> Husky x Rottie. (well thats what the Rescue said). 

Unless the rescue was 100% then they are not necesarily right...I have seen them state crosses before & not be correct.

As others have guessed what the rescue stated then they(the rescue) may well be right??? Thats the problem(use the term loosly) there is no guarentee with the parentage, a big percentage is guesswork...

> a big percentage is guesswork

especially with young puppies, as so many pups look similar.

You could try DNA testing..... but not via the usual route (which is highly inaccurate anyway).

Test are now available overseas for various colour genes, so you could ask for a test for a(w) and a(t) (which I suspect are the main colour genes your dog has). It if comes back she is a(w)a(t) then the initial guess of Husky x Rottie is more or less correct - inasmuch as she has a wolf-grey gene and is carrying black-and-tan....

Alternatively, with the mind boggling, that combination of genes could include Vallhund x Dobermann, Elkhound x Bernese Mountain Dog, Keeshond x B&T Dachshund, or Sable GSD x Lancashire Heeler....lol... but you would have narrowed the parents down to two very breed-specific colour genes, you wouldn't know which two.... but you'd have a better idea. Especially once Lola is adult and has matured into her final body shape.

Incidentally I have a suspicion that these DNA tests for crosses work on colour genes anyway. I recall seeing a YouTube vid of the woman in the USA with a purebred show Champion Am Staff, (black bicolour) whose results came back as Border Collie!! A couple of other results I've heard of came back as having Australian Shepherd as one of the crosses involved, which is so unlikely in the UK, I wonder if they threw that in to cover tricolour.

Did the rescue have the mother then?  SOrry I cannot see Rottie and I have to say most rescues don't really seem to know breeds, even full breeds they get wrong at times.

No they didnt. Just had her and a sister dumped outside,( on a very busy road) with a note. Husky X Rot pups. We went there to take rescue dog for walk, looking for an older dog, home checked

I can definately see GSD in there, colouring and shape looks quite GSD like to me. I can see the husky too. Tbh she looks very much like a lot of innuits (i.e. gsd/hisky/malamute crosses) i've seen.

That was what it made me think of as have seen a few aroudn ehre that look like that with obvious GSD overtones.

I am still definitely seeing rottie - she looks to me as the note says she is.  The pattern of the tans points fits with a rottie cross, and her face and expression look like a slimmer version of my girl.

I'll see if I can find a photo of her at that age for comparison.

Here we go - she was about 4/5 months here.  Similar tan patterning, rounding to the muzzle, stocky legs that are all making me thinking rottie for the OP's pup.  Opi is at least 1/2 rottie for certain, and maybe 3/4 - the rest is a guess.  Probably lab but could be GSD like the pup.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x55/Nikirushka/Dogs/Opi/opisign.jpg

At Discover Dogs the Kennel Club announced its partnership with Wisdom Panel Insights a company offering owners the chance to find out exactly what breeds are behind their crossbred dogs, via DNA. This has proved successful in America.
Maybe this will answer those tough crossbreed parent questions?