Wisdom Panel Dog DNA Test Kit - Canine Breed Identification and Ancestry Information

I tested my adopted puppy, who I knew to be a mixed breed, purely out of curiosity. First, the process itself. It is very easy to do; the instructions and materials are well done. I was especially careful with the waiting period for objects in the mouth (Phoenix is approximately 5 months, and is still in the chewing phase), so that presented a little bit of an issue, though undoubtedly a necessary one. I took her toys away and did it very late in the night as she was sleeping. The two included swabs have light bristles on the end. Phoenix did not mind one bit; in fact, she went back to sleep as I was doing it. Everything for return shipping is included, and it is all quite simple. It was marked as received 1 day after tracking indicated (again, completely understandable), and the website has its own tracker as it is processed. It was completed in about 7 days, 2 weeks before the promise date. More importantly, the results. I notice some of the others here doubt the results because it does not meet their preconceptions. This is understandable to a degree, but I came in with a more open mind. My dog's physical traits can be interpreted in many different ways, and it seems everyone has their own opinions (wire haired fox terrier/lab mix was the rescue's best guess, but she was very up front that it was in fact nothing more than a guess). I will include a picture on the product page so you can see for yourself (edit: this feature doesn't seem to be available right now for some reason, sorry). With that said, I was extremely surprised with the results. Yet, when I put the pieces available together, it did make some sense. Logically of course it could be argued that you could say that about just about anything, but I take it at face value. It turns out my 25 lb 5 month old wire haired puppy has a plurality of Yorkshire Terrier! Needless to say, nobody had that one. Still, my dog is such a mix that this still accounts for only 25% of her lineage. Indeed, the report did in fact get the adult weight range of 26-43 lbs correct despite the Yorkshire terrier (this is impressive in my opinion). The other primaries were Bulldog and cocker spaniel (12.5 % each). That leaves 50% mixed going back to at least her great-grandparents. The minors that showed had some dogs that made sense as well given her physical appearances (lab was included). Still, I am at a loss to explain her wire-haired coat (her hair is primarily black and about 3 inches and sheds very little, while her slight undercoat is a soft brown). In the end, I enjoyed it. It still left some questions, but this was expected going in. I do have one suggestion. The report is very ambiguous as to the mixed breed signatures (less than certain breeds). I completely understand that there are limitations given the complexity of the science and data pool, but I would like to know the quantifiable likelihood of these breeds. The bar graph doesn't help very much. It shows relative comparison to each other and in relation to "detection threshold" (which itself is not quantified), but I really have no reference to be able to say how likely any of them truly are. All I know is that these 5 breeds are possible, and more possible than other breeds. That's better than nothing, but given a bar graph is provided, more specific information it would seem is available. The bottom line - for me it was worth it. The results were both plausible and interesting. I am satisfied. Indeed, for me the idea that this kind of thing is even possible let alone available to the individual consumer is a scientific marvel. 25 years ago this was nothing more than science fiction. Now I have a DNA test on my dog to satisfy my curiosity! Pretty astounding when you think about it. Who knows, maybe in five years the test will have improved to the point where I can tell where my dog's hair came from.

