Comments on: DNA testing saves dog from execution http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/09/14/dna-testing-saves-dog-from-execution/ a site for dog lovers Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:58:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Briana http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/09/14/dna-testing-saves-dog-from-execution/comment-page-1/#comment-9829 Briana Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:21:46 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=12770#comment-9829 I work for a company that sells Dog DNA Test (www.dog-dna.com) and I can tell you from experience that it is really hard to tell from looking at a dog what the breed out come will be. We did the test on one of my co-workers dogs about a year ago and could have sworn that Jaco was a German Shepperd mix but to our shock he ended up being Rottweiler Chow Chow mix. We never would have guessed. This is a really sad article to me. There are many cities and states that have breed-specific ordinances and most governments don't take responsibility for proving there breed claims. This is a really hard situation as most Dog DNA Breed Tests don't include wolf, coyote or pit bull. This includes the Canine Heritage™ XL Breed Test which is a home test that covers over 100 different breeds. Unfortunately if you want to see how much or if you mixed breed dog is Pit that just isn't an option. I don't see how a city can enforce breed laws if they can't prove that a dog is actually the breed in question. I work for a company that sells Dog DNA Test (www.dog-dna.com) and I can tell you from experience that it is really hard to tell from looking at a dog what the breed out come will be. We did the test on one of my co-workers dogs about a year ago and could have sworn that Jaco was a German Shepperd mix but to our shock he ended up being Rottweiler Chow Chow mix. We never would have guessed.

This is a really sad article to me. There are many cities and states that have breed-specific ordinances and most governments don’t take responsibility for proving there breed claims. This is a really hard situation as most Dog DNA Breed Tests don’t include wolf, coyote or pit bull. This includes the Canine Heritage™ XL Breed Test which is a home test that covers over 100 different breeds. Unfortunately if you want to see how much or if you mixed breed dog is Pit that just isn’t an option.

I don’t see how a city can enforce breed laws if they can’t prove that a dog is actually the breed in question.

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