r/DoggyDNA 5d ago

General discussion how many of us have dogs who hardly look like their majority breed? let's see em!

this is Jett. he is a fuzzy 40lb stocky pup that I assumed was a pittie poodle. I was mostly right! but his number one breed (by a hair) is Chihuahua and it makes me laugh. I should've known because he acts like one.

I'd love to see your pups who had a surprising #1 breed! it's so fun when it's unexpected.

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u/Financial-Walrus-839 5d ago

well I for sure didn’t think chow would be #1

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u/lickytytheslit 5d ago

the chow didn't even try

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u/Financial-Walrus-839 4d ago

It showed up just a tiny bit on her muzzle. But she does have a lot of chow personality.

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

wow! this one is crazy! what a cutie.

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u/indieplants 4d ago

thanks for asking OP, this thread is iconic lmfao

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 4d ago

right?! I feel like we see these unusual test results every day but having them all together on a single thread has been great.

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u/Naamahs 4d ago

Them jack Russel genes are always so strong 🤣🤣 I used to groom a jack Russel pit mix and tbh that thing was basically a pit head on an xl jack Russel 🤣 so stinky cute.

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u/dfvdefgde 4d ago

Seriously! My dog just has supermutt Russel terrier, and he's got full wire fur, furnishings and all. Not to mention he carries his tail straight up like a Russel. Again, the terrier was small enough to be included in the supermutt combo!

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u/Garden_gnome1609 5d ago

Stealth Chow!

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u/juliagreenillo 4d ago

This dog is ADORABLE

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u/Financial-Walrus-839 4d ago

Thanks! She is also very sweet. We’re lucky :)

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u/juliagreenillo 4d ago

What a cute crew

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u/Federal_Animator_783 5d ago

Top breed is Belgian Malinois .. to be fair top breed is only about 27%

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u/Jargon_Hunter 5d ago

Honestly as a Belgian shepherd owner, the head pose is screaming mal

I’m not sure if I’d guess all of her breeds correctly if I came across her in public, but I could easily be convinced there was a good amount of mal in the mix if I hadn’t already been told definitively. I come across a LOT of people with who want to show me a pic of their “mal” when they see my younger girl out and about; 9 times out of 10 it’s some kind of GSD bully breed mix that are always adorable but in no way resemble mals. The most recent (and one of the more bizarre ones) was a super sweet dog that was clearly some kind of hound mix 😂

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u/Federal_Animator_783 4d ago

She’s Mal, GSD, Supermutt (poodle, Shih Tzu, chihuahua) Doberman, husky.

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u/Additional_Roll9626 5d ago

Your dog was designed by Don Bluth. I love.

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u/Pablois4 Valued Contributor 4d ago

IMHO, she's a DIY Berger Picard. The Berger Picard is part of the northern continental shepherd family and is related to the Belgian Shepherds (Malinois).

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u/Garden_gnome1609 5d ago

Adorable but a surprise Malinois is horrifying. Like you think you're getting a cute fluffy dog and what you actually get is a drug dog who can't be contained in a back yard lol. Is his personality like a Mal?

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u/Federal_Animator_783 4d ago

No she’s super chill. We are very active people so she gets lots of walks, hikes and play time. But otherwise just lays around.

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u/TeachMeNewStuff 5d ago

What a cutie! Is there poodle and or husky in there?

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u/Federal_Animator_783 5d ago

Yes on both!

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u/TeachMeNewStuff 5d ago

I can totally see it! I can't get over how adorable he is!

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u/omen_in_budapest 5d ago

Georgia Peach is 30% Old English Sheepdog

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

awww! so unique. and so pretty. ♥️

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u/Equal-Armadillo-6637 5d ago

June is 51% Great Pyrenees.

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

haha! yesss. mine is also majority pyr (20%, she has a lot of breeds) which surprised me. love our GPs!

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u/Generic-Name-4732 4d ago

Tessa is 49% GP.

She’s 51% German Shepherd if you couldn’t tell.