We adopted a dog that clearly is majority australian cattle dog. The shelter we adopted her from also listed her as an australian cattle dog. Her behavior is identical to a stubborn, loyal, smart, i-dont-know-my-own-strength australian cattle dog. What we really wanted to know was what else this mixed dog has in her. I chose Wisdom Panel because of their reputation but also because of the extremely important fact that very few testing companies seem to include the australian cattle dog as a possible result. The mixed breed Wisdom Panel test was easy to use. I was glad the package contents had no liquids or anything complicated. It's just some swab sticks. You're not paying for the kit, it's probably 30 cents to put together... You're paying the lab testing done afterwards. I swabbed the inside of her mouth (twice since the kit comes with two sticks) and sent them back in the provided envelope. I was concerned I did not get much saliva on the swab stick because she was fighting me and because she had kennel cough which caused her mouth to be a bit dry. The email from Wisdom Panel came and I downloaded the PDF with her results. I was VERY relieved to see her large majority breed contribution was australian cattle dog. This, in my opinion, validated the test as an accurate one and made me trust the rest of the results. It listed australian shepard and collie as her other main breeds which I can definately see in her. This test outcome provided me with the information I needed. I can now treat her, train her, and discipline her better by knowing what she REALLY is. It also provided a whole bunch of fun since dogs are basically our children and we want to have these types of curiousities cured. Would I improve anything? For the price of the kit I think Wisdom Panel should print the results and put them in a nice folder and send them in the mail. It would be nice but I suppose getting a PDF (which is very nicely put together) is 'good enough' and can be printed and filed away. We adopted another dog recently and ordered another panel... The excitement builds. EDIT: We bought and used another Wisdom Panel Mixed Breed test. We adopted a dog labeled as "Chihuahua/Daschund" mix. I immediately started telling people that, based on physical looks and behavior, that this dog has to be beagle and most likely jack russell. I was told to trust what the shelter said. Not a chance. I did the Wisdom Panel test and it came back as two breeds: Beagle and Jack Russell. Take that, people. Also, the results contained NO question marks which are usually there when a dog has many many mixes in it. For example, the test for our Australian Cattle Dog came back as cattle dog, aus shephard, collie, and a whole bunch of question marks due to a very 'cluttered' ancestry. Not this test. It was very clear: this dog is a half half mix of beagle and jack russell. Once again, thanks Wisdom Panel!

I know that phenotypes don't always match genotypes. However, I'm still rather skeptical about the results of my dog's test. She is most definitely some sort of hound mix-- she bays and howls like nobody's business, has a hard hound coat, and an intense toy/prey drive. She's exuberantly friendly, incredibly stubborn, and goes deaf when she's on a scent. As a puppy I thought she might be a Beagle cross, but as she grew older Beagle seemed less likely, based on her size (almost forty pounds) and structure (very tall and lean with skinny legs and a narrow face). I waffled a bit over buying a DNA kit because of the poor reviews, but eventually I caved. The whole process was very simple: swabbed her cheeks after isolating her as per previous reviews for several hours with nothing to lick or chew and then sent the samples in. The results arrived rather quickly, just under two weeks after the sample was received. They indicate she's primarily a mutt, which I expected: only two breeds found in the last three generations. They also say she's 12.5% basset hound, which I definitely can see, in personality if not in stature. However, it's the rest that has me skeptical. The largest breed found in her (25%) is Cocker Spaniel. I just don't really see it in her at all. She doesn't look like a Cocker, and she doesn't act like a Cocker. The rest of the results (the less-than-12.5%) were equally as perplexing: 9% otterhound (one of the rarest breeds in the world!), 8% bullmastiff, and then a variety of wire-haired terriers. All put together, I'm just not sold. Could she be this odd combination of non-hound, very rare breeds? Maybe. But she doesn't look or act like a dog who supposedly only has 12.5% scent-hound in her, excluding otterhound, which again I just don't believe at all given the rarity. I gave it three stars because it is certainly entertaining and fun, and it's easy to do. Had a good laugh at the results. If you have fifty or sixty dollars to spare, go for it. But go into it knowing the results might be a bit suspect. That said, I may go ahead and buy another test for my other dog, if only to see if his results make more sense, or are equally as unexpected. I tested my 'hound' first because she at least sort of resembles some breeds, while I can't even begin to guess with him, other than some kind of terrier. First I'll have to work myself back up to stomaching another sixty dollars, though. UPDATE 08/15/12: I have to reduce this to one star, based solely on my experience when I ultimately did attempt to test my second dog. Note the 'attempt'. Again, I followed all directions. The dog was isolated for several hours with nothing to lick or chew prior to the test. I let the swabs air dry without touching anything before shipping them right off. This time, it took an entire week for the samples to be received at the lab, as opposed to roughly three days for the first test. A little strange, but I shrugged it off. For two complete weeks, the status checker on the website informed me the sample was being processed. Then this past Monday evening (8/13), it changed from being processed to results pending. Okay. Great! When I next checked it, however, it had reverted back to being processed. What? No word for Wisdom Panel on why, and for two days I waited, thinking it would change back. Nope. Finally, a bit confused, I e-mailed them asking what was going on. Their reply? The DNA sample was insufficient and didn't have enough markers, and if I wanted results, I would have to test again. Given that I followed their directions to a 'tee', could it be perhaps that the week the sample spent in the postal system in the dead heat of summer before they supposedly received it had anything to do with this insufficient DNA? I mean, a week seems like a heckuva long time for first class mail, especially when a sample sent not a month prior was received by them in less than three days! But what most rankled me is the fact that they apparently weren't going to tell me anything about this problem with my sample-- at least, not in a timely manner-- even though it seems quite clear that they knew about it on Monday, at the very least. If I hadn't e-mailed them, I feel like they would have just let me sit around for another two or three weeks despite knowing well and good that they couldn't analyze my sample. Not a good way to treat paying customers. Not to mention, when sending me back their form letter, they didn't even bother to fill-in-the-blanks with my dog's name... the e-mail literally read: "It has been brought to my attention that the sample you submitted for (pet name) was unable to be successfully processed..." Really? They offered to either send me a new kit-- no offer to expedite or anything like that, so that would mean another month or so of waiting with no guarantee that THIS sample would be sufficient-- or they said I could seek a refund. But because I bought through Amazon, they wouldn't actually give me the refund themselves. Cue a very nice LiveChat with an Amazon rep in which I was told I could not get a refund because I didn't physically have the product to return... well, long story short, I didn't take no for an answer and did end up with my refund. Go Amazon! But the whole experience has left a bitter taste in my mouth and I will definitely NOT be dealing with WisdomPanel again.

