We did a DNA test on our rescue pup and got some... Interesting results.
Here's the percentages. There are clues here and in my previous posts as to where in the world our pup was born, but bonus points available to whoever can guess the closest geographical location.
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This is her relaxing on the sofa bed.
Results seem accurate to me, this is my Kelpie Rottweiler. Face and size looks very similar. Super cuddly and loves the couch. He'll sprint to the bedroom if I ask him if he wants to have a nap with me.
Super smart though so you have to be careful what you say and how you say it. Adopted him and his brother at 4 weeks old and they were sitting on command by six weeks old. Knows about ten words just for "treat" because my husband and I ask each other if they've had one already before giving them one and they keep figuring out what we're saying. We have to text each other to ask if we want to take them to the park because even the inflection of asking that question with different words makes them go ballistic. They answer yes or no questions, didn't train them, they just figured it out. They also take turns while playing fetch, another thing we didn't teach them. They were playing fetch perfectly at like two months old and just naturally let each other have a turn.
Oh I love him! He is absolutely assessing you and calculating the likelihood of treats/ walks / pats.
He sure is. Just to put in perspective how smart they are, this was how young they were when they did their their first sit on command. Be careful what you teach her, she'll use it for evil (cuddles when you're busy and treats when she's already had one)
Boola absolutely aced her puppy training. Picked up every command straight away to the point that the trainer would get her to be the demonstration dog when showing a new command to the class.
Sorta looks like he's planning a heist
I love when dogs cross their legs like that.
I’m gonna need you to give her all the scritches and at least most the treats.
She deserves them!
This is an ongoing situation.
Such a fantastic picture - the arms of the sofa look like fingers, like it's a tiny dog getting pinched!
DNA confirms it: 100% dog.
The percentage of DOMESTIC dog is debatable, though, given the 12% dingo 😁
"What breed is she?" "Yes"
The monk walked up to the dog vendor and said "Make me one with everything".
"I want a cocktail. surprise me" and the
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I'm gonna have to be a party pooper here but your test was probably bullshit
Came here to say this.
So.... Good Boi?
She's the bestest girl. Super intelligent and excellent rat catcher.
Could you teach your dog to teach my dog to catch rats? Thanks.
Hi, one dog please.
Which breed would you like?
Yes.
12% Dingo? How could that be anywhere but Australia?
What about Fijian Street Dog? 😆
But DINGO, dude. Do they even live anywhere else?
Probably not. And yes you're right she is Australian. Born in a remote outback indigenous community about a 20hr drive out of Perth Western Australia.
Kelpies usually have a bunch in them, the Aussie cattle dogs too.
You should call him "Heinz", for him coming in 57 varieties.
Dog DNA tests are nothing more than a gag gift.
Your dog is every dog like Whitney Houston was every woman.
My dog would be insufferable if he knew he was 12% dingo
Everything and the kitchen sink ahh dog
Which means they most likely won't have any breed-specific issues, and it does not make them any less cute, awesome, or amazing.
I bet it's more healthy than any one of those "pure breeds".
The bologna of canines
Ah, you too have a Heinz 57 dog. They're the best!
Can you confirm whether your dog has or has not, in fact, eaten any babies?
I'm saying nothing.
Statistically, she's eaten 12% of babies
🤣
This thread made me look up the origin of the phrase. Darker and more tragic than I'd remembered. I had been thinking it was a song or a band (which, well, there was a band by that name in an episode of Buffy...not sure if that should count).
And I was sure that at the end, it was going to say cat.
Catdog
Catdog
Alone in the world, a little Catdog
Ahhh... The days when my only responsibilities were to wipe my own butt and enjoy lunch time before the bell rang.
Mutts gonna mutt.
Don’t let your homeowners insurance catch wind of this. They’ll say “2% Staffordshire Bull Terrier huh? Canceled!”
That's clearly a lab mix. Those policies disallow every "breed" except labs so every dog is a "mutt, mostly Labrador Retriever."
If my under-the-counter tobacco dealer can ring it up as 'assorted vegetables' dog owners can do this
Alas, if this only meant she would live forever. Enjoy all of the criminally small amount of time you have with Boola! They are not with us nearly long enough.
Dude might have some extra chromosomes for hitting false positives or something, no offence. Although having a lot of diversity makes sense in a Dingo, they're notorious for breeding with domesticated canines, but they'd sooner eat a chihuahua, pomeranian, terrier, or even a small collie.
I guess we'll never know which of the adventurous relations actually interacted with the dingo.