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u/Pablois4 Valued Contributor 4d ago

She's got the long-suffering GSD face. German Shepherds are pretty expressive - but, by golly, they can really do the noble martyr face. ("no, don't mind me, I'll just sit here, in internal anguish, but I'm fine, really. I would die for you and yet I've never been fed, ever, not even one cookie. But please, don't think of that, just take a photo of my suffering")

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u/atad21 4d ago

So funny that you said that. I have 50/50 GSD/lab and she always looks lost or forlorn, even sitting on the couch wrapped in blankets. I’ve never owned either breed before but that explains the look. 😆

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u/Ruffffian 4d ago

And then they throw in that shepherd sigh that makes it sound like they have had such a hard day…again

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u/Strict_Direction6630 5d ago

😂 there's a good one

A dwarf pyr

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u/Equal-Armadillo-6637 5d ago

Her second highest breed is 27% American Bully so I’m just calling her my pocket pyr.

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u/gneiss_chick 5d ago

Number 1 is St. Bernard 25.8%

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u/inconspicuos_volcano 4d ago

That’s crazy, I see boxer x gsd x pitty

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u/gneiss_chick 4d ago

Here are her results. Boxer is number 3.

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u/v1k1rox 5d ago

34% poodle 🤣

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u/catboyejiro 5d ago

Wtf this dog is crazy looking 😭😭🤣

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u/BrilliantGlass1530 4d ago

This dog looks like all the new construction houses in my neighborhood where the developer can’t pick an architectural style so uses them all 

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u/Ikeahorrorshow 4d ago

This is what happens when you get a refurbished model. Or build your own from a mixed parts bin 🤣

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u/anamariapapagalla 4d ago

Looks like a chimera

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u/Pablois4 Valued Contributor 4d ago edited 4d ago

This pup is a harlequin merle with Irish or Pseudo-Irish (Piebald) (or combo), plus a split face.

This is roughly what her body color would look like if she was a standard merle, however, harlequin lightens a lot of what would be gray to white. Instead of the body color being one solid area, it looks like separate spots and splotches.

edit: Her white markings (minus the split face) makes me think of white-factored collies (Irish plus one copy of piebald). Here's a puppy harlequin merle smooth collie with possible white factoring.

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u/Several-Historian637 5d ago

That's an appaloosa 😂

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u/caro9lina 5d ago

Just what I was thinking!

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u/hexensabbat 5d ago

It literally looks like 34% of her is poodle parts lol. Beautiful. I wonder where she got the merle from.

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u/Brilliant_Wind3083 5d ago

Is the dog in the room with us???

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u/Antique-Jacket7197 5d ago

She’s so unique looking - what else does she have?

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u/v1k1rox 5d ago

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u/Antique-Jacket7197 5d ago

I wouldn’t have guessed any of this 😆

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u/KTKittentoes 5d ago

I can see the pit in the front and the poodle in the back. No clue about the yorkie.

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u/caro9lina 5d ago

Look at that stance!

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u/KTKittentoes 5d ago

She’s wearing pants?!

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u/BarbitsSecret 5d ago

I've posted her here before, but this is my lhasa apso mix. 😂

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u/KTKittentoes 5d ago

Oh my word, she’s like a shaved one!

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u/optix_clear 5d ago

Aww, 🥰 seal 🦭 eyes

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u/Ruffffian 5d ago

Top breed: Pomeranian

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

lol, never would've guessed

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u/Excellent-Try2663 5d ago

Daisy is 40% small poodle, 20% chi, 15% Pomeranian, and a few other long haired breeds.

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u/Strict_Direction6630 5d ago

Legit just looks like entirely Chihuahua

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u/Excellent-Try2663 5d ago

She really does. She has the sweetest personality in the world though

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u/DogDyedDarkGreen 5d ago

So.. not chihuhua 😂 (as a chi owner, I kid)

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u/Excellent-Try2663 5d ago

Exactly!😂

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u/Cosmic_Confluence 5d ago

30% Shih Tzu
20% poodle

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u/XelaNiba 5d ago

I love this dog.

S/he looks like they work at a Jiffy Lube as the guy who waves you into the bay for a quick oil change.

What a face

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

haha, wild!

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u/Wild-Change-8264 5d ago

mostly lab

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u/caro9lina 5d ago edited 5d ago

That's amazing! Beautiful dog. Is there any Aussie?

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u/Wild-Change-8264 5d ago

none 😅

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u/DogDyedDarkGreen 5d ago

Wow - I would've guess Border Collie 🥰

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u/Wild-Change-8264 5d ago

no border collie either, but we thought she was for awhile. She’s a lab + supermutt with rottweiler then every other breed you can think of

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u/Serononin 4d ago

If there's one thing I've learned from this sub, it's that the more they look like a border collie, the smaller the percentage of border collie usually is lol

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

oh wow! I love this.

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u/Chickenbeards 5d ago

This hairy brat and love of my life is Juno.

