you can simply have your vet draw some blood on your pet, submit it to:

http://www.wisdompanel.com/

and let them tell you what mixes are in your dog !!!

a rep was by last week and had a bunch of pictures of mixed breed dogs and asked us to identify what we thought was in them. we didn't guess one right lol.

this is much better than the metamorphix company who asks you to submit a picture along with a cheek swab for identification. the cost, depending on the vet, ranges from 125-190. i asked my son if he wanted to find out exactly what is in max and he told me it would be nuts to spend that kind of money to find out. can't say that i disagree with him in my own opinion, but i am sure that there are more than enough people out there that would spend that to know.

there are a few breeds that they don't have genetic markers for, but the most common of all breeds they do have so i am sure that the majority of people who submit blood will get an answer.

i imagine it may be of special interest to those who are duped into spending thousands on the new designer mutts, and wind up with a dog that doesn't look like any of the breeds they thought they were buying.

Interesting! Pretty sure that as time goes by the cost will probably come down a bit too, just as it has with human DNA testing.

Should prove particulalrly interesting (as you say) for those who purchase "purebreds" who just may not be all that "pure"~

This would actually be pretty beneficial to many of our adopters. Thank you for the website!

Being the pessimist that I am, when I see this, I can’t help but think of the downside.

When you tell your insurance company, or your local AC if you are in a BSL area, that your pit bull is actually a lab mix, they can now say prove it or lose it.

On the upside, it could work the other way as well.

A friend of mine did a test like this, through another company, for her schnauzer/poodle mix. It came back that he was a St Bernard & Daschund.

Wow, that is pretty neat. :)
St. Bernard and a Daschund?? My goodness!

good point cushi

I find guessing much more fun!!!