Questionable Breeding
Our medium sized girl Millie was a rescue pup and we have always wondered about her lineage. She is very quiet and calm, about 45 lbs. Appropriately, she has a ? on her side.
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Dog Folks wrote:Pawz4me wrote:DougE wrote:
If you really want to know get a doggie dna kit. About $70.
From what I know those aren't any more accurate than educated guesses.
Why? Fill us in please.
LOL. When you ask me "why" about anything related to DNA or genetics . . well, that's way over my head. Maybe BCSnob will comment.
I know when I look at a dog that looks almost purebred Lab, and I know his owner adopted him as a very young puppy from a shelter here in NC, and the DNA results for that dog indicate Lab, but also a couple of very rare breeds that I've never in my 51 years seen anywhere around here -- that the DNA results aren't likely to be accurate as far as those two very rare breeds are concerned. That's just one example, but I've heard many others that were similar.
I have heard that the tests are now a bit more accurate than they were a few years ago.
Here are a couple of interesting articles:
Dog breed genetic tests put to the test
Analyzing the analysis (Patricia McConnell) (This one is really fun if you follow the link and see the pictures of the dogs, what the DNA analysis said and what people guessed.)
