Dog DNA test - the results are in!

[Knackered46]

It's like Jeremy Kyle!!

I have the mad glaswegian mongrel named Daisy. She was found on streets of Glasgow aged about two and went to rescue.

My friends parents took her in, and she had a great life!

Sadly they died in quick succession, and as she was nearly 10, they were struggling to rehome her. So she came to us. She's now 11 and so lovely! But such a complete mix.

Ive always been curious as to what she might be. She has a barrel chest and strong shoulders, with telescopic legs and brown and tan colouring. And a curly wurly tail.

I sent off a DNA swab out of curiousity - I know that they can be deemed hit and miss but I was interested...

It came back today and she is a substantial part staffy/whippet cross, with alsation/collie and a bit of German Spitz. The German Spitz certainly explains the curly wurly tail!

It makes sense now - barrel chest and strong shoulders and the telescopic legs with nipped in waist - and the colouring.

She is very pleased with the results and has just had a treat from her advent calendar!

Has anyone else ever had a DNA test done?

Do these tests actually work? I've heard 50/50 good and bad things about them. The last time I looked on Amazon at one, a reviewer said they ordered two tests for one dog six months apart and got totally different breeds both times.

I've heard mixed reports too, but tested two of my dogs and am very confident the results are correct ( very close to what we guessed and make sense I terms of fairly common mix of breeds for where we live )

Do these tests actually work?

The short answer is sometimes

They seem to be more likely to be correct when a dog is a mix of two or at most three breeds. More than that and you can start getting ridiculously unlikely breeds popping up, sometimes ones which currently aren't even present in the UK.

I've known of people who have got ridiculous results back and when they've complained the company has run the tests again (on the same samples) and got a completely different, more believable, set of results second time round.

They're ok for a bit of fun but I wouldn't take any results too seriously.

Bloody hell Rose. Thank goodness you gave her a home. Dear little dog