DNA Contest Results

Well, the results are in from Keebler's DNA test, and they are not what you might expect. We had over 50 entries in the contest and in the end, only 4 guesses included even one of the breeds listed in his family tree. The overwhelming majority of you guessed that he was some combination of the following breeds:

   Australian Cattle Dog
   Blue or Red Heeler
   Pit Bull
   Husky
   Shepherd

These were all fairly logical guesses. As you may recall, we had Keebler listed as a Heeler/Husky mix. He had characteristics of both of those breeds, as well as a few others. I think you will find that the results of the test show us, that picking the breeds involved in a mixed breed dog, are a lot harder than you might think.

The results of the test are the following:

One of his great grandparents was a Miniature Long Haired Dachshund.
One of his other great grandparents was at least half Toy Fox Terrier.
His other great grandparents were both mixed breeds as was his grand parents and parents.

The other breeds found in his DNA makeup were in order of the highest % to the lowest %  as follows:

     American Foxhound
     Ibizan Hound
    Greyhound
    Minature Short Haired Dachshund
    Black and Tan Coonhound

As I said earlier, only four of you had even one of these breeds as your guess. To be as fair as possible we have put the names of the four in a hat and randomly drew the winner from these.
And the winner is: Marjorie Thornton

Her guess was Pit Bull/Heeler/Coonhound/Husky

The test will come in handy as she adopted a mixed breed dog from us 6 weeks ago. His name is Theo and they have been very curious about what breed he is. Remember, that if you are curious about what breed your dog is, you can purchase one of the DNA kits from us for $60. What a great way to help out the shelter, and find out if that mixed breed dog of yours is really a Dachshund in disguise. Thanks for playing.

POSSIBLE MIXED BREEDS