Dog DNA Testing

We have a Morkie, Yorker Maltese mix.

We multiple friends with Yorkers

I am very familiar the facial ticks, head tilts, working the ears that Yorkies exhibit.

My BIL has a pound dog that looks, acts and colored like a Yorker mix, it’s a terrier through and through.

They did the DNA test and it came back 30% Chihuahua the rest mixed breed.

I’m sure most small dogs have some chichi in them but I think this test missed the mark.

Some local politicians with too little to do have suggested DNA testing for dogs so they can match deposits and fine the owners.

Interesting. I did dnamydog on Moose-dog and Bat-dog and was pleased with the results.

In the video they mention the number of breeds in the various databases. I do remember looking at that. Per dnamydog, they don't test for the uncommon breeds because the odds of a mixed breed containing a breed like the Lundehund is very minimal. Instead, they test for the common breeds that are most likely to be in a mixed breed. That makes sense to me, so I didn't worry.

I had posted my results before. They were both on the mark as far as I am concerned. One thing I know people tend to forget is that not all the included breeds will show up in appearance, but may be noticeable in behaviors or personality.

As for consistency, I did my own dna through 23andme and ancestry. They came back pretty different. Ancestry puts me at 96 percent United Kingdom and French. 23andme has Portuguese, Italian, etc., in there. As my Mom did geneology, I know that the 23andme results account for a far more accurate representation of my dna makeup.

Big Katuna wrote:
We have a Morkie, Yorker Maltese mix.

We multiple friends with Yorkers

I am very familiar the facial ticks, head tilts, working the ears that Yorkies exhibit.

My BIL has a pound dog that looks, acts and colored like a Yorker mix, it’s a terrier through and through.

They did the DNA test and it came back 30% Chihuahua the rest mixed breed.

I’m sure most small dogs have some chichi in them but I think this test missed the mark.

That doesn't sound like a good testing. They should be able to come back with other breeds and not "mixed breeds". Because they didn't, it may be that while 30 percent is chi, the other 70 percent has at least least one terrier breed in it.

Really! Dog DNA test? I saw something on the internet about this and thought it was a joke.

Tyler0215 wrote:
Really! Dog DNA test? I saw something on the internet about this and thought it was a joke.

Welcome to 2019.

We love all our rescues, they love us and we really do not care about their pedigree and would never even consider getting rid of them if the are not full pedigreed

I don’t care about these dna tests; however, these dog dna commercial ventures are using gene chips. These gene chips are manufactured by the same companies that make chips used in health research. The increasing sales of these chips helps to drive down the costs of the chips and drives innovation in the gene chips. In the video the geneticist talked about how these tests are like little windows along the genome; the more windows the more we know about that dog’s genes. In past studies on our breed we have run up against the issue that the state of the art gene chips did not have windows showing where the genes were different between dogs affected with a genetically linked disease and healthy dogs.

Didn't need any DNA test for our Bliss. She was 90 percent German Shepard and 10 percent Lover dog. She loved us and any food we gave her. :)

That was an interesting video. I can see where DNA testing might help if you have a dog that resembles a pitbull (and the restrictions that are sometimes pointed towards that "breed") and you can prove via DNA that it isn't (like my son's former Catahoula). On the other hand, there's a plethora of dogs out there who's build screams "pitbull" - but the rescue has dubbed them some mythical cross between rare breeds (rolling my eyes)