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05-01-2014, 05:05 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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| Best Online DNA Kit. Ideas? As many of you might know. I bought two dogs that were said to be pure-bread yorkies with no papers. I am a new yorkie owner so I was out to believe whatever. I gave the girl many chances to tell me if they were mixed but she said that they weren't. I saw the mom and dad and they were definitely yorkies. However, I have decided to get a DNA test just for my own sake. I need to know for myself what personalities I am going to be dealing with in the future. I have checked around where I live, and there is no place that does DNA testing for animals. I am looking online, but there is soooo much out there! Does anyone know of any legit DNA kits? Ones that will work? That I can purchase online tonight? Has anyone tried and have they worked well? Serious Inquiries only thanks in advance
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05-01-2014, 05:11 PM | #2 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Honestly, most of the DNA kits I've seen are total crapshoots. Some people that have purebred dogs have sent one in just for fun and purebred Great Danes have come back with like Husky's mixed in them. And it simply was not possible. The only reliable way I know of is IF you do a blood test at the vet, and I am pretty positive you need DNA from both parents as well as your pups, which is probably not possible in your case.. I've often wondered myself, as I think my Jackson is a Silky sometimes but it's not really worth paying big $$$ for anyway. He's my boy and I love every insane ounce of him. I got him from a 'backyard breeder' as well, I saw the mother who looked Yorkie to me. Odds are he's just a badly bred Yorkie really, but he's got the Silky temperament and looks. The breeds are so closely related.
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05-01-2014, 05:11 PM | #3 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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05-01-2014, 05:13 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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| yes lol. i said that above there's no where around me that does it... i mean no where... which is why i'm asking for the best dna test.......................... don't care if it's not completely totally 100 percent accurate... most DNA tests arent even sure to be 100 percent accurate. don't really care. it's all i got. and i wanna do it.
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05-01-2014, 05:14 PM | #5 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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awesome.. thanks so much for your input. im gonna keep trying to contact places AROUND me hopefully i will find SOMEONE, but i had nooo luck today!!! grrr!
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05-01-2014, 05:19 PM | #6 | |
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05-01-2014, 05:20 PM | #7 | |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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I gave the girl many chances to tell me if they were mixed but she said that they weren't. I saw the mom and dad and they were definitely yorkies. If you know they are definitely Yorkies, why are you going through the trouble of a DNA test? Because... you clearly *don't* know if they're 100% Yorkie, right? Which, is really no big deal. I totally understand the "just wanting to know" factor. If there was anything reliable out there, I'd do it, simply because I'm curious to know for sure if Jackson is a Silky or a Yorkie. The fact of the matter is though you could get a DNA test and it could come back that they're Border Collies. Or it very well may say they're purebred Yorkies. Who knows. That's the problem with the current DNA tests. I would say 'Wisdom' panels have dominated the market and is the 'best'. I did have friends who did them. None came back with plausible results. Here is a good article about them: Dog breed genetic tests put to the test - VIN
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05-01-2014, 05:23 PM | #8 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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and who cares if it comes back wrong. I have the money, I wanna take a chance and I wanna do it. lol. it's worth a shot. it's all i got. and no matter how much i love my little babies, i deserve to know what breed my dog is. it's my choice. and wisdom panel is the one i've heard about as well being pretty good. i'm leaning more towards that one.
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05-01-2014, 05:26 PM | #9 | |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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Then why are you asking our opinions? Go for it! Have fun. It CAN be interesting and funny for sure. A bunch of folks did it on another forum I'm on just for fun to see what their dogs came back as as. We all got a chuckle at the results. I get the feeling that you don't really like being told what to do. So just buy one and let us know what the results are. They often sell them cheap on groupon's, etc, so be sure to check those out. You could also do a search on these forums and see if anyone else had good results with them. Or read Amazon reviews.
__________________ ~ Brit & Lights! Camera! Jackson! CGC ETD TKP ~ Follow Jackson on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacksontheterrier Last edited by Britster; 05-01-2014 at 05:28 PM. | |
05-01-2014, 05:29 PM | #10 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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yeah who knows, it might come out all jacked up or it might come out all correct. ill deff be sure to let everyone know. it's a mystery that's for sure!
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05-01-2014, 05:30 PM | #11 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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05-01-2014, 05:31 PM | #12 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| I just saw your cuties in your profile. Are these them? http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/alb...ctureid=133255 Wow, they're freakin' adorable. More than likely not Yorkies though. Look more like 'Morkies' or maybe even YorkiePoo. While Yorkies can all look different (due to either bad breeding or simply an 'off' pup) they all tend to have a fairly distinct 'look' as a puppy and your pups (in the nicest way possible, they're SERIOUSLY adorable) don't really have that purebred Yorkie look.
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05-01-2014, 05:32 PM | #13 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Topeka, Kansas, United States
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05-01-2014, 05:33 PM | #14 | |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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Does anyone know of any legit DNA kits? Ones that will work? That I can purchase online tonight? Has anyone tried and have they worked well? I believe only one of those questions asked if anyone had tried it. So naturally, other people are going to comment, as that's the beauty of a public forum. I believe I attempted to answer 3 out of 4 of those.
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05-01-2014, 05:33 PM | #15 | |
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