I've thought about it, and my do it in the future. We have pretty good info on our dog's family tree as he's registered pure bread obtained directly from the breeder so no worries their (I don't think) But his breed, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, have some health issues. The bread almost die in the 1940's because of the war, but was revised with just a few surviving dogs.

I don't know. I think the more you know about your loved pet is better.

What, so the government can have my dog's DNA and deny it health insurance and then clone him for their own purposes?

We got our dog as a rescue in Georgia about 3 years ago. They could only guess what she had in her, they were guessing lab and bull dog. WE did the DNA and she is about 75% labs and American Bull dog. The test was around $60 IIRC.

Do these dna testing services guarantee their results?

What recourse is there if you go down a rabbit hole chasing a finding from them, and spend a bunch of money or worse?

We did the test with our mutts, for no other reason than for fun. Done very interesting surprises.

We bought our tests on either Prime Day, Cyber Monday, or something like that, so they weren’t too expensive.

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Do these dna testing services guarantee their results?

What recourse is there if you go down a rabbit hole chasing a finding from them, and spend a bunch of money or worse?

I guess I'm don't know what you're getting at. You send in the money, (not that much as these things go), and you don't like what they reported so you do more tests? Is this the rabbit hole you speak of? They report your dog is 50% bread X and 50% bread Y and you dispute this?

We did the Chewey DNA test on our current buddy.

A friend of our found her wandering in the street, having been dumped by a breeder. Apparently, once the dogs are no longer useful, food costs money, so they get dumped.

Found out she's 55% Bulley dog, 34% American Pit and 16% Staffordshire Terrier.

The Bulley dog goes back several generations as well. Obviously a breeder.

She's sweet as pie and was no doubt abused during her time with the breeders.
We're slowly bringing her around. She no longer tries to escape and seeks our attention more and more.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
Do these dna testing services guarantee their results?

What recourse is there if you go down a rabbit hole chasing a finding from them, and spend a bunch of money or worse?

I guess I'm don't know what you're getting at. You send in the money, (not that much as these things go), and you don't like what they reported so you do more tests? Is this the rabbit hole you speak of? They report your dog is 50% bread X and 50% bread Y and you dispute this?

Do you think DNA only tells you what breed your dog is? Is that all these services are doing?

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For $149 you can get a DNA test on your dog. Or if you want to save a little $$$, the cheap test is $99.

Not for that much.

Seems like a massive waste of time and money.

Don't think it would be worth it on our latest rescue. He looks like an American Bulldog, but I'm pretty sure he's 20% slobber, 15% fur, 60% stomach, and 90% couch potato. But I'm no geneticist.

Ken

They're just using available technology to take your money. They've farmed out the human DNA crap, and now they're using it wherever they can in order to get your cash, but, go ahead and throw away your money if you're bored.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
Do these dna testing services guarantee their results?

What recourse is there if you go down a rabbit hole chasing a finding from them, and spend a bunch of money or worse?

I guess I'm don't know what you're getting at. You send in the money, (not that much as these things go), and you don't like what they reported so you do more tests? Is this the rabbit hole you speak of? They report your dog is 50% bread X and 50% bread Y and you dispute this?

Do you think DNA only tells you what breed your dog is? Is that all these services are doing?

no of course not. If and when I do it, it will be to check for markers indicating possible health issues. I already know what dog is.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
Do these dna testing services guarantee their results?

What recourse is there if you go down a rabbit hole chasing a finding from them, and spend a bunch of money or worse?

I guess I'm don't know what you're getting at. You send in the money, (not that much as these things go), and you don't like what they reported so you do more tests? Is this the rabbit hole you speak of? They report your dog is 50% bread X and 50% bread Y and you dispute this?

Do you think DNA only tells you what breed your dog is? Is that all these services are doing?

no of course not. If and when I do it, it will be to check for markers indicating possible health issues. I already know what dog is.

I believe you have just answered you’re own question.

~Namaste

You know what? I can see how it could be interesting, but at the end of the day it's enough to just know she's a dog.

Nope! Most of our dogs are mutts. I couldn’t care less what breeds are in there and know too many folks who got obviously wrong answers back as to the ancestor’s breeds. As for health issues, meh. We’ll do the same as we’ve always done for them and for us. Keep an eye on things, if something comes up, check it out, otherwise drive on.

If I were breeding purebreds, that might be different, but I’m not.

I will not be DNA testing my rescue mutt. Well, especially now since she’s 9 yrs old, but I wouldn’t have back then either.

We rescued a "lab mix" last January. My wife wanted to find out what was in him. I told her I didn't care and we should not spend the $100. I lost the argument. Off goes the swab and back come the results. 50% Staffordshire Terrier, 30% German Shepherd, 10% American Pit Bull Terrier, 10% bunch of other stuff but not significant enough to chart.

So my "lab mix" puppy is really a Pitty/Shepherd mix. And you know what, I still don't give a shit and love him to death. And you should see his ears... so cute.

Nope. I trust my breeder, met my dogs parents, he's a Labrador Retriever. Well 75% lab, 25% asshole because he's 3 year old. This time last year it was 50/50.

No, I sure as heck wouldn't spend $149 to DNA test my dog. To me the exact breed doesn't matter as long as it's a good dog.