identifying breeds - test
While many people like to know “What kind of dog is that?” just to satisfy their curiosity, dog breed designations have also been used in an attempt to predict future behavior, match pets to families, find lost dogs, and even to restrict the ownership of certain types of dogs. You are invited to participate in a national survey of dog experts to compare your best guesses for the breeds of dogs in a series of photographs. These visual assessments will be compared to DNA breed profiles for the dogs. We invite all dog experts, including breeders, trainers, groomers, veterinarians, shelter staff, rescuers, and others to complete our brief survey to match dogs to their breeds. It’s fun and easy – just 10-15 minutes to identify the breeds in 20 dogs! Start the survey now by clicking http://ufsheltermedicine.com/research/c ... og-breeds/ Please feel free to forward this invitation to other dog experts that you may know. The survey will close on June 15, 2012. >^..^< Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Director, Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program College of Veterinary Medicine 100126 2015 SW 16th Avenue Gainesville, FL 32610 (352) 273-8722 (office) (352) 392-6125 (fax) levyjk@ufl.edu (please note this new email address) http://www.UFShelterMedicine.com |
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| Very interesting. More difficult than I had anticipated. I hope the study proves useful in the placement of shelter dogs. Linda Zimmerman & Hudson, Chloe & Kristy |
| Just did it...some of them were REALLY hard! Now I want to know the results... |
| A-ha...I must have done at least 5-6 "no predominant breed" - absolutely stumped. Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: A-ha...I must have done at least 5-6 "no predominant breed" - absolutely stumped. Kristine I only did that with 1 of them....yeah, it was interesting! Maybe my lifelong dog exposure in several all breed clubs since infancy, and then teaching classes to every shape and sized dog under the sun pays off. OK, and actually having so many breeds of dogs ourselves...glad there is finally SOME sort of payoff  |
| I was actually thinking of some of the DNA testing that has already been done and shared where the dog turned out to not have a predominant breed, or the breed you thought was the predominant breed doesn't even show up, genetically speaking. I know known OES mixes who don't remotely look like OES, and presumed OES mixes whose DNA tests come back without even a mention of the breed. Guessing was a lot easier before your guesses could be held up to scientific scrutiny  Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: I was actually thinking of some of the DNA testing that has already been done and shared where the dog turned out to not have a predominant breed, or the breed you thought was the predominant breed doesn't even show up, genetically speaking. I know known OES mixes who don't remotely look like OES, and presumed OES mixes whose DNA tests come back without even a mention of the breed. Guessing was a lot easier before your guesses could be held up to scientific scrutiny Kristine I was thinking about that too. There is a mix in my classes who looks like a sibe mix, but his coat is white with little black ticking (think english setter with a double coat). He came back sibe, brittany and peke (he's about 25" tall and I'd say over 50 pounds)....yeah  |
it's not your grandmom's guess the doggy test anymore, after seeing a number of dna test crazy results, i had at least 6 no predominant breed answers.   |
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