Finnegan's results are in! Wanna guess?

Please guess. For the results scroll down.

Mom was 3/4 Weimaraner and 1/4 Siberian Husky

Dad was minature Schnauzer, Gordon Setter, Norfolk terrier, and a small amount of mastiff, and Polish lowland Sheepdog.

Boy was I wrong!

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Permalink Reply by Ali & Sonny D. on July 3, 2011 at 7:04pm

He is adorable!!!

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Permalink Reply by Ricki and Tara (doodle) on July 3, 2011 at 7:49pm

Linda, was the genetic test performed using saliva or blood?

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Permalink Reply by Linda and Murphy on July 4, 2011 at 5:10am

It used a brush to get the cheek cells which would be great on Murphy but not an 8 wk old pup. Since I do DNA/RNA work all the time, I questioned if I had enough cells and why they didn't ask for blood.

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Permalink Reply by Ricki and Tara (doodle) on July 4, 2011 at 7:19am

That sounds like a similar test to the test we used on Tara. I was told by the testing company that the more generations of mixing of breeds in a dog the less accurate the test becomes. For instance a golden/poodle first cross would yield an accurate result but dogs such as the ALD in Tara's case or perhaps Finnegan too often produce unreliable results. That was how Tara ended up being 1/4 Puli even though her lineage is well documented and doesn't have a Puli in sight anywhere!!

I too was curious about what result we would get if I sent in a second sample!

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Permalink Reply by Ginny Nightingale on July 3, 2011 at 8:11pm

Sooo cute! Not sure I believe that the DNA tests are real (my vet daughter says they are totally bogus...) but it doesn't really matter--he is handsome no matter what!