Hi everyone it’s Millie & Walter here. First we want to make sure you all have your paws crossed for our good friend Goose.
He is very sick and has spent this whole weekend at the vets. Please visit Murphy & Stanley’s blog to see how you can help Goose and his Mom out.
Now on to our post for today. You all know that we are both of unknown heritage and every time someone asks our pawrents what kind of dogs we are they shrug their shoulders and say, “We don’t really know”. Well they decided to do something about that and ordered these things called Wisdom Panel 2.0 from Amazon (there are other places that sell them too).
Of course mom made us pose with the boxes first.
There isn’t much inside the box. Just some instructions with stickers and a couple of brushy things.
Next thing we know mom has lured us to the bedroom and one by one she tortures us with those brushy things.
Mom is pretty good at using a head lock. She stuck that brushy thing between our cheek and gum and had to rub it back and forth for a few seconds.
We each had to have this done with the two swabs that came with the kits. Okay if we have to tell the truth it really was nothing. Those brush thingys were very soft and we were done before we knew it.
The box the kits come in are very handy and have these two holes in them to put the swabs in. You let them dry for a few seconds and then put them back in the plastic sleeve they came in. You use the same blue box to seal it all up and put the mailing label on.
Mom had to be very careful not to mix up our kits. She put them in the mail and then she went online to the Wisdom Panel site to register our kits. You can keep track of the progress of your kits on their site. It took about two weeks for the kits to arrive at their facility (we think they were sent by pony express), then about two more weeks before we got our results.
So what do you think we learned about who we really are? You will have to wait another day or two to find out. We will say that there were a couple of surprises but there were some things about each of us that we had already guessed as well so stay tuned.
I have done something like that to get Nim’s genetics for the awful heart test that plagues dobermans. It is more towards research because there is not a clear correlation yet (there is probably several genetic markers involved and they don’t have tests for all of them). Thanks for the note on Goose. I will go and check it out. Sam
OMD! It’s like a canine episode of CSI. We can’t wait to hear what the results told you! What a clever little kit.
Wally & Sammy
LOL Wallace and CSI. Look forward to hearing all about the results. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
Neither one of you looks stressed about the brushy thing. We can’t wait to hear the results!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
That’s super interesting, hightech genealogy for pups :o) I can’t wait for the results. My paws are still crossed for my brother Goose, I hope all goes well.
We think you’re perfect just the way you are, but it would be interesting to find out your heritage.
I was wondering when this was going to become available to pet owners.
Laughing at Wallace Bawhahhahwa We are praying Goose will be OK xxoxxx
Mollie and Alfie
We have been keeping track of goose and his momma all weekend. that was real interesting with the swabs.
stella rose
wowowow now that was most interesting and a great post on how to find out just who you are. BUT i could have told you w/o all the torture…
you are millie and walter, you are my bffs and you are double sweet.
mol i CAN HARDLY WAIT TO FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR DNAs though.
Hugs madi your bfff
Hmm those brushy things do seem like torture. I’ve got huge gaps in my teeth so I’m pretty lucky nothing needs to stick between them. Can’t wait to hear more. So sorry to hear about Goose.
We’re looking forward to learning the results! Mom wanted to do that to me cuz she doesn’t think I’m pure rottie, butt then she decided it didn’t matter cuz she just loves me 🙂 Butt you guys have very interesting lineages. Can’t wait!!
-Ruby
Oh I always wanted to do this for Mabel! Can’t wait to see what you learn!
Well… you’re Millie and Walter, THAT’S who you ARE!!!
Cammie!
We hope this woman doesn’t try and get us any wisdom
Lily & Edward
We think both of you are mostly the cutie patootie breed for sure!!!
Smileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Can’t wait to hear the results! Something like that wouldn’t work for me. Kelpies aren’t AKC so the genetic structure isn’t in any of the DNA tests.
Hey Sage the reference breeds aren’t just AKC breeds. You can see the list here http://www.wisdompanel.com/breed_count_matters/breed_library/ . I did see Kelpie in the list.
Oh, great! Several years ago, when we were trying to figure out what Sage was, Kelpies weren’t in any of the tests I looked at. Thanks!
Wow! That is really interesting, and it will be fun to see the results. In my case, I am supposed to be 100% English Springer Saniel but #1 is convinced I have some Percheron blood, given my size… Woofs!!!
Woofs,
Tommy
Hi guys! I have been sending POTP through Easy heard Goose is doing better. Love Dolly
This is so exciting! Can’t wait to see the results, bet your mum can’t either.
Dip and Elliot x