Hi Jenn, Welcome to the group. It sounds as though you've adopted one of the dogs that was posted on several lists, including this one, as a possible English Shepherd. I do remember Jan Hilborn (who posted them on the National English Shepherd Rescue site--Jan is the ES's fearless and wise rescue goddess) remarking that there is a breeder in that area who breeds purebred ES with the broken coat pattern which these two sisters had. You might go check out the ES websites www.uvm.edu/~jhilborn/rescue.html www.englishshepherd.org You'll find lots of pictures and information there, as a jumping off point. Paige