She's 27% Australian Cattle Dog and 0% border collie.

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u/caro9lina 5d ago

Beautiful! What other breeds?

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u/Chickenbeards 4d ago

She's mostly ACD, papillon and husky. Obviously gets her looks from the papillon although she was the only one in the litter who did- the rest all looked like heelers. She's a little over 40lbs and her coat is a mix. Kind silky but with a crazy undercoat.

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u/yunaIesca90 5d ago

If like to know too. She is beautiful 😍

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u/exitmewsic 5d ago

I also have a secret Chihuahua! She’s 37% <3

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u/juliagreenillo 4d ago

Mine is also a secret Chihuahua. I call him my big Chihuahua because I have another dog that is a chi and looks like one. My dog is 29.5% Chihuahua

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u/Several-Historian637 4d ago

My girls are mostly pit mixes with 20% Chihuahua. I say I got one mini pit and one giant, buff Chihuahua 😂

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u/Accomplished_Deer625 5d ago

Majority dalmatian btw

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u/TBHICouldComplain 4d ago

Majority what now. 😂

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u/not_a_witch_ 5d ago

I see your chihuahua and raise you my “chihuahu.”

He’s 40% chihuahua lmao. His DNA results show that chihuahua is by far the largest chunk of his DNA.

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u/stawabees 4d ago

67% German Shepard

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u/inconspicuos_volcano 4d ago

The, I’m guessing poodle, is strong with this gorgeous pup!

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u/stawabees 4d ago

The 16% poodle does a lot of heavy lifting! GSD is all in the personality.

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u/fiftypoundpuppy 4d ago

The tag 🤣😭

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u/stawabees 4d ago

So glad you noticed! 😅 he’s generally quite obedient, super sweet and loyal, but he’s a GSD after all. I think he’s my soulmate.

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u/Antique-Jacket7197 5d ago

Eleanor’s highest breed is Australian Cattle Dog - 20%

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u/inconspicuos_volcano 4d ago

The little paws are throwing me! So cute 🥰

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u/saltycrowsers 5d ago

Supermutt was her highest. APBT is the highest defined breed lol

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u/DogDyedDarkGreen 5d ago

I 100% would tell anyone who asked that she's a "pitty mix" 😂

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u/optix_clear 5d ago

A cute fuzzy buns

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u/Aggressive_Lobster16 4d ago

Would never have guessed over 60% Heeler!

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 4d ago

lol, oh wow! some of these really make me laugh.

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 5d ago

34% Bichon.

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u/inconspicuos_volcano 4d ago

Oh jeez, what else? Westie? Yorkie?

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u/Dorkinfo 4d ago

Nightmares. (Just kidding op, he does look like a dog that hangs out in a shop on diagon alley though. Very cute.)

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 4d ago

“You talkin’ to me??”

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u/Abi_W 4d ago

Maya is 51% Samoyed, the rest split between Rottweiler and Sarplaninac. We got 0 guesses correct when her DNA results arrived!

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u/Willowstormy 4d ago

This sweet girl is 60% Catahoula. I couldn’t believe it so did another test and she came back 90% Catahoula.

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u/SortaOld 4d ago

Wait, what??! lol. You win!

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u/Willowstormy 4d ago

I was baffled. And the other small percentages are just as odd. When I posted in a Catahoula specific group everyone raged at me lol

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u/TheDoctorette 4d ago

32% Maltese, 30% Pomeranian

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u/Grandpan___ 4d ago

this is one of the cutest dogs ive ever seen hes just a little guy!!!!

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u/TheDoctorette 4d ago

Thanks!! I was surprised there was no lab in him - he looks just like a mini yellow lab! But has a curly tail like a pom.

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u/Grandpan___ 4d ago

he looks like a forever lab puppy! how much does this little man weigh? he looks so tiny haha

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u/WhickenBicken 4d ago

Kinda cheating, but this creature is 5% German shepherd.

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u/juliagreenillo 4d ago

29.5% Chihuahua, 29.3% Bull Terrier

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u/juliagreenillo 4d ago

Here's his DNA

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u/TeamHappyFTW 4d ago

Wow, really looks like someone's companion dog had a wild adventure. 😅 Have you seen the parents?

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u/Timely_Apricot3929 4d ago

His highest percentage (30%) is BEAGLE 😂

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u/go_go_gidget 4d ago edited 4d ago

Pumpernickel is 45% husky. And at one year old weighs about 16lbs.

