Unexpected Wisdom Panel Results – October Edition
Browsing the Wisdom Panel community page can lend itself to some real mysteries of dog genetics. I would have never guessed these mixes on my own. Wisdom Panel results can be quite fun and entertaining. I recently had Laika tested and while it’s not nearly as surprising as these examples I’m still puzzled by the Bernese Mountain Dog part.
What are Wisdom Panel Kits?
Wisdom Panel is a dog DNA test kits you can buy for your dog. You simply take a couple swabs from inside your dogs cheek and send it off to their lab. In about 3 weeks you’ll receive your dogs personalized ancestry report (you can see Laika’s here).
If you’ve ever considered testing out your own dog Wisdom Panel is currently offering 15$ off and donating $5 to the American Humane Society with every purchase through 11/24 with the code AHA2014.
How Accurate are Dog DNA Tests?
The accuracy of the test varies depending on how much of a mix your dog really is. If your dog has two purebred parents the results were shown to be 84% accurate in 2009 by the National Canine Research Council.
If you own a mixed breed dog chances are you’re like me and have spent many hours pondering the possibilities of dog breeds possible. Eventually my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to buy a Wisdom Panel DNA test for my dog Laika. I was pleased with the results and it helped explain a few of her personality traits.
October’s Unexpected Wisdom Panel Results
Little One from Alabama
Little One’s Results
25% Dogue de Bordeaux
25% Smooth Fox Terrier
25% Mix
12.5% Weimeraner
12.5% German Shepherd
Cali from Arizona
Cali’s Results
50% Boxer
12.5% Finnish Spitz
12.5% German Shepherd
12.5% Saint Bernard
12.5% Mix
Andie from Arizona
Andie’s Results
50% Mix
25% Akita
25% Vizsla
Luna from Wisconsin
Luna’s Results
50% Australian Shepherd
25% Curly Coated Retriever
25% Mix
Gaby from West Virginia
Gaby’s Results
50% Pomeranian
25% Standard Wirehaired Dachshund
25% Great Dane
Pixie G from Washington
Pixie G’s Results
50% Chihuahua
25% Mastiff
25% Shih Tzu
Cypher from Virginia
Cypher’s Results
25% American Foxhound
25% Rottweiler
25% Siberian Husky
12.5 % Labrador Retriever
12.5% Mix
Lily from New Hampshire
Lily’s Results
25% American Eskimo Dog
25% Rottweiler
25% Mix
12.5% Afghan Hound
12.5% German Shepherd
Kaylee from New Jersey
Kaylee’s Results
50% Dalmatian
25% Mix
12.5% Bloodhound
12.5 % Mastiff
Shiner from Georgia
Shiner’s Results
25% Bulldog
25% Greyhound
25% Irish Setter
25% Mix
Mufasa from New Jersey
Mufasa’s Results
50% American Staffordshire Terrier
25% Chinese Shar Pei
25% Newfoundland
Duffy from Indiana
Duffy’s Results
25% Basset Hound
25% Mix
12.5% Dachshund
12.5% Shiba Inu
12.5% Leonberger
12.5% Miniature Pinscher
What do you think about dog DNA tests?
Do you believe dog DNA tests are accurate? Have you had your own dog tested? Did you have any surprising breeds show up in your dogs report? I love these results so please share yours below if you’ve had your dog tested. How satisfied were you with the results?
For myself I did it for fun. I knew no matter what breeds ended up on Laika’s report I’d get a good laugh and be able to end a few friendly wagers with friends and coworkers. If you enjoy these unexpected Wisdom Panel results be sure to check out our previous doggie dna results from September & July.
Gaby’s suggested DNA certainly runs the gamut! It’s hard to imagine a Pomeranian or Dachshund
getting together with a Great Dane. Also, Lily’s “Mix” gene must be awfully strong (let’s hear it for the mutts!)
Oh yeah, I had to include Gaby because of that – I really hope the mom was the Great Dane…
50% mix? How helpful is that?
I almost considered not including Andie because of those results but I did find it a bit unexpected that the two breeds that did show up weren’t what I would have expected. I think that’s the major downfall of these tests – if your dog has a ton of different breeds they’re all so diluted they end up with mostly mixed results.
Well Ace’s result came back as “Lab mix.” When I got the results, I was like, “Well, I could’ve told you that!” 🙂 It was still fun to do the test though. I think he is too much of a mixed breed for the text to distinguish the breeds. It suggested “traces” of German shepherd, dachshund, dutch shepherd, basenji and a few others. But it did say he is half Lab.
Well I’m certainly glad it came back with half Lab – I would question it if it didn’t. I love thinking of Ace with traces of Dachshund 🙂
Browsing that forum is addictive! At least it is for me. I marvel at some and nod my head at other dna results. We’re still laughing about Rosie’s report. Still can’t believe my verified mutt has measurable Akita 🙂
I agree, I find myself browsing those communities all the time. I love guessing dog breeds, I’m glad to know I’m not alone 🙂
That’s so cool to read all your results!! It wouldn’t be worth me doing it as it’s pretty obvious I’m all Bearded Collie! 🙂
I hope you’re having a fun day,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
It sounds to me like these tests are not all that accurate. I would think that 84% would be higher with two purebred parents.
It’s something that I have been searching for but unfortunately the 2008 study I reference seems to be one of the only scientific studies I could find that had a large sample size. Wisdom Panel has done many tests and claim to have over 90% accuracy but I want to find outside sources. I’ve found many articles with a few tests that all claim 90% accuracy as well but they’ve all been really small sample sizes. I think the tests main purpose is for fun and curiosity – it does seem like they’ve improved quite a bit since 2008 – they’re up to 321 genetic markers whereas a few years ago they were only testing for 212. It’ll be interesting to see if more markers they test for leads to higher accuracy.
We just rescued a puppy named Barkly and they said he was Australian Shepard mix..
well we did the test and this is what we found out..
Barkly is:
1) 50% American Eskimo
2) 25% Staffordshire Terrier
3) 12.5% Australian Shepard
4) 12.5% Shar Pei
I think we were surprised by the Shar Pei and Staffordshire Terrier
We thought Barkly was originally more the. 50% Australian Shepard
No matter what we love him to pieces…
Penny’s Wisdom Panel came back with:
– 25% Australian Cattle Dog
– 25% Chihuahua
– 2.5% Maltese
– 12.5% Parson Russell Terrier
– 12.5% Bichon Frise
– 12.5% Breed Group(s).
We adopted Penny as a puppy from a rescue in Denver. Their vet believed that she was mostly Norwich Terrier with a touch of something else. She looks just like a Norwich with a solid wheaten coat except her legs are a bit longer than most Norwichs and she weighs 15.5 lb, which is above the average weight of 12 lbs for a Norwich.
Correction for typo “12.5% Maltese”