Dog DNA results
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Anonymous
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So we got a rescue who looks like a very curly/fluffy white poodle mix but with very short legs and a short-ish snout (not long like a poodle nose).
Everyone kept telling me he was a Bichon Frise. But they max out at around 17 lbs and our dog is 33 lbs. So the DNA results just came back and he is 38% American Cockerspaniel 25% Miniature Poodle 7 % miniature schnauzer 7% havanese 7% Maltese 2% Beagle 2% Fujian Street dog (!!!) Anyone else get results like these? |
Anonymous
| Mine came back 25% "mixed breed" so I'm surprised you got that kind of granularity. |
Anonymous
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Yes. Our rescue sounds like yours but smaller. Everyone said she must have Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise in her. According to the Wisdom panel she does . . . along with a smattering of other small dog breeds. 11 breeds in all! Now I want to do the Embark to see if the results are similar. My kids think I'm crazy.
Poodle (Toy and Miniature) 27% Yorkshire Terrier 26% Shih Tzu 13% Havanese 8% Bichon Frise 7% Pug 7% Maltese 4% Pomeranian 2% Japanese Chin 2% Chihuahua 2% Beagle 2% |
Anonymous
I feel like that’s probably just a cockapoo. I don’t think the breed dna is that specific. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
It's not. I don't think the sample sizes are big enough yet. |
Anonymous
OP here. We used Wisdom panel as well. A bunch of relatives were also linked, which was strange but not unwelcome. Did you get that - photos and names of dogs related to yours? |
Anonymous
Yes, we got that, too, but someone told me (or I read somewhere) it's just based on the percentages (i.e., they're not actually related)? |
Anonymous
Oh I don't know. I'm not a scientist but it looked to me like there were 4 dogs "closely related" to mine while many "distant relations" and when I looked at the DNA profiles / family trees (I can't believe I am using this term) of that closely related 4, they showed all the same poodle / Havanese, Maltese mix - so they essentially shared 1 parent but were an earlier (2 yrs older) breeding. |
Anonymous
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This is all funsies and there isn't any sort of rigor. These are basically the level of Horoscopes. |
Anonymous
| We have a rescue dog that looks and acts like a short haired English pointer (white with large black spots, ticking, and will "point" when seeing squirrels, rabbits). Her DNA came back as 30% pit bull, 30% chow chow, and 10% pointer with the rest as "mix". |
Anonymous
That is wild. |
Anonymous
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https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/riney-canine-health-center/canine-health-information/benefits-canine-dna-testing#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20veterinarians%20now%20recommend,problems%20known%20for%20their%20breed.
Cornell considers DNA testing of dogs to be valid, especially when it comes to health traits. |
Anonymous
| And if you get testing from another company, you will get different results. These companies are all scamming you |
Anonymous
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I was 99% sure our rescue lab was actually mostly GSP. Did a dna test I bought on Amazon last black Friday and came back 76% Labrador retriever, 10% beagle, and 1% several other retriever breeds.
It’s been a year and I’m convinced it was wrong. Hes got the build of a GSP and so many of the traits. |