DNA Test Again - Results are in!

Are we guessing what he IS or what the test will say? The test will probably say "New Guinea Singing Dog, Basenji, and Maltese" I think he is probably Border Collie and Lab and about 3-4 other breeds in there too. He has the pariah dog Dingo aspect that comes from MANY dilutions of breeds. More than 4-5.

I am guessing the test will have just a bunch of question marks because I figure he has to have a bunch of breeds in there. 

He's obviously Rex's little bro who got his tail curled. lol 

Haha!  And fur dyed a little too.

He looks to be a mostly Kelpie to me. A very handsome dog!! Does he act like he has any herding instincts at all?

I don't *think* he has shown any herding instincts, but he is very, very smart.  He is typically dog aggressive unless introduced very slowly.  I have successfully brought two additional dogs into the home with no issues, but only after a long period of introduction and careful supervision at first.  He is also wary of new people and does not always accept new them, even after knowing them for a while.  Despite my socializing him (I got him from a shelter at 3 and a half months old) constantly, he developed people and dog issues at around 9 months old.  I did successfully compete with him in Rally O, but his people issues became more than I could handle in the ring, so we stopped.  He originally came from Georgia and was sent up here (the shelter regularly gets puppies from there when they get filled up, I guess). 

Wow! That type of personality makes me think again of kelpie, Australian Cattle Dog, or basenji. Have you looked at pictures of Dingos? He is very much a primitive, pariah sort of dog like all the above breeds. These breeds need lots of ongoing socialization, and often will just barely accept strangers. Congratulations on doing some Rally with him, it's too bad you were unable to keep going. In my opinion Gina is correct about the Dingo aspect, but I don't think he has that many breeds in him. Perhaps just a Kelpie/cattledog cross. The size is about right, and the cattledog color isn't always present. Before anybody says what about the curled tail, let me tell you. Some where in my photos I have a picture of a well bred (by me) red Australian Cattle Dog who looked a whole lot like Finn. She too weighed about 35 pounds. She wasn't show quality, but she didn't know it. I kept her because she was a great cow dog, and had a delightful personality. She was once entered at a conformation show to help build a major, and to my mortification she won the 5 points! Gay tail and all!!

Hmmm, I've never thought of any of those breeds for him.  He just never looked like anything to me.  I did look at some pictures of cream colored Kelpies to get an idea and he really does resemble them.  The facial features and body structure really do look like him.  He was the easiest dog I've ever trained...except for accepting strangers and other dogs.  It was funny because the shelter was very convinced that he would be a large size dog, but when I went to see him I knew he wouldn't get too big.  He was about 28 pounds already at 3 and a half months, but he was very chunky since they were overfeeding him and he is now only about 35 pounds, so he didn't do much growing.

Herding breeds of dogs are usually very smart, and easy to train. Most breeds are bred to be "biddable". They usually work with just one or two people so they often are not bred to overly social with strangers, and many breeds are very protective of their flock/family. From all you say about Finn, I would believe he has a great deal of herding blood. It will be very interesting to see what the DNA test reveals. I've often wondered what kind of genetic markers they look for, and do you also send pictures? Sometimes people comment on some of the rarer breeds that the tests show. It is really amazing where you find odd breeds! While grooming for several months in the little town in Ely,NV, I groomed a Welsh Springer Spaniel, two standard wirehaired Dachshund, and a Japanese chin. The only other times I have ever seen these breeds are at dog shows, and even then, not often. All these dogs were just loved pets, not show dogs. The day I was leaving Ely, I rescued a Chinese Crested running down the main highway! We did locate his owner!! He had slipped out of an RV passing through. Perhaps when the test shows a rare breed, maybe it could happen.

This is the test I did and it looks like they do test for Kelpies.

http://www.wisdompanel.com/

My manager at work has this puppy who we all thought was either a border collie or aussie shepherd or mix of the two.

And this is what the test showed:

I never would have guessed there was a single bully breed in there, so I'm not sure I am completely won over by the test.  But we also tested a dog that looked a lot like a shiba inu and it came back 100% shiba.

The results made me laugh a bit.  He is supposedly a Rottweiler mix mixed with a Staffordshire Terrier mix. 

Some other breeds in him:

Chow chow 9.9%

Spinone Italiano 6.65%

Finnish Lapphund 5.5%

Pug 5.03%

Lochen 4.56%

When I can figure out how to upload the PDF I will post that, too.

Let me see if this works:

Duh!  I could have told you this and saved you the money.   

 How do they come up with this stuff? 

I figure they just put a bunch of breed names in a hat and just pull a couple out.  :)