Since I already knew a little bit about my puppy's parents, I was able to verify that my results were indeed 100% accurate. The results showed the mother to be a purebred labrador retriever, and the father to be half purebred lab. So far, so good - I was impressed because I was a bit skeptical since most people who seek out these types of tests would have no way of verifying for sure whether the results were right or wrong. My situation was unique, in that our breeder would not answer emails or phone calls once we took possession of the puppy. We were actually told she was a purebred black lab, but as her hair remains very soft and is getting increasingly wavy by the day (she is 4 months old now), we could clearly see that she is not purebred - which is completely fine, but we needed to know more so we could make sure we're feeding her the right foods, the right amount of food, how best to train her, etc. We found another ad from the same breeder who occasionally describes her puppies as "75% lab, 25% retriever mix." So this test confirmed that to be the case. The only slight disappointment I had was that the test was unable to show me what the father was mixed with. It identified the father as half lab, half "Mix" and listed off some different types of dogs that it could be. So there's still a little bit of mystery, because although it lists off five potential breeds, it notes that it's unlikely that all of those breeds are actually present in the dog's lineage. This is not anything that the folks at Mars Laboratories did wrong - it's just a limitation of genetic testing in general that's worth understanding. Nobody is going to be able to go back 5 generations and tell you exactly every single breed in your dog's past. At the end of the day, I'm happy with the test because it allowed us to rule out the original idea that our Lola might actually be a Flat-Coated Retriever. She looks like a clone of many Flat-Coated Retriever puppies we've found via a Google search, and while those are beautiful and well-behaved dogs, they also have a very nasty problem with cancer (40% of them die of cancer, with only an expected 9 year lifespan). We were very happy to see that she is indeed mostly lab. We're still a little mystified about her wavy soft hair, but the mixed breed analysis at least gives us some ideas.

