Dog DNA results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our fluffy little white poodle mix rescue came back 75 percent "small poodle," and the remaining percent was bichon with a bit of maltese in there. She was in a puppy mill, poor thing, and was the "poodle" part of whatever equation they were trying to sell at the moment (maltipoo, or cavapoo, or whatever).

What happened, they did a commando raid on the puppy mill and the soldiers dropped her in your arms for free? Or did you pay an “adoption” fee to a “rescue?”

OP here, what on earth is wrong with you? Do you have high blood pressure or something? Why try to pick a fight with someone who has clearly rescued a dog from a bad situation?

You should be aware that ALL rescues have an adoption fee. They are not making profit, they are covering costs for rent, food, vet bills and everything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if you get testing from another company, you will get different results. These companies are all scamming you

I used three different DNA companies. Two of the three had identical breeds identified, and they were all within 0.5% of each other. The third company had wildly different results. I believe the two companies that had identical results, but i dont trust the third one at all.

Were the two that nearly matched from Embark and Wisdom?

Yes. Embark and Wisdom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if you get testing from another company, you will get different results. These companies are all scamming you

I used three different DNA companies. Two of the three had identical breeds identified, and they were all within 0.5% of each other. The third company had wildly different results. I believe the two companies that had identical results, but i dont trust the third one at all.

Were the two that nearly matched from Embark and Wisdom?

Yes. Embark and Wisdom.

Those two are considered the most reliable. So that's reassuring that they were very close in terms of results.

[Anonymous]

The rescue listed our dog and his sibs as "chihuahua mix" ... we did wisdom panel and he's like 9 different things. None of them chihuahua lol.

He's like 55lbs now at 10 yrs old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our fluffy little white poodle mix rescue came back 75 percent "small poodle," and the remaining percent was bichon with a bit of maltese in there. She was in a puppy mill, poor thing, and was the "poodle" part of whatever equation they were trying to sell at the moment (maltipoo, or cavapoo, or whatever).

What happened, they did a commando raid on the puppy mill and the soldiers dropped her in your arms for free? Or did you pay an “adoption” fee to a “rescue?”

OP here, what on earth is wrong with you? Do you have high blood pressure or something? Why try to pick a fight with someone who has clearly rescued a dog from a bad situation?

You should be aware that ALL rescues have an adoption fee. They are not making profit, they are covering costs for rent, food, vet bills and everything else.

PP does have a point.

[Anonymous]

Rescue guessed ours was a beagle/lab mix. DNA testing came back as mostly coonhound. I wasn’t familiar with the breed before, but now that I’ve seen other coonhounds, that’s exactly what she looks like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rescue guessed ours was a beagle/lab mix. DNA testing came back as mostly coonhound. I wasn’t familiar with the breed before, but now that I’ve seen other coonhounds, that’s exactly what she looks like.

Wow. But also, having looked at photos of Coonhounds, they do look like a Beagle mixed with a Labrador!
What a handsome dog. I bet she has an active prey drive!

[Anonymous]

Our rescue appeared to be a mix of terrier and poodle. In fact, he was purebred powder puff Chinese crested - we had never even heard of that!! Great dog.

[Anonymous]

The DNA results for my TICA registered Ragdoll cat indicated she is 20% Siamese.

The vet said that the tests are not reliable, and that the "colorpoint" gene that Siamese and Ragdolls share is sometimes confused on DNA tests in this way. And the breed was created by selective crossbreeding, leading to more confusion.

I'm sure it's similar with dogs. If you have official registration papers form a registered breeder, then that's what you go by.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The DNA results for my TICA registered Ragdoll cat indicated she is 20% Siamese.

The vet said that the tests are not reliable, and that the "colorpoint" gene that Siamese and Ragdolls share is sometimes confused on DNA tests in this way. And the breed was created by selective crossbreeding, leading to more confusion.

I'm sure it's similar with dogs. If you have official registration papers form a registered breeder, then that's what you go by.

No. Actually I've heard that the DNA tests for Cats are very, very different than those for dogs, for whatever reason, and almost not worth doing.