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

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.

A DNA test can still not be 100% right. Have you asked your vet about DNA testing?

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.

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!

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? :)

You said:
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

snarky? oh hun, i wasn't be snarky. just simply stating what I was going to do ;)

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.

I deleted the snarky line because I didn't feel like getting into an argument but I guess you saw it before I deleted it.

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.

yeah i saw it before you deleted it. and i haven't seen anyone tell me what to do on this forum. lol

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!

btw.. im not asking for your opinions on whether or not i should get a DNA test.. haahha. i'm asking the people if they've done it, which ones they've done. sorry you got mixed up ;)

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.

YEESS. those are the 2 breeds people have said they looked like. morkies and yorkiepoos. which are all adorable!

Actually, you didn't just ask about people who have done it.

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.

and you are absolutely correct. they don't have the purebread look at all...!!!!!

The thing is sense this is a public message board your probably going to get a lot of opinions about it. I don't think to many people on here have done them. I only remember posts from two different people about them and I'm not sure they still post. You might want to google dog DNA tests you might get a few articles or reviews.

hahahaa okay. thanks for clarifying ;)

yeah.. i'm deff gonna have to do some more research.. i'll definitely let you know what they end up being!!

Starting with Post #54, you might want to scan through this thread to its conclusion for some more information on the trustworthiness/types/database make-up of DNA testing in dogs as to the breed make-up.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...en-what-4.html

thanks so much. ill take a look at that. i appreciate that!! :)

People here have done the test, but I don't believe in the accuracy of any of the tests. Frankly, I don't think the answers are going to be any more conclusive that what the breeder of your pups told you.

In terms of personality, there is no one personality for each breed. Yorkies here vary widely in personality. Some are energetic and feisty, others are quiet and mellow. If your pups are Morkies, it won't really make a difference. Each dog, no matter what the breed, is an individual and the fun is to watch their personality develop.

I did the blood test on Cookie and felt it was very accurate. My vet said that it is more accurate than the swab (saliva) test. I have seen the results of those tests and none of them seemed to be even close.
My Cookie was found to be yorkie/border terrier and she definitely seems to be just that! She looks yorkie, but has thick wiry hair and has a very strong terrier personality.

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Kimmi -- please STOP telling people what they are and are not allowed to post on ANY thread. They are all WELCOME to post their opinions on this thread. This is now the second time I've mentioned this to you. So please this time, I highly recommend that you STOP. Thank you.

When I first saw the pix of your pups I thought they were chocolate yorkies as they looking nothing like a standard yorkie in coloring. They are very cute.
I had my rescue's DNA done by two different companies. Both came back as 100% Maltese. I did the second one because he is really big but I guess maltese are like yorkies - you can get a teapot just as easily as a tiny.

poor Kimmi she can't get a break, on another thread people did suggest she get a DNA test so that is what she is trying to do. I don't want to tell anyone how to post but personally instead of telling her every bad thing about them I am going to do as she asked and contact my friend Catia who thought she had a morkie rescue but the DNA test came back that she had I believe a cavalier bichon mix, she seemed happy with the accuracy. Linda what company did you go through to get Cookie's done?

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 :D.

Here is their website: http://www.wisdompanel.com/

I'm sorry that I'm late to this thread. Use Wisdom Panel, and let us know how it all turns out! Here's the link to the post where I describe Bella's results:

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ml#post4265286

I'm going to get the Wisdom Panel for my poodle mix girl to see if it gives us any idea as to what she is mixed with (shelter said maltese, vet and groomer think bichon). Im going into it knowing it may not work, but still want to try :)

Wow, they look like Chocolate Yorkies! Are their noses brown too? I will be VERY interested in seeing your Wisdom Panel results, because the chocolate gene was bred in from another breed a few generations back, and I want to see if Wisdom Panel will detect it. Your dogs look like they *could* be purebred Yorkies to me, other than the color.

I was told by my vet that the blood test and the saliva test have different results. Your opinion on that?

I have never seen anyone get what I considered even CLOSE results when using the swab. I have only seen a few, but pretty ridiculous results imho.