What kind of dog is Scooby doo is still a great mystery among many of us still now; as you might guess a breed by its structure but at the same time its characteristics might confuse you what breed Scooby doo actually is! Here, we will learn from where the idea of Scooby-doo generates, what exactly makes the creator of Scooby doo, Iwao Takamoto creates this character, and most importantly, what exactly the breed is!
History of Scooby Doo
We all know Scooby Doo is a dog. But what breed of dog is Scooby doo is a burning question among us!
We all know the famous character, Scooby doo from our childhood. For more than 50 years this Scooby doo cartoon has been the centre of our attraction in our childhood. Even, the youths prefer to watch it because of its quirky voice and its funny way of engulfing the entire sandwich. In that cartoon, he mainly solved many mysterious crimes in a funny and unique manner. His solving of mysterious cases increase further mystery among viewers to solve the case of his breed.
Let’s break the confusion. The breed of Scooby Doo is actually a Great Dane what many dog experts suspect due to its appearance. Exactly like Great Dane, Scooby Doo has skinny legs, a lone figure and a stocky torso.
On the other hand, if you look at the nature of Scooby Doo it is almost the opposite of Great Dane. Though the nature of Great Dane is considered to be gentle and amicable at times they can be very aggressive. They can even attack with a few warnings and can leave you with a serious injury. So, confusion still persists. The only answer can be given by the creator Iwao Takamoto. In his interview about what kind of dog is Scooby-Doo. Time to break the ice finally.
Similarities and Dissimilarities between Scooby Doo and Great Dane
Physical Appearance
Great Danes can be referred to be as ‘Apollo of dogs’ because of their perfectly structured body. Its long height, regal appearance, perfectly cut muscled body depicts its strength and power. This breed holds a perfectly balanced shape.
On the other hand, Scooby doo can be defined as a distorted Great Dane with a less structured body shape and body type.
Besides, the colour of Scooby-Doo is also quite different. Great Dane is normally mixed with black and white colour. On the contrary, Scooby-Doo is brown from head to toe with black dotes on his upper portion. Most importantly, Scooby-Doo has not that masked face in front of his mouth.
Emotional Traits
Great Dane is brave and courageous. They are sweet, amicable and great home guardians.
On the other hand, Scooby-Doo is timid in nature.
Let’s hear it from the Creator of Scooby Doo!
According to the creator of Scooby-Doo Iwao Takamoto, he made Scooby-Doo like this intentionally. But the idea of making Scooby-Doo is influenced by Great Dane. He revealed that he once talked with a Great Dane Breeder who gave him the idea of Great Dane physical and emotional feature. So, to make this dog funny, sweet and comic in nature he impoverished the Scooby Doo by bringing little changes in every aspect than Great Dane.
He quoted,
“I decided to go the opposite and gave him a humpback, bowed legs, small chin and such. Even his colour is wrong.”
So, from the above writing, it can clearly be inferred that Scooby Doo is actually a changed version of Great Dane. He might be not that perfect in shape like Great Dane but with his funny way to solve the mysterious case accompanied by his fellow partners Velma, Shaggy, Daphne and Fred he never misses out on an opportunity to thrill us.
