More Unexpected Wisdom Panel Results
Do you know what breeds make up your dogs heritage? If you’ve got a mixed breed dog you can find out by using a dog DNA test.
You take a sample from the inside of your dogs cheek, mail it in, and in a couple weeks you’ll have your results. I recently had my own dog tested; you can see the results here.
What Are Dog DNA Test Kits?
Wisdom Panel tests are dog DNA test kits you can buy for about $80. You take a DNA sample from your dogs cheek, send it in, and in about three weeks you’ll receive your dogs ancestry report.
I was hesitant at first but finally decided to try it out. Although I don’t see any Bernese Mountain Dog in Laika the rest of her results are pretty convincing.
How Accurate Are Wisdom Panel Tests?
The accuracy of the test results can vary. In 2009 the National Canine Research Council found Wisdom Panel to be 84% accurate when testing dogs with F1 parents, that is dogs who have two purebred parents. Mars has since added more genetic markers to their tests and claims 90% accuracy.
Doggie DNA tests can bring out some unexpected results. For the most part I wasn’t too surprised by many of the results, but a few really stuck out as odd. Results I would have never guessed. While browsing through the community section I found some more unexpected Wisdom Panel results.
Unexpected Dog DNA Results
Susie’s results
Susie from Illinois
50% Akita
50% Rottweiler
Clyde’s results
Cylde from New York
25% Alaskan Malamute
25% American Eskimo
25% Chow Chow
25% Russell Terrier
TJ’s results
TJ Ryder from Louisiana
25% Cardigan Welsh Corgi
25% Lhaso Apso
25% Whippet
25% Mix
Pepper K’s results
Pepper K from Nevada
25% English Cocker Spaniel
25% Lhaso Apso
25% Soft Coated Wheaton Terrier
25% Weimeraner
Rusty’s results (I think Rusty is the definition of a Heinz 57 dog)
Rusty from Texas
12.5% Chinese Shar Pei
12.5% Rottweiler
12.5% Standard Schnauzer
62.5% Mix
Anders’ results
Anders from New York
25% Boxer
25% Shiba Inu
25% Miniature Poodle
25% Scottish Deerhound
Riley’s results
Riley from Oregon
25% Border Terrier
25% Pomeranian
25% Samoyed
12.5% Maltese
12.5% Mix
Levi’s results
Levi from Connecticut
50% Papillion
25% Great Pyrenees
25% Mix
Lucy’s results
Lucy from Iowa
50% Norwegian Elkhound
25% Shih Tzu
25% Mix
Clover’s results
Clover from Minnesota
50% Labrador Retriever
25% Border Collie
25% Mix
Waylon’s results
Waylon from California
50% Boxer
37.5% Irish Setter
12.5% Mix
Ashby Lee’s results
Ashby Lee from Michigan
75% Carin Terrier
25% Great Dane
Bailey’s results
Bailey from Ohio
25% Collie
25% Mastiff
25% Siberian Husky
25% Mix
I think I’m going to take the plunge and get my dog tested. I’ve always assumed she’s a Shepherd/Lab mix but it would be nice to know if there’s anything else significant in her ancestry. Have you tried out a Wisdom Panel test for your dog? Were you satisfied with the results? Did any surprising breeds show up?
Further Wisdom Panel Results
- My dog Laika’s DNA Test Reults
- Unexpected Wisdom Panel Results (July)
- Unexpected Wisdom Panel Results (October)
So as you see I did end up buying a DNA test for my dog and I’m both pleased and entertained by the results. Results may not be guaranteed but they seem pretty accurate for my dog. They’ve helped explain some of her personality traits for sure.
I’d recommend a dog DNA test to anyone curious about their dogs ancestry. Check out Laika’s results for an example of the report you’ll receive.
