I have a little white and slightly tan dog who the vet thinks is a Westiepoo. I was dying to find out more about what he was. Everyone who sees him says, Westie and Poodle. It seems to be a consensus. Imagine my surprise when I get my DNA test results back as German Shepard, Rottweiler, Poodle (okay), and mixed breed. My little one has a Westie, or Corgi body. Long with short legs. I have to wonder about the results. The process from ordering to processing was easy. Mars received my pups DNA on May 20 and the results were reported on June 1. Very fast. I feel like I am in the group of people who have tiny dogs, with big dog results..... Oh well, it was fun. I might be chatting with my vet to see if they think the blood test DNA will return different results. I am curious to see if it does.
UPDATE 6/23/2016: Mars Veterinary has been phenomenal. I don't track comments to my reviews and so they had to figure out who I was and subsequently reached out to me via email to let me know they wanted to further investigate the algorithms that gave me the DNA results. It took several weeks but I did receive a follow up email and call. The DVM who did the research wanted to discuss her findings and scheduled a call with me. I was on the phone with her for nearly an hour. What an educational and interesting experience. She went through details of how she evaluation the sample, then on the the DNA. I learned so much about the process, canine DNA and even more about my silly little mutt. She even informed me he has chrondodysplasia (canine dwarfism) which is genetically dominant. Simply put, he's short legged like a Corgi, Westie, Basset Hound, Dachshund, etc. The DVM was brilliant, very well spoken and easy to have a conversation with. I am beyond impressed with this company.
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Black-and-Tan: half AmStaff-Golden Retriever-Cocker Spaniel/half unidentified-mixed-breed dog
I gave this 4 stars because I couldn't get more info on my dog's mixes. I probably would've given 5 if I'd gotten more info or if the info I had gotten made more sense to me. That may not be a fair judgement, but it is what it is. I got info on about only half of what she is; the other half comes up as "mixed breed", with it only being narrowed down to certain groups, not breeds. In all fairness, I guess I knew going in that I could wind up with not much more info than I already had about her, being it was very likely that she was so mixed. I suppose it was just wishful thinking on my part that I was going to find out more. What I did find out, however, is that she's likely not either of the things I was told she could be when I rescued her---and judging by her size at the time I got her, I pretty much knew she couldn't be the Doberman/Lab mix she was "guesstimated" to be anyhow. She was too small. The short of it is she's about 1/4 American Staffordshire Terrier, which didn't surprise me as I can see the Pit Bull in her at times and she has terrier ears. What blew me away---and what I still find hard to believe---is that she's about 1/8 Golden Retriever and 1/8 American Cocker Spaniel. She looks like neither, especially not the American Cocker Spaniel (except for the half a tail she has...but she does't have that "pushed in" Persian cat kind of face that American Cockers usually have, nor does she have that square AmStaff kind of face; she has a longer, more narrow muzzle). For her other half, which just came out as mixes, they were able to narrow it down to Terrier, Herding, and Sporting breeds, and those make sense, especially the herding, because she has some herding tendencies (nips a lot at ankles, etc.). Being she's from North Carolina, I was expecting to find hound in her. Not an ounce, supposedly. And being that she's black with tan points, I was expecting at least some part of her to be Dobie, Rottie, or Black and Tan Coonhound. Nothing. Those breeds don't even come up in her mixes. Bizarre. Dobermans and Rottweilers are categorized as Guard breeds accd. to Wisdom Panel, and she didn't show signs of Guard breeds in her DNA. Now here's some interesting info for those of you with black and tan dogs: I read that in order for a dog to be black with tan points, it needs the black and tan genes from BOTH parents to produce this coloring (strictly talking about a black "saddle" with tan "points": tan going down the legs, what look like tan "eyebrows", and a mix of black and tan on the face/muzzle, with no white mixed in). So, the results kind of had me questioning the validity of this test. Then I did some research, and I guess the black and tan could come from the Cocker Spaniel on one side of her lineage, because those dogs do come in black and tan. But AmStaffs and Goldens do not. So, that means another one of her unidentified breeds on her other parent's side MUST be a breed that produces black and tan pups. In the Herding group, this could mean a Kelpie or a German Shepherd, I suppose, as they come in black and tan, as do Beaucerons (I WISH she was part Beauceron...BTW, these are one of the many breeds that supposedly went into making the Doberman, so maybe there is Doberman in there after all...who knows). In the Sporting group, I know English Cocker Spaniels come in black and tan, so I suppose she could have more Cocker Spaniel in her lineage. And in the Terrier group, there are a bunch that can carry the black and tan gene (i.e., German Pinscher, Manchester Terrier...again, breeds that supposedly contributed to what we know today as the Doberman Pinscher). And she does kind of look like a black and tan terrier---maybe a Jack Russel or Rat Terrier. But larger. She's 4.5 months old and over 20 lbs, so she's already what those breeds are full grown. Wisdom Panel estimated she'd be between 39-60 lbs full grown. I find that hard to believe. Maybe around 40-45 lbs max. God help me if she's much bigger. She's already very strong at ~20 lbs. I've included a photo of my half AmStaff-Golden Retriever-Cocker Spaniel/half unidentified-mixed-breed dog taken when she was just shy of 4 months old. Judge for yourself ;)
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Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2016
I have a little white and slightly tan dog who the vet thinks is a Westiepoo. I was dying to find out more about what he was. Everyone who sees him says, Westie and Poodle. It seems to be a consensus. Imagine my surprise when I get my DNA test results back as German Shepard, Rottweiler, Poodle (okay), and mixed breed. My little one has a Westie, or Corgi body. Long with short legs. I have to wonder about the results. The process from ordering to processing was easy. Mars received my pups DNA on May 20 and the results were reported on June 1. Very fast. I feel like I am in the group of people who have tiny dogs, with big dog results..... Oh well, it was fun. I might be chatting with my vet to see if they think the blood test DNA will return different results. I am curious to see if it does.
