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Originally Posted by kimmispangler  THIS IS MORE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE DNA TESTS OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES WITH DOG DNA TESTS. not for people who have heard things about them. i was RECOMMENDED to do them from YT and would like to know if you have DONE THEM, which one did you do, did it work?  |
Yes, absolutely! Wisdom Panel is the best test out there for determining breed purity and mixed breeds (if any) in your dog's background. I'm proud to say that my Bella was chosen to be one of their Yorkshire Terrier data points. The kit comes with swabs that you used to collect mouth cells. You are not supposed to allow the dog to eat before testing. We swabbed Bella first thing in the morning before we put out her food bowl, and the results were impeccable. Just be sure to follow all of the directions. Results come back in about three weeks and are available online. They will let you know if your dog is purebred, and if not, what other breeds are in its ancestry (the test can only go back three generations). If your dog is purebred, they will show a Principal Component Analysis that shows where your dog falls in with other dogs of the same breed. They will also show how inbred your dog is, and how that matches with other dogs of the same breed. Fabulous product at a great value.
For those who are skeptical of Wisdom Panel, it's the best test out there (nothing is 100% perfect), using state of the art technology, and it is improving as they add more dogs to their dataset. I'm a geneticist by profession, and no, Mars Inc. and Wisdom Panel did not pay me to say good things about them
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Here is their website:
http://www.wisdompanel.com/