This morning I was happy to find an email from Wisdom Panel saying Gracie's panel results from her Doggie DNA test were ready! Throughout the process, Wisdom Panel provided a helpful status tracker for anxious pet owners (me!) awaiting their results. At anytime, I could check online to see 1. that they received my sample kit, 2. that it was being processed and I was alerted immediately when 3. the report was ready for download.
Gracie's results were provided in a user-friendly graphical format, displaying the breeds found in her analysis to be American Bulldog, Australian Cattle Dog and Anatolian Shepherd Dog. Gracie's testing only resulted in "intermediate breeds" which means 25% of her DNA matched their database for the 3 breeds listed.
I was surprised to find that Rat Terrier was not listed as a "significant breed" but when I cross-referenced the Wisdom Panel Breed Library, rat terrier was not one of their 170 breeds profiled in the database. I was not surprised to see Australian Cattle Dog though as I've long suspected she has some sort of herding breed in her. And, American Bull Dog would also explain the brindled coat. I'm still at a bit of a loss for Anatolian Shepherd Dog, that one might be way down on the family tree.
This has definitely been an exciting and rewarding experience. Having an ancestral profile of Gracie will help me to better understand her behavior tendencies and provide her with the proper nutrition and exercise programs that make her most happy!
Gracie's fortunate to have you in her life, caring enough to want to know what to expect for her health (and from her behavior) due to her ancestry.
Posted by: Greg S | 02/26/2010 at 06:26 AM
Informative Sight...keep up the good work..
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Posted by: Naturally kick Doggy | 02/03/2010 at 09:05 PM
Great insight!! Thanks for the information!
Posted by: Rachel S | 02/02/2010 at 08:40 AM