The swabs were easy to use. My rescue lab didn't mind at all even though I'd only had him for just a few days. He's still a very young boy at 2-years old and can be "mouthy," but he stood patiently while I swabbed his cheek twice for the requisite time...about 20-30 seconds for each of the two swabs supplied. My main reason for checking was he came from a shelter that had over 95% pit bulls brought in from the surrounding areas, plus he was still intact when I adopted him and was concerned that he might be part of developing a bigger, better fighting dog. The shelter folks, because of his tall, lanky build and enormous paws had him listed as lab/great Dane. Primarily wanted to know how to care for him if was indeed part Great Dane, and/or pit bull from a breeding operation...and especially how long I could expect him to live if descended from a giant breed, and if so, what I could do to increase his life span. While waiting for the test results I started researching Labrador Retrievers on-line and found to my amazement that the American Field Lab, also known as the "American Style," (as opposed to the the more familiar "English Style," which are shorter and more blocky,) is a taller, lankier version, with a shorter, sleeker coat, that are commonly used in field trials and as hunting dogs throughout the US. Found several American Field Champion sires that looked exactly like him, so much so that when I sent pictures of my guy and one of the purebred sires to my friends they could not tell which was which. After receiving the DNA results from Wisdom this was backed up 100%. The DNA results showed no other breed than Labrador Retriever as far back as the results measure. The results helped me understand my guy's story a little better, and gave me great comfort to know that however he ended up in a shelter, I had a better idea of what his health issues and temperament might be going forward. I looked at many other DNA testing companies before deciding on Wisdom, and found Wisdom had the largest database of breeds, as well as the highest recommendations from users. I also liked that a picture of the dog was neither requested nor required, so I had no feeling that the results of the test were in anyway "tailored," based on his appearance. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who wants to know more about their rescue or adopted dog's basic genetic history and how better to care for their dog, and what to expect from them, based on their genetic make-up. They also supply a nice "pedigree," that shows pictures of the type dog found in the genetic make-up of your dog. The whole thing is interesting, and well worth the price if you want to know more about your dog and how to care for him.

I bought 2 of these a couple weeks ago. We have 2 dogs, Hermione and Bender, that we were told upon their respective adoptions were 'designer hybrids'... a jack-chi (jack russell and chihuahua) and a dorgi (corgi and dachshund). We were pretty confident the jack-chi was what we were told she was. She looked just like one! But the Dorgi we were not sure. He has some corgi looking features and is long and thin but I had doubts. A google search for Dorgi produced no animal that looked like our Ben! I've owned the jack-chi for 6 years and ALWAYS wanted to know the truth about what she is. We adopted the dorgi for my husband 3 years ago and he didn't know such a test existed so when I told him about it a few weeks ago, he asked why we hadn't done it already! lol. Anyway, I ordered the tests for $100 for both and they arrived in 3 days. The instructions say that you have to basically quarantine them for a couple hours, not letting them eat or lick anything so the sample is not contaminated and then take a small round q-tip/tooth brush looking thing and rub it around their gums above their teeth for 15 seconds let it dry for 5 minutes and send it back. I read reviews that gave tips on crating them or putting them in a spare bedroom for that quarantine time, ect but I knew our Dorgi would be a problem! He licks evvvverything constantly! I decided that since our dogs sleep with us I would put their tests on my nightstand and do it first thing in the morning so there would be no contamination of samples. They would have 8 hours of not eating drinking or licking a thing! Some reviewers made it seem hard to get an uncontaminated sample and said the lab came back and said it was unusable. I was nervous! Well, I woke up at 3am to the dorgi licking me to go outside. LOL so I decided to go ahead and get the jack-chi sample as she was still adleep at the foot of the bed. I grabbed her swabs and woke her up and started rubbing. She probably didn't appreciate getting woken up like that! I tried to count to 15 as the instructions said but I only got to 5 on the first sample and 7 on the second. I let the dogs out and we all went back to sleep. When I woke up at 6:30am for work, Ben was still asleep so I grabbed his swabs and the same thing happened. He wouldn't tolerate the sample taking for more than 5 seconds! I was sure my samples would not be sufficient! But I had done what I could and I sent them in. That was Tuesday. 3 days later (Friday) I got an email saying that they had gotten them and the testing process had started. It said to expect results within 2 weeks. 7 days later, the following Friday around 6pm I checked my email and there were Bender's (dorgi) results. We were astonished! The PDF file was easy to read and had a family tree style diagram to clearly show us Ben's linage. We were astonished! Our dorgi was actually mostly made up of Australian Shepherd and Belgian Tervuren, the later being a breed we'd never even heard of. It had one whole line of ancestry that just said 'mixed breed' and when we scrolled down it said he was lowchen, shaffordshire bull terrier and collie and gave the percentages of each that made up that 'mixed breed' line. All of a sudden when we looked at Bender, we saw a completely different dog! Things made much more sense!! The way he looks, why his eyes are colored the way they are, his personality, ect... it was enlightening! But now I was anxious! Where were Hermione's results? Where was my confirmation telling me what I already knew? That Hermione was a Jack-chi? The next day, nothing came all day. It was the weekend, after all so I figured as much. I was sure I'd get them Monday but it was killing me! But then, as I laid down to go to sleep Saturday night I checked my email one last time on my iphone. There it was. Hermione's results were in. I shot out of bed and ran into the office to tell my husband and we huddled in front of my computer monitor at 11:30pm to open her PDF file. Again, I was shocked. I thought I knew my dog. I have an 'I <3 jack-chi's' tee shirt for crying out loud and the dog on the front of it looks JUST LIKE HERMIONE! But low and behold.... every single parent, grandparent and great grandparent of Hermione was a rat terrier. What I had on my hands was a full blooded rat terrier. At first I was actually disappointed, but Monday during some downtime at work I looked up the rat terrier and again... enlightenment. Everything started to make sense. She does look exactly like a rat terrier and her personality matches right up. The more I learned about this impressive breed the happier I got that I bought this test and found out the truth. I have always known I had an amazing animal on my hands, I mean Hermione single handedly (pawdedly?) turned my husband from a cat person to a dog person, but now here was proof that my dog really is something special :)I also know now what to looks for medically as she ages. The ailments that are common to her breed. So in summery, DNA sample taking turned out to be a snap, from ordering it off amazon to getting my results took 13 and 14 days respectively and I believe the results to be 100% correct. I am extremely pleased with this service and will no doubt purchase it for every single dog I adopt in the future!

