Yeah, DNA kits can run $60 to $100 ish. They used to sell them in the checkout line at Petsmart (I noticed because I'm always threatening Shelby-Dale that I'm gonna find out what he really is). I haven't seen them in the checkout line in almost a year though. They may have them somewhere in the store - not sure.
Sadly, this happens a lot with any registry other than AKC. As I mentioned above, my Shelby-Dale came to me as a CKC registered Sheltie (a bi-black Sheltie). Well, if you look at pics of bi-black Shelties, you will see some of that in him (and he looks just like his Daddy, which I met both mother and father - they looked sheltie to me but not standard). Shelby-Dale is WAY bigger than either of his parents! His coloring is just like his Daddy's but his daddy probably weighed 20 to 25 lbs. My boy weighs a whopping 70 lbs!! A lot of people think he's border collie but his Daddy was definitely not border collie. However, he may have had some in him now that I know better. I just agree with everyone and say he's a border collie..but who really knows? I may do a DNA test one day just to answer the question but I dunno... lol
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