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Originally Posted by gemy

Thanks for the link. I looked at it, and could not help looking up my breed BRT. First no National Club should have supported that narrative or that picture. Some facts are relatively correct, but YES the BRT has a standard appearance as is supported by the many breed standards throughout Russia, America, and Canada.

That standard appearance does not include a sway back with a roached sacrum and a low set tail. And if they had asked the National Clubs or any country for input, this dog can do many things and does. Service, drafting, bomb detection, police work (in at least one USA state), dock jumping, herding, water rescue to name just a few arenas they are in. They can be trained for search and rescue, but their size is an eliminating factor for many organizations that do search and rescue.

Their topline is very important and MUST BE straight. For a whole lot of very valid working dog reasons. And BTW so should the YT's topline be straight.

Now if it is indeed true that the Mars organization is using an "adhoc" database to compare new DNA samples with; that just boggles my mind.

There is an old saying; Garbage in, Garbage out....... So if the database is sourced from suspect sources, how can they realistically improve on their analysis?

So maybe their science might be the best out there, but judging soley upon what they reported as the BRT, it is very incomplete and in-accurate to say the least. That makes me question, their methodology, their commitment to accuracy, and any and all results they might come up with.

Wow, please email them with your questions and comments, and offer them DNA samples from better BRT stock. In the meantime, I'll get back with info on their Yorkshire Terrier sampling as soon as they tell me something. MARS has a virtual monopoly on canine breed testing, so they have to be held accountable and use the best samples. I hope that their sampling is not purely "ad hoc" and that they have some assurance of breed purity for the DNA samples in their database.