...To start positive, the price was fair, close to the others I'd checked out. This test also ~claims~ to have the largest data base of dogs, a little over 170. Some of the others have much less, as little as 60 breeds or less in their database, but claim those 60 breeds represent 92%+ of all dogs. ...Digression: I don't know enough to confirm or criticize either claim about breed numbers. Wikipedia (not the most expert source, but at least "a" half-way reputable one) only says there are "hundreds" of variations, and that the dog is the most variable land mammal. I suppose it depends what you decide makes a difference. I saw other claims that the total number of dog breeds was upwards of 5000. With a claimed population (worldwide) of over 400 million dogs (more than all the people in the US), that would allow for about 80,000 of each breed if they all had equal size populations. but I went with the higher numbers. End of digression. ...Collecting the sample was easy. Two glorified Q-tips were enclosed; I swabbed each one around the dog's mouth sufficiently after he ate, so no food particles would contaminate the samples, put each in a tube to air dry, and then sealed and mailed them in the pre-paid envelope. No other costs to mail, to buy a mailer, to pay for processing, just the one cost to buy the kit. Okay, and a quarter for parking at the post office. If you drop your sample in a mail box, you can avoid that. ...Speed of acknowledgement of receipt was good, within several days, and speed of the report was also good, within 1-2 weeks of that. I wasn't in a hurry. I'm not going to quibble about the report coming by email, directing me to the site, where I downloaded the report as a pdf file, instead of sending the report by regular snail-mail. I was still able to get it in usable form and save it to reprint if necessary. ...The actual report was where they get docked a few points. The dog is identified by EVERYBODY (vets, neighbors, dozens of strangers, trainers, beach goers, a police officer,)as a pit bull. I figured that, as a stray, he could have some other stuff mixed in, so I wasn't expecting Aryan type purity. The report says he's only 1/4 "Am.Staff" (American Staffordshire is the commonly used fancy name for pit bulls), 1/4 Rottweiler, 1/4 "mixed breed" and 1/4 Whippet. I was a little disappointed that the 1/4 "mixed" couldn't be broken down further; apparently the test can only discriminate up to 25%, but would not show meaningful results if the dog was 24% or less of something. That part, and the "whippet" gave me a laugh. This dog is built like a Sherman tank: he has a huge block head with a huge neck, even bigger than mine, a super solid chest like a mastiff, and is close to 90 pounds; there is no way he has Whippet in him unless he ate one. (A Whippet is basically a scrawnier version (15-30 pounds) of the already thin greyhound. Apologies to Whippet/greyhound owners, I'm just trying to give a picture of my dog, not to insult theirs. I've seen some beautiful Whippets and greyhounds. Thinner dogs can run faster since they weigh less.)I'm not going to argue vociferously about the Rottweiler part; that may be true. At least it's a roughly similar build to an Am.Staff. ...Overall, if I have to wonder about the accuracy of the test, the other factors (cost, speed, number of breeds) don't really matter. I'm not really interested in sending in another sample from another address under another name. So, probably not the best test out there. I'll have to research some more before trying it again.