We did a DNA test years ago on Tino. It was Canine Heritage test – they didn’t have the same percentages, but Tino is in the same camp as Rusty – a real Heinz. http://slimdoggy.com/doggie-dna/
Wow a real Heinz 57 for sure 🙂
Some of those results are hilarious! I’ve been wanting to do the dna tests for a while but I can’t see wasting the money on it. Lol
I know, it took me so long to finally decide to do it. I’m trying my hardest not to think of it as a waste of money lol.
I have done the Wisdom Panel on two of my dogs, and actually did a similar post to this with some interesting results that people received.
It’s pretty addicting looking through their community, so many mixes I would never have guessed.
We got Rosie’s results last week and still can’t stop laughing. I’ll be blogging about it soon. I love what you’ve done here with these results. Rosie is a Heinz 57 like Rusty. It’s some of the breeds that have us shaking our heads.
Sweet, I can’t wait to see the results 🙂
Some of these results are definitely odd! I am not too sure about these DNA tests. I have always wanted to get one done on Koda, because I am not too sure he is 100% husky, but I am pretty skeptical of these tests though.
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Yeah not what I was expecting from a lot of these at all.
Penguin came up as 50% Pomeranian, 25% mini schnauzer and 25% mix. We always thought she was a Schipperkee mix or maybe had daschund or corgi in there due to short legs and long body. I can 100% see the Pom though.
I would have said Schipperke as well. It’s so fun trying to guess on our dogs; I can’t wait to try out ours. I can see the Pomeranian in there, Penguin is really cute.
When I adopted Sophie, she was listed as a beagle/spaniel mix by the rescue group that we fostered/adopted her from. I was certain that there was some beagle in there due to her face, size, and the white tip on her tail, but also speculated that there may be some pomeranian in her (her coloring, coat length/texture, and her puffy/curved tail were reminiscent of my grandmother’s pom). Her results came back as 50% mixed, 25% pomeranian, and 25% bullmastiff! She’s a 22lb dog :)! The test said that the mixed-breed heritage could have English sheepdog, Australian Shepard, or lab in it.
The results were definitely surprising, but were fun to read about. Her temperament is all mastiff – she’s the most calm, loyal, and quiet dog that I’ve ever known. She’s also extremely smart and does seem to want to herd other dogs at the dog park (pom and perhaps sheepdog or shepard).
I would have never guess Mastiff in any way, shape or form for Sophie. I would have definitely said Beagle mix, sometimes these tests come back with such interesting results. She’s super cute and I’m glad you had fun doing the test. I’m eagerly awaiting out kit to try it out.
The important thing to keep in mind is that the results are only 84% accurate even when dealing with two known-breed purebred parents. Always take this with a grain of salt. But it’s still fun to do.
Yeah I think that’s why I’ve been so hesitant to buy a kit. I couldn’t resist anymore because I know regardless of the results it’ll be fun.
We were excited to get our pup’s DNA panel and expected it to say Mexican Street dog as he was rescued from Mexico. We were disappointed in the results as it didn’t tell us much. This was it:
12.5% chow chow
12.5% staffordshire terrier
12.5% German shepard (ok I see this one)
62.5 Terrier group and protection group (multiple breeds listed-no specifics) I tried to post a pic, but he looks like a shep/lab
Actually I don’t think any of these are really surprising. I can see features of many of the breeds listed beneath the photos. The boxer cross setter looks pretty obvious when you have the DNA results to back it up for example. One might assume great dane but just morphing the features of those two breeds in photoshop will give something similar. I suppose dogs do not take after their parents 50/50, they may have throwback traits, they make take after one in size and the other in coat length or colour, some genes will be dominant and some recessive, just like humans, a lot of dogs of completely different colours seem to end up with black puppies with white bibs for some reason. Even the papillon + great pyrenees is not that strange given the dog is much bigger than a papillon and smaller than a pyranees (how is that mating even possible? Presumably one of the parents was only half pyranees.)
Had my pure bred registered dog tested, gave a random pure breed dog.
But…when I took her to the vet had the 300$ test done..it said her actual breed… Wisdom panel has told people their dogs are purebred, when the they’re quite obviously mixed too.