieToastie Join Date: 2012-11-05 Member: 167351Members
    I agree with it being more of a dog/cat hybrid.

    This is a very important topic.
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  • Know painKnow pain Join Date: 2012-09-04 Member: 157674Members
    It's the cousin of the chupacabra.
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  • ritualsacrificeritualsacrifice Join Date: 2012-11-14 Member: 171148Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79p9dKvDV1r0umvy.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    +

    <img src="http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/images4/dog1.JPG" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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  • private_jokerprivate_joker Join Date: 2012-11-11 Member: 169534Members
    <img src="http://pusscats.com/Cat_Physiology.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Ok, so that's a really good point that a Skulk is also pretty feline. I mean it definitely does a ot of very adept changing of orientation while always landing on its feet.

    Don't say it's necessarily a sight animal, though--we're using our eyes a lot when we play it, but that's for <i>our</i> sake, because <i>we</i> are sight animals. All of the Khaara use "hive sense" almost primarily as well, which seems to be some combination of smell and another sense.

    -Joker
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  • DrFlammableDrFlammable Join Date: 2012-04-18 Member: 150705Members
    onos is not built badly for a dog, either. similar to a great dane i'd say.
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  • GarfuGarfu Join Date: 2012-02-12 Member: 145170Members
    Yeah onos kinda looks like a skulk in that it has 4 legs and then there's the head and how it walks, also the bite
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