65.6% Australian cattle dog
28.2% chihuahua
6.2 % border collie

Predicted adult weight 21 lbs ( he weighs almost 30 )

Of 160 disease markers, he has only PRA, and progressive rod cone dysplasia

And.... This was super interesting to me. I'd love it if some of you guys did this test on your " tough " dogs....
Pinker has 7.5% "wolfiness". Average is 1%. These are genetic markers in common with Wolves.
Perhaps it's just the herding component.....they don't say.

So....no wonder he's smart, he herds, he bites, he's small....and he's going blind
PS: I had given this company 0 information except the dogs age and sex.

VERY interesting! Did you have to give them a photo of Pinker?

They sure seemed to hit things on the head.

As to the "wolfiness" the ACD WAS derived from Dingo crosses and they are definiltey the most "wolfiness" of the dog clan.

The experiences I've seen with the AKC DNA test were way off.

Wow, that is fascinating!

So is that wolfiness component and Bob's info about Dingo crosses!

Nundebuggel!!!! Sounds highly interesting! I Had no time yet to read about it, but it's just great to know in which direction to go with further education.

I gave this company only age, sex,neutered....and the swab.
Yesterday I downloaded a picture of the dog for them, they offered to keep it in his file.
If anyone is interested in looking, you can open the file with Blandercasper@aol.com, password
thepinker.
With out knowing what my dog looked like, they sent me photos of other buff colored smallish mutts who they reported were his "relatives".
There was interesting stuff about where dogs evolved from....Siberia, the Middle East, Africa.

Some of the very oldest breeds are sight hounds and they came from the Middle East.

Even in Roman days dogs were described as Pets, guardians, herding and hunting dogs.

In the ruins of 2nd century Pompeii a mosaic was found with a dog and the words Cave Canum meaning "Beware of Dog".

I'm think some of these dogs were in Pinker's lines.

How about Pitbull?

A long time they were considered as fighting dogs from cross breeding bull-baiting dogs Meanwhile dogfigths are forbidden, nonetheless still practiced illegally.

I've got the impression that it is difficult to categorize them, because they are not pure breeds. There exist the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and probably others. In Wiki they say it can't be determined alone from there looks to which one of those breeds they belong with certainty and so it is difficult to decide in which direction to train them. (For myself they are just dancing pets, but no primaballerinas.)

I've read that they are nowadays used as police-, hunting-, catch dogs for cattle and hogs, also as sniffer-, search- and service dogs. Is this true?

They can be very trainable and versatile dog but their "still" bad rap holds that back.

Fighting them is still a HUGE issues in some areas.

The Schutzhund club i belonged to had a number of them and ALL WERE SUPER COOL DOGS.

MOST authorities agree that they are a bull dog terrier cross but some of the aholes that fight them will forever claim they have been around since roman days.

I the Victorian days it was thought that putting a "bulldog" on live stock (bulls) would make the meat better from all the "excitement of the fight".

In reality all it did was to pump the animal full of testosterone and adrenalin.

When "bull fighting was outlawed the old Bull dog didn't have much purpose so they were then fought against one another.

Not very exciting with these somewhat heavy dog so they did the terrier crosses to get more speed without suffering the loss of "gameness".

A lot of dog fighters will disagree with this because of books put out by one man who pretty much declared himself the ultimate authority on Pitbulls.

All just my personal opinions of course.

That's very interesting.I've once read they ar called Pitbulls, because in roman times they were put into a pit together with a bull in orde4r to fight and kill him.

But nowadays I've only read but never seen a vid or pict with a pitbull used as servicedog for disabled people or as sniffer to track down a criminal or discover drugs. Is this just a fairy tale?

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VERY interesting! Did you have to give them a photo of Pinker?

They sure seemed to hit things on the head.

As to the "wolfiness" the ACD WAS derived from Dingo crosses and they are definiltey the most "wolfiness" of the dog clan.

The experiences I've seen with the AKC DNA test were way off.

I don't understand the term "WOLFINESS" Does it refer to Genes OR Temperament or what, I wonder ??? Dingos haven't seen any Wolves in at least 4000 YEARS