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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDance View Post
    I can tell you right now what the response will be after they review my answers.

    "You suck at this!"

    There were quite a few dogs where my choices included breeds that weren't on the list. And certain breeds seemed way overrepresented in my answers...I didn't use nearly all of the offered breeds (don't know if they were all supposed to be in those dogs or not).

    I'll bookmark the site in case I have to go back and compare the pictures to my answers/correct answers. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm going to be really surprised.
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    The limited choice of options does impact the results for sure. It sways you one way and stops you for making other guesses. There does seem to be a certain type of dog breeds and some of the choices are not really "common" breeds.

    it isn't a perfect study but it's a start. I have always believed breed ID based on looks is pretty fallible. ANd most people want to guess two breeds as though it's just that when most mixes have at least three or more. And what breed is in there may be regional, some areas actaully DO have lots of catahoula's intact and running around which could lead to more catahoula mixes. In other areas a catahoula mix would be pretty unlikly.

    I find it odd that dalmation was on the list of options, sure are not a ton of dals kicking around my area.

    Though, we once had a litter in rescue we think was a swissie mix (swiss mountain dog) mostly as we knew there was a stray intact male kicking around the area where the female was found.

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    Wisdom Panel DNA testing website used to have a gallery of dogs who'd already had their DNA tested and whose owners were subsequently allowed to submit photos for the gallery. It was fun to noodle through the photos...so many of the dogs revealed traits you'd expect to see with the breeds mentioned...and so many breeds were hidden from view, too.

    I just checked and it seems as if they've eliminated that feature. That's too bad. (I checked to mention here in case anyone was interested.) Oh well.

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    I did it yesterday and also found myself wanting to pick a breed that was not on the list, for some. I wonder if everybody got the same bunch of photos? I'm not sure if it was the dogs we saw, or somewhere else, but were there not supposed to be two purebreds in there? But you could not make the same breed all three picks. I've never looked at a dog and guessed a third breed either, that was hard. Thought this might be a good exercise for rescues who have to describe a dog to potential adopters. Now I think it wouldn't much help. It would be interesting to know if rescues took part and did any better than regular pet owners.
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    i think one option you could select was "no guess" or something along those lines. it was somewhere in the middle of the options.

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    "No choice" was one of the options at the top of the third list. I found myself doing that a few times.

    Nancy ~ considering how many obvious pit mixes I've seen get labeled as Lab mixes, I think a good number of times the mix is stated in such as way as to better ensure adoptability, not better state the obvious. I have to think that someone at a shelter/rescue could have done a better job if they wanted accuracy. There have been quite a few times when someone I meet will say that their dog is a "whatever" mix and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to that breed...assuming that the breed stated would be the predominant breed in the mix. (I.e., Sunnie is considered a Lab mix and not a Husky mix even though Husky is supposedly her third most represented breed per the DNA test).

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDance View Post
    "No choice" was one of the options at the top of the third list. I found myself doing that a few times.

    Nancy ~ considering how many obvious pit mixes I've seen get labeled as Lab mixes, I think a good number of times the mix is stated in such as way as to better ensure adoptability, not better state the obvious. I have to think that someone at a shelter/rescue could have done a better job if they wanted accuracy. There have been quite a few times when someone I meet will say that their dog is a "whatever" mix and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to that breed...assuming that the breed stated would be the predominant breed in the mix. (I.e., Sunnie is considered a Lab mix and not a Husky mix even though Husky is supposedly her third most represented breed per the DNA test).
    totally. honestly half the "lab mixes" are not at all lab. it's just an easy label that you know people look for and want. I roll my eyes now at the term lab mix. it honestly can mean a HUUUUGE range of dogs in size and tempermrent. it's ridiculous.

    Petfinder also forces you to pick. So it's hard even if you want to just label a dog a mix to do so, you are forced to pick breeds. And sadly people push for a guess. so - here you go, there's our guess :P

    if we prove that breed ID based on looks is pretty shotty, then we'd have to do a DNA test on dogs and no rescue/shelter can afford that :P

    People want breed ID to help on temperament too which can be a crap shoot. i've met some actual labs there were far from labby in temperment so knowing the breed wasn't helpful in determining temperament.

    With Pen I often said she was just a mix and people often pushed for more. "but what do you think she is".

    With Rocky I got a lot of people asking if he was a mix. It was easier to say he was as he wasn't what breeders SHOULD be breeding for (he was pure lab).

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDance View Post
    "No choice" was one of the options at the top of the third list. I found myself doing that a few times.

    Nancy ~ considering how many obvious pit mixes I've seen get labeled as Lab mixes, I think a good number of times the mix is stated in such as way as to better ensure adoptability, not better state the obvious. I have to think that someone at a shelter/rescue could have done a better job if they wanted accuracy. There have been quite a few times when someone I meet will say that their dog is a "whatever" mix and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to that breed...assuming that the breed stated would be the predominant breed in the mix. (I.e., Sunnie is considered a Lab mix and not a Husky mix even though Husky is supposedly her third most represented breed per the DNA test).
    I missed that "No choice" option.

    Yes, a local man does breed identification for a nearby SPCA and he does rehabilitation training for dogs with aggression problems. He said his rescue affiliation deliberately calls anything remotely resembling a Pit (which are banned here) either a Lab or a Boxer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowshoe View Post
    I missed that "No choice" option.

    Yes, a local man does breed identification for a nearby SPCA and he does rehabilitation training for dogs with aggression problems. He said his rescue affiliation deliberately calls anything remotely resembling a Pit (which are banned here) either a Lab or a Boxer.
    it's a known code. lab/boxer mix :P

    but it's no wonder people don't know what an actual lab should look like. between breed id's on mixes labeling everything a lab mix and byb breeders, we rarely if ever see a well bred labrador out there (well those of use who don't go to conformation and such!).

    Funny part is Penny actually WAS a staffy mix :P we could see it and it was in her DNA testing. (staffordshire bull terrier). only true bully people guessed that right away, becuase her head was more bc/other she would never have been picked up by a bylaw officer and considered pittie.

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    Well....I don't totally suck.

    I got two breeds right for five of them.

    No breeds right for four of them.

    And one breed right for the rest.

    They gave the original portraits so that you could see if you agreed now with your choices....hah!....some of them I couldn't even agree with the answer choices.

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