Saturday, July 2, 2011

DNA results are in.

We knew Stella's mom was a mini Schnauzer. A big-ish mostly mini-Schnauzer.
There have been suggestions whispered, however, that Stella's mom had a few suitors, what with all the puppies coming out various shades of German Shepherd-looking.
Well the DNA doesn't lie. Stella parents were a purebred mini Schnauzer, and an Aussie Shepherd mix. So Panda deserves the credit after all.
Now the question is about Panda's heritage...what we thought was a Border Collie/Aussie Shepherd seems by the genes to be a mix. The dad's genes are half pure Aussie Shepherd, but Stella's mix also has Lhasa Apso(13%)-Collie(4%)-Basenji(3%)-Welsh Terrier(2%)-mini Poodle(1%). Since border collies tend to be farm-bred and unregistered (read: more genetic diversity than most breeds), it wouldn't surprise me if there was more BC in Panda (and Stella) than the results suggest.


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