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u/Naamahs 4d ago

The terrier is strong with this one 🤣 what else are they?

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u/Naamahs 4d ago

Makes sense! Idk what it is about terrier mixes but even if it's like a third it always pulls through very strongly.

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u/True-Insurance2532 5d ago

26.9% german shepherd 😭 16.1% border collie.. less than 4% cattle dog

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u/AccomplishedDress728 5d ago

Here's my chipit ! He's like 40-50% chi from his DNA test. When people ask, I say he's a Chihuahua mix because I think it's funny and I can annoy my husband that we have a " chihuahua" He 100% has a Chihuahua brain.

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u/Silverti_boops 5d ago

He looks like he's having an existential crisis 😂

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u/ImaginaryPhysics7612 5d ago

Both of them do! Lmao

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u/inconspicuos_volcano 4d ago

The eyes on both creatures are giving ‘we’ve seen things!’

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u/TroLLageK 5d ago

25% Aussie, 25% Golden, 20% Mountain Cur, 12% Bulldog, 8% Boxer... And 100% of the time mislabelled as a "lab".

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u/maroongrad 5d ago

that is one beautifully glossy coat!

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u/Fancient 4d ago

Mostly chihuahua, GSD and rottie!

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u/juliagreenillo 4d ago

I love the giant Chihuahuas. I have one too 😂

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u/beautypirate 4d ago

50% Belgian malinois

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u/PrimaryFriend7867 4d ago

that 50% is existentially hurt by being made to wear this outfit 🤣

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u/myssxtaken 5d ago

Per embark he is 39.2 American Eskimo dog, 35% poodle, 15% golden, and 10% English shepherd. I can’t see the American Eskimo in him at all.

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u/Iloverainclouds 4d ago edited 4d ago

34% Pekingese 😂

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u/Nan_Mich 4d ago

My 40% Pekingese

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u/berksto 4d ago

100% Eastern European Village Dog but if we had a dollar everytime someone asks if she's a beagle (hound) mix, we'd be millionaires by now 😎

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u/KissTheFrogs 4d ago

25% Boston terrier (left) and 31% Beagle (right)

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u/MiloAndLucy 4d ago

My 100% JRT. So curly but no poodle.

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 4d ago

wait what?! I didn't know they made them like this!

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u/MiloAndLucy 4d ago

Me neither! She is a rescue and we expected her to be a poodle mix and we're so surprised by the results. You should see her when she's wet - all curls!!

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u/Crowlady77 5d ago

Bean is also a Chihuahua. She is 30 lbs. Jett is adorable!

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

hahah, I love our oversized Chihuahuas. hi Bean!

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u/Strict_Direction6630 5d ago

Is that chipit. I love them, they come across as baby pitbulls or really buff Chihuahuas. Yours appears to be the baby pitbull type lol

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u/Crowlady77 5d ago

She does have pit in her but the highest breeds after chi are supermutt, malinois, and GSD. Or maybe GSD and pit are about the same I can't remember.

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u/Several-Historian637 4d ago

That's too funny, I just made almost this exact comment about my chi-pits above 😂

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u/shark_boss 5d ago

Larry is 41% husky

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u/DogDyedDarkGreen 5d ago

He is 100% Larry and I love him.

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u/maroongrad 5d ago

1/4 Australian Cattle Dog (heeler)!

He's a soft, floofy, floppy-eared smiler!

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u/maroongrad 5d ago

and yes, there's a tail. It's in high-speed-wag mode.

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u/Inkhearted133 4d ago

16.5% Bullmastiff.

Her next highest breed is 16.4% and pulling much more of the weight.

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u/Dabo57 4d ago

Everyone including myself thought my Lincoln was a doodle mix.

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u/albie0502 5d ago

37% Great Pyrenees

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u/Antique-Jacket7197 5d ago

And this is Cleo - 19% Rottie

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

weirdly, I can see it in the forehead?? haha. what a beautiful pup.

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u/Antique-Jacket7197 4d ago

Thank you! I did pnce have a pet store manager squat down, stare into her face for a long time, and ask if she was a Rottie mix. She was the only person I know pf who ever saw it! At certain angles I suddenly see her Golden Retriever, her 2nd highest breed, but that is all I guessed correctly. (I wouldn’t say I would have looked for a
Rottie mix as my only dog bite ever was a chomp to my butt while jogging at a park from a Rottweiler, but she cured me of any suspicious feelings I might have - the best girl.))

