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Hi there, I've thought about doing this but have just assumed that it is too expensive. How much did your test run? Thanks!
I've heard from dog people that these tests are very inaccurrate. Fun, but sometimes totally off, even when testing their champion purebreds. They definitely need more work, but can be a good tool for those heinz 57 dogs you have no idea about lol And idk, maybe some tests are more accurate than others.
I paid $69 for ours- strictly for entertainment purposes. I had also heard that they were sometimes inaccurate- but we thought what the heck? We found it to be a fun experiment.
I work for a vet, the blood tests are way more accurate than the ones you just swab your dog's mouth. However, with more accuracy comes a higher price. It is fun to find out but then again, Im sure you would love your pooch no matter what the results are. :) Very cute dog by the way!!!
Cute dog!! We thought about running a test on our chihuahua (pureness was a debate) but thought it'd be too expensive..
What co. did you use?
We want to do that also. I have seen in advertised before for around $50.
how cute! i had no idea they had these kind of services available. that's pretty cool.
Those tests are cool, but I found out they're limited. They only have certain breeds on file, so if your dog isn't one of those breeds, they end up telling you that your dog is a weird mix of whatever. My friend adopted a fox hound from the humane society, but fox hounds aren't one of the DNA encoded breeds that the test carries. So they got a 75% chihuahua 25% Kuvacz mix (which is funny if you picture the two breeds, haha). I wish they had more breeds available, it would help with the real mutts.
Which one did you go with?
We have a pit/lab/?? mix and I would love to do this just to know :)
The company I went with was Apex DNA. They offer 2 tests- a cheaper one with 62 breeds and the slightly more expensive one with 170 breeds. We did the 170 breed one because for like $20 more it had more than double the possibilities.
I work at an animal shelter and I wish the tests weren't expensive because I would do it to every dog! I think thats so interesting... I know what Blue is, so sadly it wouldn't be much of a surprise but I would probably do it anyway!
One couple was looking for a dog, and they brought their dog in to make sure it got along, their dog looked like a pit mix (which they wanted a pit) WELL, they got her DNA tested and she was only like 1% pit, she was actually a dalmation/boxer mix! They love her no matter what, but they were a little dissapointed! Just goes to show you can't judge a book by it's cover!
Ps. Your little guy is ADORABLE!!
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I don't know if this has been posted before, but I just got our results back and I was super excited and wanted to share!
We adopted our dog Lincoln from the Humane Society almost a year ago. We knew that he was partly/mostly Cocker Spaniel, but thought that he might also have other breeds mixed in. For Valentines' day, I ordered FI a dog breed DNA test (several online to choose from) and had him tested.
We got the results back today and found out that he is 100% cocker spaniel without any other breeds that they could detect. Of course, we would have loved him no matter what he came back as- but we just thought it was great fun to find out what our pooch really is. I just thought that if some of you ladies out there have mutts it might be interesting to get your doggies tested!
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