Wisdom panel DNA testing kit

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Has anyone used these? Or any other testing panel?
How do you know that the results are for the named dog? Surely it would be easy to send in a swab for any dog?

 

[CorvusCorax]

I guess it depends on how they manage the database/record the results. The one my dog is on, which is the main database for the breed, both her parents and their parents went through the same system and the blood samples are held on file, tied to their microchip/registration numbers. So her results are tied to the dog her papers/chip number/say she is. If that makes sense. And I can look it all up on a website.
There has been fraud over the years but it's harder to do now.

I did see someone post the other day that their Malinois had tested DM clear and had a load of breedings but some of the progeny were coming back as carriers, which shouldn't be possible if both parents are clear. They retested their male and he came back as a carrier. Not sure what the mix-up has been.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I guess it depends on how they manage the database/record the results. The one my dog is on, which is the main database for the breed, both her parents and their parents went through the same system and the blood samples are held on file, tied to their microchip/registration numbers. So her results are tied to the dog her papers/chip number/say she is. If that makes sense. And I can look it all up on a website.
There has been fraud over the years but it's harder to do now.

I did see someone post the other day that their Malinois had tested DM clear and had a load of breedings but some of the progeny were coming back as carriers, which shouldn't be possible if both parents are clear. They retested their male and he came back as a carrier. Not sure what the mix-up has been.

A few years back there were cases in Lancashire heelers where dogs developed PLL which on paper should have been impossible. DNA tests proved the wrong dam was named and offsprings papers were changed to "dam unknown". The breeder is still breeding and judging! Until the KC demand dna testing on all stock they register it will happen as the tests rely on peoples honesty.

 

[Jenko109]

I bet its rife.

Not entirely related, but years ago I got offered to put my Heinz cob type mare to a Section D stallion. Owner was happy to say the foal was out of a different mare so it could be a registered Welsh, providing it was gelded if it were a colt.

I didn't, but you can see how easy it would be across the dog world for people to lie about a multitude of things.

 

[Dobiegirl]

Ive just had one done for Zara my Romanian rescue dog with Wisdom, I never mentioned she was Romanian or sent in a photo. Apparently she has 19 breeds in her make up some of which I have never heard of. As my sister said its mongrels breeding with mongrels so you are going to get a wide range, even so it still takes a bit of believing. Here are just a few

12%Segugio Italiano
11% Peruvian Inca Orchid (apparently one of the rarest breeds in the world)
11% Chi
11% Fijian Street dog
9% Ovcharka
9% Wolf

Other breeds in there at smaller percentages are GSD,Daxie,Peke,Pomeranian etc

One health issue a marker for degeneration disc disease which I'm guessing is the Daxie , I am not rushing to the vets for xrays but will mention it next time I visit.

They had her colour right black with tan points and some white but they had her ears wrong saying flop ears whereas they are erect.

One interesting point was she has a distant relative who lives in Edingburgh and he looks a lot like her, he is a Romanian rescue.

 

[CorvusCorax]

So they're saying your dog has a higher percentage of one of the rarest breeds in the world, than some of the most common?! I'd be interested to see what they measured against and how.

I know everyone hates bureaucracy but I'd love it if every breed or society had the same sort of set-up and commitment to record keeping and the will to enforce minimum health requirements and test results/rescind titles or ban animals from breeding, as they do in Germany.