Reagan’s Dog Breed DNA Test Results

Remember Reagan?  My brother’s hopeless ass-wipe of a rescue dog that couldn’t stop shitting in every room of my new house?  Yeah that’s her.  Often, I really, really don’t like her.  Yet, just when I think it couldn’t get any worse, she manages to amuse the hatred right out of my body.

Shane (my brother) found himself a new apartment and moved out last week.  I’m glad to see him get his own space, but I do miss him.  Honestly, the only stress I felt while he was here concerned Reagan.  After hell-week over the holidays I’ve never really felt like I could trust her out of my sight.  For Christmas I got Shane a dog breed DNA test kit. We all just had to know why she sucked so badly at being a dog.

The whole time Shane was staying here we waited for those results. Everytime we checked the mail, we hoped those results would be in. We were SURE she was at least part Dachshund. I was sure she was not a Corgi but was definitely part Chihuahua. We joked that she was probably half German Shepherd. Well, the results came in the other day. Nothing could have prepared us for what they said. Our little 15lb Reagan is part: (in order from left to right on the photo) Maltese, German Shepherd, Saluki, Irish Setter, Belgian Tervuren, Chihuahua, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and Chinese Shar Pei.

What the…??? I can barely believe my eyes, still. It’s so fascinating and amusing and downright amazing. I highly recommend the DNA test for anyone with a mixed breed dog.  You can find the instructions in PDF form here.  At first glance, with 13 steps it can look quite complicated, but really you are just swabbing the inside of your dogs mouth, and placing it into a sterile package for testing.  When we got the results, the kids and I spent some time researching dog breeds and enjoyed lots of laughter together! Now, when Shane brings her for a walk, or I bring her to the dog park we can proudly state that she is a German Shepherd mix.