Your Dog's Test Results
The Testing Process
Breed and Ancestry
- Does an "Unresolved" result mean my dog is not purebred?
- Why do American Bullies, American Pit Bull Terriers, and American Staffordshire Terriers have shared Relatives?
- Why is my dog not behaving like the breeds in its ancestry?
- Can you determine sub-populations?
- What does the Family Tree show me?
- Will my dog's relatives appear on the family tree?
Understanding Breed Surprises
- Why doesn't my dog's breeds match their appearance?
- How can my shelter dog be a single breed?
- My single-breed dog doesn't look like just one breed. How is that possible?
- How can my dog be an American Pit Bull Terrier?
- Is there really Chow Chow in my dog?
- Why does my registered purebred dog have mixed-breed ancestry? Is it, not a purebred dog?
Health
- What do the Copper Toxicosis results mean for my dog or my breeding program?
- Why upgrade to include health results if I have a healthy dog?
- How do I interpret my dog’s health results?
- What does "At Increased Risk" or "Carrier" in my dog's health results mean?
- What makes a health condition “breed relevant”?
- Should I tell my dog’s littermates/relatives about their MCT results/risk score?
Traits
- Why does my dog not have a definitive trait genotype?
- How do I determine what coat colors my dog carries?
- What are trait results, and how do I interpret them?
- What should I know about dog genetics as a breeder?
- Why does my dog have webbed feet, but her results don't include any breeds that have webbed feet?
- How do I interpret the genotype letters on the traits page, and why might they differ from those of other companies?
Age Test Results
Clinical Tools
Allergy Risk Scores
- Do I need to make changes to my dog's food, environment, or lifestyle based on my dog's allergy risk score?
- What types of food are included in the food allergy category?
- How do you calculate my dog’s allergy risk scores?
- My dog has an above-average risk score, but it's still very low. What does that mean?
- If my dog’s allergy risk score is above or below average, does that mean they definitely will or won’t develop allergies?
Relative Finder
- Is Relative Finder available for Wolfdogs?
- Who can access Relative Finder?
- How do I access Relative Finder?
- Why do my dog's relatives have different breeds than my dog?
- Will my dog's parents and littermates show in Relative Finder?
- What does it mean when you say ‘as related as human’ relatives?