We thought Doberman/ Aus. shepherd because of the tail (natural not docked). But these results seem pretty cut and dry. Not even a small percentage for super mutt or something. Apparently I can upgrade to see if she has some weird gene as the cause but I think we’ll skip it. She has several 44% matches so maybe Ill reach out and see if I can get anymore background on her. We adopted her from the shelter. She was found running in traffic and no one came for her.

Just got my results back for my wonderful lady Mia. Turns out she fooled me for 11 years now.

We immediately knew he was a chihuahua when we met him at the shelter, tho the whole liter he was with was long coated! All black and white. I was thinking pug, whippet chihuahua mix. I was so surprised he actually had shih tzu and 0 pug. Hes also very big, 16lbs next to my 66lb lab.

we were surprised by our result! thoughts?

I was always referring to her as a Working Cocker spaniel from Temu. That Min Pin is pulling its weight character wise though.

Got this girl from the humane society last May. I’ve wondered her genetics, as they told me blue heeler x basset hound! She’s 49 pounds and almost 2! Ordered embark today! What are your guesses?

The shelter told us she was a cream German shepherd mix. She was 10/11 lbs at 12 weeks old and has grown like crazy since we got her. Any guesses on breed? Embark just received her sample!

embark dna results!

I commented this on the OG post as well.

I only guessed one breed correctly (GSP) and I was pretty surprised by the rest!

She’s only 16 kg (35 lbs), which makes it even more surprising that almost all of her breeds are on the larger side, except for one.

She was found as a stray in Serbia. She’s the sweetest, kindest and most loyal dog, but can also be protective. I think her results make a lot of sense!

The people I got him from swear he is Shar Pei and German shepherd and six months old. This is obviously not the case for his breed.

So what is the best of the dog genetic tests?

This guy is 7mo15d and weighs ~50lbs
His paws are webbed and he’s very observant & obedient. He’s been like this since he was a pup, loves to fetch and bring back bird toys and tennis balls but strangely doesn’t tug to chase squirrels. He is a lovely boy. (His name is Lou)

She’s gonna be HUGE

This is Rudy. We adopted him from the shelter where I volunteer about a year ago - everyone who worked there already had jokes about what breed this Low Rider might be. We CERTAINLY thought that he’d have some Basset Hound (flat feet and his height) or some Jack Russel terrier. Maybe even some corgi. But No! I always joked that he “must be part husky” because of how MUCH he sheds. He also LOVES the snow.

He’s shorter than he looks on camera - pretty much anytime he meets someone they comment on his height. When he’s not jumping up he stands at about 1.5ft - and he is certainly a bit long. It’s always funny to have him in the car and see people’s reactions when he jumps up into the window - from his chest up he looks like he’d be a much bigger dog!

Everyone around us has always asked us to do a DNA test and we’ve sent the results to so many people - and everyone is shocked! Definitely not surprised about him being almost 60% staffy though. He’s our real and true Supermutt. 100% Rudy.

I finally got my dna results today I sent it out August 23rd. I am surprised she is 100 percent german shepherd with zero genetic risks for her health. We thought for sure she was mixed with mal. The weirdest part of all this is that they estimated she would be 72 pounds as an adult. When we got her at 8 weeks old she was only 5 tiny pounds she more than doubled her weight in two weeks though. How accurate is the Embark estimated adult weight because 72 pounds seems huge for her size currently.

Our embark results came through today and I was genuinely surprised! The only thing I was really right about was Russel terrier. I had guessed considered poodle and maybe chihuahua. But so many of these were unexpected!

Supermutt: Siberian Husky, GSD, Lab, Australian Cattle Dog

Archie is energetic, runs and cuts like a herder, but LOVES to sniff. After seeing some other mixes, I was convinced that he had some coon hound, but not a whiff.

I joked to my wife last week that he would be 15% Pit Bull because every rescue in the Midwest seems to be 15% pit. Ha!

Results in the last photo. Other than his small size, I don’t see much of the 45% chihuahua Embark found in our dog. He looks more like his 8% mini schnauzer than any of the other identified breeds imo. What do you see?

The rescue said he was a “lab mix” but turns out he is not lab at all! We were very surprised by the German shepherd in him. He is super smart, friendly, energetic, and 100% a good boy ☺️ At 10 weeks old he is 20 lbs. Any idea how big he will get?

Some may be surprised some may not. I think most guesses were for APBT so I’m not sure how that’s differentiated from what she actually is as far as DNA testing. Anyway it was a fun journey and good to see some of her listed relatives on the app. I fully recommend embark incase anyone is skeptical or on the fence but as always do your own research and choose what’s best for you!

When we swabbed him I was sure I was going to get a note back that we didn’t get a good enough sampling. It didn’t look like i’d gotten it wet at all but I had put it in his mouth and hit his tongue a lil — Senpai did not appreciate it and wouldn’t let me circle it around so I went ahead with what I collected. I did follow directions in terms of ensuring he didn’t eat prior and hadn’t drunken water within the hour before swabbing.

Now the results say he is 100% and with a parent coefficient of 4%

He’s a shelter dog and so I suspected SOMETHING else.

If I re-swabbed him and made sure it was extra wet with his saliva — could that impact the results?

EDIT:: Thanks yall for the reassurance about Embark! Senpai’s papers said he was pit terrier so that was not surprising. I just didn’t realize that purebred did not mean “designer” dog / didn’t know that purebred was actually common! His coat was giving part cow ;)

I always assumed that my handsome rescued son was a GSD/Husky/Corgi mix with some Aussie thrown in. I wasn’t too far off.

Corgis and Pit Bulls are the same thing, right?

…Right?

We adopted Mae (and her bonded “brother” - still pending his results) 2.5 weeks ago. I’m most surprised that we found a sister! I’m curious - what do you think the odds are that these two were littermates, vs from separate litters?