Wisdom Panel Breed Discovery Dog DNA Kit: Most Accurate Dog Breed Identification, Test for 365+ Breeds, MDR1 Health Test, Ancestry, Relatives

Most of us barely understand how genes are inherited. Two purebreds of different breeds won’t make a 50/50 dog. You might get 2% mom 98% dad. And still your dog may look exactly like mom. Litter mates with same parents will get 75% mom, 23% dad 2% of a common ancestor both parents share. (Like Wolf) Complicating matters, in addition to the ability of a single litter of pups having multiple fathers, Dogs are notoriously inbred. Purebreds are just dogs made from other breeds until a desired result is obtained, then inbred to maintain a “standard” so your pit bull probably has some staffordshire terrier and bull terrier genes inherited from great great great (x15) grandma. Genetics are wild, unpredictable and amazing.I did the wisdom panel and the embark tests. They differed only slightly. Averaged out, he’s 25% each of Airedale, German shepherd, and Labrador. The other 25% is a mix of other breeds. At least it gives some insight into my hyper, water loving, protective dog that needs a job.

I always use Wisdom! They are reliable and spot on with DNA identification. It's a simple gum to cheek culture and mailed back in the supplied box. They acknowledge receipt of the test and then 7-10days or sooner, you have results.

We offered the Wisdom panel at the veterinary clinic I worked at for many years. When it was done by a blood sample. I had faith in it then and I still have faith in it! Saliva sample testing make it so much easier for owner and pet! Much more affordable! Valuable information for any dog owner.

Amazing to find out our rescue dog's DNA - helped us understand her better.

We adopted the muttiest little mutt around, about a year and a half ago. People constantly ask us in public what his breed is and we could only guess. Obviously, it doesn't make a difference but we've been so curious ourselves. His gigantic ears that stick straight up, combined with his scrawny little body and beagley-print... we have been throwing around the idea of one of these tests for a while and finally pulled the trigger on this affordable one.The instructions were a bit hard to follow as they were short blurbs written on the box and left questions that were clearly spelled out but in random spots on the box. That's my only complaint though. I'll say this to help you:Register the test and fill out the swab packet FIRST. It's hard enough to write on the packet without the swabs in it, I can imagine it would be impossible if you stuffed the swabs in first.USE A TIMER when you're gathering the samples!!!! 15 seconds seems like it would be easy to guess at but when my husband actually counted out 15 seconds for the second sample, it was obvious that my guess at 15 seconds for the first swap might not have been a full 15 seconds.Wait 5 minutes for the swabs to dry before you put them in the packet. This is one of the bits of info that is on the box, but not IN the instructions. I kind of guessed and I'm pretty sure I had wound up waiting at least that long but didn't see this on the box until I was sealing it all up. Weird that it's not in the actual steps.They say it takes 2-3 weeks for results. Once they receive the swabs, they tell you it's 2-3 weeks from the time they RECEIVE the swabs (OH, the HUMANITY!!!!). However, it was a week later from this time that we were pleasantly surprised with our results. I'm sure it will be a longer wait around the holidays when people get this as a gift and whatnot.The results on our little Wesley were surprising but not at all unlikely. The only disappointing part was how on one side of his family tree, they could only narrow him down to "groups". I feel like the science is just not there yet for this level of mutt though. We did get definitive results for over 60% of his breed profile though, so we still got really good answers. The 30ish% was a mix of 4 different breed groups. I'm just glad that we didn't get any "Unknown" answers like I've seen in reviews on other brands of this type of test!!!!So, in conclusion, we had a lot of fun doing this and were pleased with the layout and details of the results. The way it breaks down the family tree is really cool and it's nice to know he doesn't have that medicinal defect it tested for. We liked it so much that we ordered another one to test on our husky. He's a rescue too and we've been curious if he's full husky or if he has anything else mixed in.If you time it out right, you can get this test for as little as $65 (that's the lowest I've seen it, with the Veteran's Day sale and includes tax and shipping) through the Wisdom Panel website! That's what we did for this 2nd one we just bought.

Exactly what I wanted

This dna test is great. We had guesses of what our dog could possibly be, but we needed a more definite answer. We couldn't be happier and surprised by the results. Now everything has been explained.

Super easy to take swabs for test. Clear instructions! Can't wait for the results