Ok, so we adopted this dog from the shelter, he is a great dog. He was about 1.5 years old when we got him, so he was just at the stage of leaving puppy stage to early adult. The shelter said that he was a Border collie and Lab mix. When you look at him you would agree. He has all of the marking of these two breeds. He definitely looks like he is this exact combination. So we started taking him to the dog park and for the first couple of months he was very well behaved and got along with all the other dogs. The on one day we took him to the park and presto, he was the big bad alpha. We thought he was just having a bad day. Well the next few times we took him he started fighting and he was the aggressor to start the fights. I then began to get concerned about his aggression. Also, Labradors are known to be very gentle and a non-aggressive breed. I started to think that he might not have Border collie, but might in fact have American Staffordshire and Lab. Some of the Staffies have the same type of markings as border collies. So I decided to DNA test him, and surprise. His results came back and he has absolutely no border collie or lab at all. It turns out he is 25% Chow, 25% Australian Cattle Dog, 25% English Cocker Spaniel and 12% Siberian husky. Now I am not saying the test was wrong, because he does exhibit traits of all these breeds, and he also demonstrates each of the breed physical traits. His black and white coat is probably a mix of Black Chow and Siberian husky. His fighting spirit obviously comes from the Chow and the Australian Cattle dog breed since they are part dingo. I must admit that I was very surprised by the results and it took a bit to digest. So I've decided that I will test the wisdom kit with my second dog. I have a pure breed dog, and I am going to obtain the mixed breed test to see if they can accurately identify my second dog's pure breed lineage. I will use my second dog as a control case. If they get it right, then I will agree that the test is accurate. I will post another review when I get the new results back. I do have an understanding of genetics and it's not unusual for the Phenotype (Physical Characteristics) to not manifest themselves like the underlying DNA and genes. Follow up - Oct 11, 2012 - Okay, this is a follow up to the above review. So, I ordered the second test and performed it on my second dog who is a purebreed. First, let me say that they got it right, they hit the target. My second dog is a boarder collie and the results came back that she is boarder collie. But there was a bit of a surprise, in that she is not 100%. It turns out that our purebreed is 92% boarder collie and 8% Lowchen. Now here is what has convinced me that the test is accurate. The only information that you provide with the DNA swab is the name of the dog and weight. From that they were able to determine that she was indeed boarder collie. Then it also revealed the Lowchen, so I decided to read up on the Lowchen and it turns out that they have some very unique qualities. My dogs name is annie, but I also had a little nickname for her because she had a funny little attribute. You see she has this extra fluffy butt, or at least some extra fur in her hind area that make it look larger than it actually is. When you push on it, it deflates. So, I have jokingly always called her "fluffy butt". When reading up on the Lowchen, it turns out that they have an odd nickname called "Fluff Butts". It looks like the breeder of my dog, must have been experimenting with crossing the boarder collie with the Lowchen to get some specific traits into their lineage. Anyways, I am going to give the Wisdom Panel DNA test kit, 5 stars. It is accurate, although you may get some surprises in the results as I have. I am convinced that both test provided accurate results for both of my dogs. Even if you don't beleive in the science, it is still fund to do.

