Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 06:36     Subject: Dog DNA results
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.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 05:24     Subject: Dog DNA results
And if you get testing from another company, you will get different results. These companies are all scamming you
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 01:54     Subject: Dog DNA results
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
Post 11/29/2025 01:51     Subject: Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote: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".


That is wild.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2025 23:31     Subject: Dog DNA results
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
Post 11/28/2025 23:11     Subject: Dog DNA results


This is all funsies and there isn't any sort of rigor. These are basically the level of Horoscopes.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 17:21     Subject: Re:Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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%


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?


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)?


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
Post 11/24/2025 12:06     Subject: Re:Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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%


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?


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
Post 11/24/2025 11:16     Subject: Re:Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote: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%


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
Post 11/24/2025 09:55     Subject: Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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?


I feel like that’s probably just a cockapoo. I don’t think the breed dna is that specific.


It's not. I don't think the sample sizes are big enough yet.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 09:53     Subject: Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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?


I feel like that’s probably just a cockapoo. I don’t think the breed dna is that specific.


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 08:55     Subject: Dog DNA results
Anonymous wrote: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?


I feel like that’s probably just a cockapoo. I don’t think the breed dna is that specific.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 07:06     Subject: Re:Dog DNA results
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
Post 11/24/2025 07:03     Subject: Dog DNA results
Mine came back 25% "mixed breed" so I'm surprised you got that kind of granularity.
Anonymous
Post 11/24/2025 06:56     Subject: Dog DNA results
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?