I have been informed by her owner that the DNA results say that she is Doberman, German shepherd dog, Airedale, and Chow. That list goes from what she is most like in terms of her genetic make-up to what she is least like.
I’m not sure I’m buying it.
Look at this border collie, Boston terrier, and bulldog cross (BC had the greatest similarity!)
If those results are true, maybe I have a Pekingese/Akita/Xoloitzcuintli cross.
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well given how doggie dna tests work… and how all breeds stem from others somewhere along the way…
I guess its not impossible – though not wholly accurate.
I knew a gal with a purebred shiba who dna tested her and it came back predominantly Chow and unknown. Sure.
I see the GSD now.
it seems pretty clear that this particular DNA test is picking up black/white gene, not breed genes… Bulldog and boston terrier of course make sense in an AST’s genetic make up… border collie? never, not in any meaningful sense (that is, in the sense of using these tests to identify MODERN breeds, not ancient relatives)
If ANY dog is purebred, this one is. Dawn knows the pedigree going back probably dozens of generations.
My own mutt came back as a Canaan dog (significant) and AmStaff (intermediate).
The AmStaff I can see – that was actually my prediction (well, Pit Bull, anyway, but APBT wasn’t one of the recognized breeds), but Canaan Dog was just wild. They’re basically feral pariah dogs, so I think that was just the test’s way of saying, “I dunno”. The only surprise is they went with the exotic, non-native mutt instead of, say a Carolina Dog.
I will never trust these DNA tests unless they could explain to me every single genetic marker they look for. I could think of so many possibilities for false negatives AND false positives.