Nous avons adopté notre petite chienne dans une famille dont la chienne avait eu une portee. Ne souhaitant pas nécessairement un chien pur race, nous avons craqué pour notre petite Polka. Les maîtres nous avaient dit qu'elle était un mélange de Spitz, sharpei, bulldog et pinscher. Mais en grandissante, on trouvait que Polka avait un physique et un tempérament nous faisant penser au Jack Russel. Nous avons donc décidé d'en savoir plus sur ses origines et en recevant les résultats, il s'avère qu'elle n'a pas du tout de Jack Russel dans ses gènes . Elle a bien du bulldog, sharpei, spitz comme nous l'avait indiqué la famille, mais aussi un gros pourcentage de chihuahua ! Faire le prélèvement est très simple, il suffit de frotter les écouvillons dans la joue du chien et de renvoyer le prélèvement dans une enveloppe pre-affranchie. Il faut ensuite s'armer de patience.. nous avons du attendre un peu plus d'un mois pour avoir les résultats. Mais il y a un site facile d'accès qui permet de suivre étape par étape la procédure afin de savoir où en est l'analyse. Les résultats sont ensuite communiqués sous forme de pourcentages avec une description de chaque race. Je suis donc plus que satisfaite de mon achat, et je conseille vivement Wisdom panel pour l'analyse adn permettant de définir les races d'origine pour les chiens. Nous sommes très contentes de savoir qui est notre petite Polka et nous allons pouvoir aussi mieux comprendre ses réactions et adapter notre éducation.

Sembr abbastanza accurato.

Easy to use and helped to understand our mix breed puppy better with certain behaviour. Money well spent.

La recogida de la muestra es muy sencilla y los resultados son muy rápidos y fiables. Muy recomendable.

A delightful little crossbred bitch from Dog's Trust recently joined our canine family members ( Bichon Frise & Lhasa Apso). The only breed information we had from Dog's Trust was that she was possibly a Bichon Frise cross. We've had Bichons for the last 16 years and she certainly has some similarities (size, weight, non-shedding curly coat and adorable, intelligent temperament), but we were very curious about the rest of her breeding because of her colour, body & facial shape and other quirky aspects of her personality. When I mentioned this during a visit to our vet, I learned about DNA testing. I didn't even realise it existed! After finding this Wisdom Panel test kit on Amazon, and ordering on 18th August, the kit arrived within a few days. It contains 2 swabs, a very clear set of instructions and a return addressed envelope. Both swabs are for one dog. The test was quick and easy to do, even with her tiny mouth. Just place each swap between the dog's cheek and gums for around 10 to 15 seconds, then leave to air dry for 5 minutes, replace inside the supplied package. Follow the instructions to register your DNA test on-line where you are given a unique ID reference number. Then, after entering those details on the DNA sample, you just return the envelope in the post. No photos,or description, or other information is required. Great communication from Mars Petcare throughout the whole process including acknowledgement emails, and updates, and you can also track progress on their website. Less than 3 weeks after ordering the kit, the test result arrived by email as a PDF - 13 full colour pages including an illustrated family tree, going back to her great grandparents. With great excitement, we have discovered that our gorgeous little girl Mollie has some fascinating breeding. A detailed description of each breed detected is included in the results. I had already decided that she must have some miniature Shnauzer ancestry, but I was completely wrong! Her real ancestry is totally unexpected! Her breeding is Bichon Frise, Chinese Crested, Bedlington Terrier, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, English Cocker Spaniel, Miniature Poodle Cross! We would never have known all this without the DNA test and what we have discovered is helping us enormously with understanding her even better, now and in the future. There is also an option to add a photo to her family tree certificate which we are going to do next. I can't recommend this highly enough to all dog owners who have a cross breed dog in their family. Worth every penny, and I have already recommended the test to several friends. Have attached a photo of our precious Mollie - we can't imagine life without her now, and thank you to Wisdom Panel for providing such a fantastic service and product.