Dog DNA results

[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.