They were both rescues but are full brothers from the same litter. As far as I know they are Shepherd/Lab cross although their grandmother was pure Chow. The woman I got them from owned the mother dog and that lady's grandmother owned the chow so that part of their breeding is confirmed. They think she got pregos by a lab but who knows.
I had only planned to get one puppy, but they were only 5 weeks old which is really young to be taken away from mom and I was concerned about the social skills with just one. The woman was determined not to keep them so it was either me taking them or someone else. They keep each other in line, but not great around other dogs yet so that is something I need to work on.
Sorry SeaBreeze - didn't mean to high jack your thread!