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I rescued a 'hound mix' from the local humane society almost a year ago when he was 7 months old. They had no breed history on him but their adult size estimate has been more or less accurate: approx. 75lbs.
I have my thoughts about what breeds he is based on a few characteristics, but I decided to do a cheek-swab DNA test just out of curiosity. I followed the instructions to the letter and submitted a photo of him for his "official certificate" when he was just about 8 months old and still had a bit of a puppy face. The results were surprising to say the least!
The DNA testing company is 95% confident in their results and I'm 99% skeptical of them. Everybody who knows or has seen my dog have all laughed at the results when I've shared them. I even sent them recent photos like the ones below (along with a friendly assurance that I wouldn't be asking for my money back or anything silly like that - but that I'm just curious and think there may have been a mistake) and they were a little stubborn in their response and upped their claim of 95% to being 99.9% sure of their results.
What do you think? Do you have any guesses about what breeds he might be? To avoid influencing guesses either way I'll share the actual DNA test results once I get some feedback from the community.
Thanks and looking forward to hearing what you all think.
I have my thoughts about what breeds he is based on a few characteristics, but I decided to do a cheek-swab DNA test just out of curiosity. I followed the instructions to the letter and submitted a photo of him for his "official certificate" when he was just about 8 months old and still had a bit of a puppy face. The results were surprising to say the least!
The DNA testing company is 95% confident in their results and I'm 99% skeptical of them. Everybody who knows or has seen my dog have all laughed at the results when I've shared them. I even sent them recent photos like the ones below (along with a friendly assurance that I wouldn't be asking for my money back or anything silly like that - but that I'm just curious and think there may have been a mistake) and they were a little stubborn in their response and upped their claim of 95% to being 99.9% sure of their results.
What do you think? Do you have any guesses about what breeds he might be? To avoid influencing guesses either way I'll share the actual DNA test results once I get some feedback from the community.
Thanks and looking forward to hearing what you all think.