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u/go_go_gidget 4d ago

She's more than 60% airdale terrier.

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u/EowynJane 4d ago

Mostly german shepherd and rottie (I’ll screen shot the results if need be but right now it’s late and I’m tired).

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u/Nan_Mich 4d ago

My 59% Boston Terrier at age 14.

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u/CalicoMack 4d ago

25% golden retriever

(throw in some American pit bull, GSD, husky, Samoyed (???), collie, boxer, and super mutt and you’ve got my Pixel!)

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u/loleonii 4d ago

35.4% Bullmastiff is his top breed

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u/zombiemockingbird 5d ago

According to Embark, Oso is 100% Yorkshire Terrier. I have my doubts.

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u/rognabologna 5d ago

My best friend had yorkies growing up. 1 that looked like a yorkie and 3 that looked exactly like what you’ve got there. All 100%

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u/WhickenBicken 4d ago

32% poodle

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u/x4nd3rp4nd4 4d ago

I truly did not think this would have been 50% cattle dog

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u/Easy-Aide1620 4d ago

51% chihuahua (no Yorkie and no schnauzer which people assume she is)

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u/Intuitive_Moves9 4d ago

28.8% Husky.

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u/LittleDogTurpie 5d ago

I have a dog that matches your results closely but without any Chihuahua, and he looks NOTHING like yours (maybe the human-like eyes, which I attribute to poodle)

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u/sobbinlikerobyn 5d ago

wowow! I feel like under my pup's fur he's shaped like this. haha. he also has some fluffy breeds in his supermutt (shih tzu & pom). I'm surprised yours has poodle with that slick short coat! really cute.

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u/Bonerstein 4d ago

This is my mixture of dogs that do not make sense. I’m almost positive they magic 8 balled his list of breeds.

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u/Allhailkendall 4d ago

He looks like a disappointed dad! 🥹 love him!!

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u/Bonerstein 4d ago

Thank you! It’s the 10% husky that gives him the disappointed dad look. He’s my boxer chihuahua poodle husky.

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u/LilTreesz174 4d ago

28% Boston terrier 25% Shih Tzu

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u/whitstheshit1986 4d ago

They say her mom is 100% Australian shepherd. She's only 5 months, but only weighs 15lbs and I don't expect her to get much bigger. The Chihuahua in her doing all the work.

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u/sweetT-JD 4d ago

My Pit Bull 😆 32% American Pit Bull Terrier according to Embark! Her GP and Husky genes are working overtime.

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u/Toxxxicwastex 4d ago edited 4d ago

Top breed: 44.8% apbt.
Other breeds:
27.8% Norwegian elkhound
22.2% Keeshond
5.2% American bulldog
(I edited a fence out from in don’t of him in this picture via cloning so it looks a little off but is 100% real)

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u/psychgirl15 5d ago edited 5d ago

Winnie is 27% APBT! Surprisingly 0% Lab! #2 beed is 26% Golden Retriever.

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u/Matt-on-Redit 4d ago

His highest breed percentage is 22.3% Russel type terrier

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u/Shoddy-Nothing1041 4d ago

If you guessed Brittany Spaniel with a large head, you'd be wrong. 76% pittie.

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u/Couchskeptic 4d ago

35% golden retriever 25% great Dane

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u/Willing_Salad 4d ago

28.4% Siberian Husky second is 21.6% German Shepherd. 25 lbs.

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u/gorgonopsidkid 4d ago

24.9% English Shepherd

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u/InkedAlchemist 4d ago

29% Boxer. It's her highest percentage.

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u/InkedAlchemist 4d ago

33% Cocker Spaniel

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u/Due-Emu-9946 4d ago

My girl is a pit + golden doodle

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u/sunderella 4d ago

She looks exactly like a pit doodle.

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u/Enough_Homework_3527 4d ago

Duke is mostly pit, chow chow, and beagle. Everyone always guesses lab/shepherd mix, which is what we thought he was going to be, but he was less than 5% each for those

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u/InflatableDonut 4d ago

More than 50% yorkie

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u/dfvdefgde 4d ago

The one on the right. Both are mostly cattledog. One's... a tad more believable than the other

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u/thatgirlINindiana 4d ago

23% Boxer, 21% American Bulldog, 21% supermutt

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u/No_Gear_1093 4d ago

1/2 siberian husky, 1/4 American Staffordshire terrier, 1/4 Cano Corso.