Alexemous Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Hi everyone, iv recently rescued a 9 month old “staffie cross”. I’m dying to know what she is crossed with but I heard that if your dog has any percentage of a restricted breed, they have to report it and put your dog on the restricted list blah blah blah. I’m not particularly worried that my dog is any part restricted breed but you never know and I’d hate to lose her/make her life difficult. Has anyone had any experience with a DNA dog test? Do the results only go to you? I’m assuming it’s in the case where a vet sees your dog has a percentage of “dangerous dog” and is obligated to report it.. any advice is welcome (: thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Is it worth the risk?? You have a Staffyx leave it there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Yep. Don’t rock the boat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Staffy X sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) You can purchase DNA test kits that don't go through a veterinarian... you deal directly with the company. I'd say that's risk free so far as getting reported goes. No guarantee the results are accurate or meaningful. There's so much confusion about pits as breed vs type, and AmStaff vs APBT that it gets quite muddled. If I remember correctly, in some parts of California (Santa Rosa County for one) a Staffy is considered a pit bull! Edited October 7, 2019 by sandgrubber Minor additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leac1801 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) I recently did an Embark test, you make an account when you activate your kit and so far the only people who have seen the results are the people I've shared the link with, as far as I know. Edit: you can make the results not public Edited October 7, 2019 by leac1801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Best Dogs! Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) I've had two embarks done Embark does not forward your results on to anyone you do not want to, so nobody need see your results. Nor can anyone demand your results be made public. Embark does not report your dogs results to anyone. What you do when making your dog's account, is set all the settings to Not Shared as Leac has screenshot. If you have multiple dogs you can then have it set to all dogs on your account, or just the one dog. You can even opt out of having your dogs dna contribute to research if you want to. Should you wish to share your dog's health results with the vet, be mindful that also includes the breed make up on the first page. However, the vet sharing is not mandatory and is entirely up to you (you have to type their email in and press send or download the pdf and print it out). Edited October 7, 2019 by Two Best Dogs! saaave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexemous Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 Thank you all for your input! Very much value all your opinions, I will definitely be doing a test now! Probably use embark.. thanks again everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asal Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 considering Amstaff and pitt bull can be dual registered in America. How on earth can a dna test differentiate between the two if she has either in her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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