I just wince a little when I hear Burmese. However, I don't say a word and if I can, I slip Bernese Mountain Dog into the conversation.

Your are thinking well and always treat people in a right way for getting a good work response.In this way we can get a better reputation from peoples.

I had someone ask if Riley was a collie???? Really?? Does he look like Lassie?lol

wow, I'm glad to know i'm not the only frustrated owner.

I get all the time, oh is he a husky cross? what? because he has a blue eye? someone told me that it had to be a husky cross because only husky's have blue eye's, even after I explained why storm has a blue eye.

He gets husky a lot, st bernard, collie burmese all the time. I just say, nope he is a mountain dog.

Burmese is a common error for sure and when I get it I always cheerfully say "no....this breed is from BERN Switzerland.....the BERN mountains....not from Burma".

I find Burmese to be a more understandable error - what drives me nuts is hearing people call them "Bernies" - this is just wrong and the Club and AKC works hard to correct it. I find this one tougher to correct as these folks are often quite confident in knowing what they are...and calling them Bernies.

I always thi k of BURMESE as PYTHONS. LOL

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Sometimes I don't care about that...ahhahahaha

YES! It drives me absolutely crazy! At first I felt bad correcting people, but now it's just annoying

I had a vet tech ask if he was a "Bermese".....that was the first visit to that clinic and probably the last

I have to repress a homicidal urge when I hear people say Belgium chocolate instead of Belgian too... but Burmese I have not heard.
Actually next time someone asks what breed he is, I was going to say Chihuahua...depending on how gormless the questioner seems or how much coffee I've had that day