Jenni Williams wrote 01/08/2008 12:01 PM Re: DNA testing [Re: Sarah Ward ] #173845 - 01/08/2008 12:01 PM
Jenni Williams Webboard User Reg: 10-06-2005 Posts: 2686 Loc: llinois Offline	Quote: sarah ward and frankly I think their claim that they can reliably detect the breed components in a mixed breed dog is snake oil. THANK YOU! Someone who KNOWS about this on my team! Recently, we had a thread where a vet terrified a client by telling the guy his dog was part Pit Bull...well, I agree he is, but the vet didn't even wait long enough for "real" results. I really think this is dangerous misinformation and it has great potential for being used in BSL...scary. Someone else has a well-bred GSD who came back a Bernese Mountain Dog, if I remember correctly. Funny, but not really when you think about breed biases and what this could mean.
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Kristin Mortensen wrote 01/08/2008 12:31 PM Re: DNA testing [Re: Sarah Ward ] #173849 - 01/08/2008 12:31 PM
Kristin Mortensen Webboard User Reg: 10-10-2006 Posts: 223 Loc: UT Offline	Sarah, I think that's really good to know. I started suspecting that when I heard that in their fine-tuning, the GSDs were coming back as Bernese Mountain Dogs (or something similar). I just didn't have any other info (academic, anecdotal, or otherwise) to back it up. I have had at least one mix I was intensely curious about (was looked like a mini-GSD with clear merling and acted like an ACD/?, though she was never tested). I guess I'll have to relegate the breed tests to the shelf of: "In case I want to say something besides 'mutt' when strangers ask, 'Holy cow, what the heck is that?'"
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Sarah Ward wrote 01/08/2008 12:57 PM Re: DNA testing [Re: Kristin Mortensen ] #173857 - 01/08/2008 12:57 PM
Sarah Ward Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2005 Posts: 227 Loc: Colorado Offline	One of our dogs is an odd-looking Airedale mix, large and hairy, that people are always asking about. We tell them he's a Wakonda terrier, as in "wakonda dog is that"?
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Saffron K. Hall wrote 01/08/2008 01:27 PM Re: DNA testing [Re: Sarah Ward ] #173862 - 01/08/2008 01:27 PM
Saffron K. Hall Webboard User Reg: 01-24-2003 Posts: 384 Loc: Austin TX Offline	LOL!!! I've had a bunch of those in my lifetime!
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Wendy Roth wrote 01/08/2008 01:44 PM Re: DNA testing [Re: Sarah Ward ] #173867 - 01/08/2008 01:44 PM
Wendy Roth Webboard User Reg: 01-02-2008 Posts: 28 Loc: Offline	Now I'm curious. Will you post a pic of your wokonda dog? Smiles Wendy
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Wendy Roth wrote 01/08/2008 02:04 PM Trying to figure out my puppy's temperment [Re: Kathleen Heth ] #173877 - 01/08/2008 02:04 PM
Wendy Roth Webboard User Reg: 01-02-2008 Posts: 28 Loc: Offline	hijack moved
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Connie Sutherland wrote 01/08/2008 02:17 PM Re: Trying to figure out my puppy's temperment [Re: Wendy Roth ] #173881 - 01/08/2008 02:17 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Wendy: You have hijacked a DNA thread. What you need to do is to copy and paste your post into a NEW THREAD and then I will delete this post. Thank you.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 01/08/2008 02:21 PM DNA testing [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #173885 - 01/08/2008 02:21 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Back to the DNA thread. :-)
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Kathleen Heth wrote 01/09/2008 12:06 AM Re: DNA testing [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #174022 - 01/09/2008 12:06 AM
Kathleen Heth Webboard User Reg: 12-01-2006 Posts: 88 Loc: Offline	Thanks Sarah! So in other words I shouldn't waste my money since it's probably not accurate. YES he is neutered thank god couldn't imagine him with testosterone that'd be dangerous! Their is no purpose to my testing other than curiosity!
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Sarah Ward wrote 01/09/2008 10:16 AM Re: DNA testing [Re: Kathleen Heth ] #174049 - 01/09/2008 10:16 AM
Sarah Ward Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2005 Posts: 227 Loc: Colorado Offline	I wouldn't waste my money - if you can't figure out the likely breed components from the dog's appearance and (possibly) behavior and temperament, then it's a Wakonda! More seriously, not long ago I was discussing DNA testing of mixed breed dogs with one of my former genetics students who is now a veterinarian, and she told me this testing "service" is being aggressively marketed to veterinary practices. Now why doesn't this surprise me? Sad to say, most vets know very little about genetics, so they fall for it.
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