UPDATE 6/23/2016: Mars Veterinary has been phenomenal. I don't track comments to my reviews and so they had to figure out who I was and subsequently reached out to me via email to let me know they wanted to further investigate the algorithms that gave me the DNA results. It took several weeks but I did receive a follow up email and call. The DVM who did the research wanted to discuss her findings and scheduled a call with me. I was on the phone with her for nearly an hour. What an educational and interesting experience. She went through details of how she evaluation the sample, then on the the DNA. I learned so much about the process, canine DNA and even more about my silly little mutt. She even informed me he has chrondodysplasia (canine dwarfism) which is genetically dominant. Simply put, he's short legged like a Corgi, Westie, Basset Hound, Dachshund, etc. The DVM was brilliant, very well spoken and easy to have a conversation with. I am beyond impressed with this company.
UPDATE 6/23/2016: Mars Veterinary has been phenomenal. I don't track comments to my reviews and so they had to figure out who I was and subsequently reached out to me via email to let me know they wanted to further investigate the algorithms that gave me the DNA results. It took several weeks but I did receive a follow up email and call. The DVM who did the research wanted to discuss her findings and scheduled a call with me. I was on the phone with her for nearly an hour. What an educational and interesting experience. She went through details of how she evaluation the sample, then on the the DNA. I learned so much about the process, canine DNA and even more about my silly little mutt. She even informed me he has chrondodysplasia (canine dwarfism) which is genetically dominant. Simply put, he's short legged like a Corgi, Westie, Basset Hound, Dachshund, etc. The DVM was brilliant, very well spoken and easy to have a conversation with. I am beyond impressed with this company.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015
As far as the test goes, it's very simple to do. You will have two swabs to use. One I rubbed pretty vigorously on his cheeks, the other i got a big glob of his saliva in the bristles after rubbing on the other side of his mouth. Seal it up, and send it on its way. Be sure to follow the instructions and do this at a time where your dog hasn't been exposed to toys, food, or other dogs for a few hours. He sleeps in our bedroom, so we did the test first thing in the morning while he was still sleeping. Given our results, I recommend doing this if your able to.
Overall, very happy with the results. Not providing a picture at all, I trust the results given that the identified breeds make sense in terms of his appearance and personality. I was skeptical at first, but am very happy I decided to give this a shot!
Skeptical at first - Turned out to be a great purchase
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015
I was a little worried about whether or not this test would be worth it. For the price, it seemed very expensive at first and I've had some friends of mine say these tests are "bogus" and really just random guesses to see your money. However, after some research, we seemed trusting in Wisdom Panel, since they have been validated by the Ostrander lab at NHGRI, which is a leading research group in canine genetics. After getting the results, we were very happy with this purchase. People comment all the time on our family dog, as they are very curious at what breeds he has in him. Multiple vets have given us different guesses, and we've always wanted to find out what he truly is. Finally, we know! (Somewhat, atleast) The known breeds found in the test were Labrador Retriever, Staffordshire Bull Terrior, Miniture Wire Haired Dachshund, and Border Collie, which really surprised us at first, but thinking about it, it really made sense. We guessed he had some lab or pit-bull in him, but he has a longer body which would make sense to have Dachshund in him. Border Collie threw me off but his eyes/smile look very similar, and his personality is very characteristic of a herding dog like a Collie. 4 of the 8 great grandparents were mixed breeds the test could not determine. However, they give you a statistical likelihood ranking dog groups the mixed breeds are most likely to come from, in order of most likely to least, which is at-least somewhat informative. They also provided us a MDR1 screening result, which apparently is a common mutation regarding drug sensitivity in herding dogs. We didn't know this would even be provided, but is great information to pass to your vets!Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2015
As far as the test goes, it's very simple to do. You will have two swabs to use. One I rubbed pretty vigorously on his cheeks, the other i got a big glob of his saliva in the bristles after rubbing on the other side of his mouth. Seal it up, and send it on its way. Be sure to follow the instructions and do this at a time where your dog hasn't been exposed to toys, food, or other dogs for a few hours. He sleeps in our bedroom, so we did the test first thing in the morning while he was still sleeping. Given our results, I recommend doing this if your able to.
Overall, very happy with the results. Not providing a picture at all, I trust the results given that the identified breeds make sense in terms of his appearance and personality. I was skeptical at first, but am very happy I decided to give this a shot!
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Great product would recommend it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2016