For the 4 years we've had Jake we get the same question "Awww....what is he?" Which gets the same answer "Ummm...we're not sure. We think corgi mix, but the vet put down sheltie/dachshund."
For 4 years we have seen his traits the ankle biting of other dogs (so he has some herding in him), the howling at the sirens (sounds sooo much like a beagle), his white paws and chest (when his coat is long, he looks like a sheltie or corgi). And let's not forget....his tail and top of his coat look eerily family to a fox (remember my whole "dox" theory). So in our minds....Jake could be ANYTHING.
Well this year from Christmas Jake got a super super gift. We went all "Maury Povich" on him and bought him a DNA test (minus all the baby daddy drama). Now this was a test from Petsmart. We followed the instructions VERY carefully (I'm talking washing EVERYTHING before we gave him the test, brushing teeth...no water from the bowl he shares with Charlotte, no food, no touching for 4 hours)!!!
The results arrived yesterday.
I called Jake into the room with me. Gave him a little pep talk. He seemed very excited (well...maybe excited that he was getting all the attention...lil attention whore).
We opened the envelope....
He had two Level 2 (meaning he's a mixed breed..duh).
The percentages were so high that they were the only two that could be found (anything that is smalled than 10% can't even be counted)
(For those of you who aren't dog freaks like me....you might not seemed too shocked at the results...lemme give you a visual and some info)
The Great Pyrenees is a very old breed, and has been used for millennia by the shepherds which includes Basque people, who inhabit parts of the region in and around the Pyrenees Mountains of southern France and northern Spain. During World War II the dogs were used to haul artillery over the Pyrenean Mountain range to and from Spain and France.
Males grow to between 110-120 pounds (50-55kg) and 27-32 inches (69-81cm), while females reach between 80-90 pounds (35-40kg) and 25-29 inches (64-74cm). They will live to between 10-12 years of age. Their coats are white and can have varying shades of gray, Red (rust) or tan around the face (including a full face mask), ears and sometimes on the body and tail; as a Great Pyrenees matures, their coats grow thicker and the longer colored hair of the coat often fades on those dogs that were not born completely white.
So they are telling me at LEAST 35% percent of this dog is one one of these breeds with the rest being the other.
Uhuh....my 25 pound Jake. Here's a side by side.
1 comments:
Bizarre . . .let us know what the lab says!
Part of me wants to get Kashi tested, but I don't know how reliable those results sound! :)
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