DNA Testing - Page 2

DNA tests are great due to so many scammers out there. You'd buy a pup supposedly off a well known sire for more money than one most never heard of. Scammers know htis and put fake papers on a dog so they can get more money. If you DNA you will know right away whether or not you have a pup out of the proper parents or not.

As for the AKC making someone use their DNA tests it was explained this way. Most in the states aren't going to send for DNA through the SV. So they figure that the test was done prior to importation which means that, again, the pup could have been swapped out and improper ped. and DNA sent. So to insure that the dog is truely off said breeding you would need to use their test. After all you are using them for registering the dogs offspring. I can't say I blame them for wanting to make sure that they aren't unknowingly registering dogs with improper pedigrees.

Who can you DNA test through other than Kennel Clubs?  Does the FCI (RvB in Holland spcifically) do it?

~Cate

I DNA all my adult dogs, male or female, and am now DNA testing any puppy I plan on keeping.

It is good for peace of mind, just in case your dog got stolen, how is a pedigree alone going to get your dog back,
or if someone questioned who the sire or dam was.

My girl Mira had her last litter Dec. 2nd, and I decided I wanted to DNA all the pups, when I looked into doing
DNA on pups, I found that if you named all the pups & AKC reg. them, that sort of gave them their own idenity,
instead of using colored collars, it turned them into individual dogs, then I was able to do a cheek swab at 5
days old on each pup, and just keep track of who's -who (AKC # and color of collar)
Then mail to AKC and you will get the results just around the time they are going to their new homes,
and the people get their own DNA certificate.
 

It cost $40.00 a pup to do, but it was less of a hassle to reg. each dog individually than do the DNA as a litter,

that looked like it was confusing & too involved, I liked the fact that I just had to reg. them first
intead of them needing a micro-chip or tattoo,to reg.each pup was more cut & dry.
I like the fact that you don't need permanent ID on the pup to DNA, just an AKC name, but I'm
thinking that may all change in the future.

Well after giving it more thought, and about if god forbid, your dog is lost, or stolen, I think DNA testing is a great thing, if you plan on breeding or not. Kind of hard to fight DNA results. Thanks again for the great information about DNA. As soon as I get the kit from the AKC in the mail I am gonna get my girl done. I even got a second one too for when I get my next puppy.

I had my male dog, OJ, DNA tested and it turned out that he was not the one.  Apparently some other male had snuck onto the property and violated my girl. 

that is why this is so gud for the breed

i would find the other dog and castrate it how irritating!! no manners.

Just to let the original poster know, if your male is bred more than 2 or 3 times a year, it is mandatory to submit a DNA swab or no registration.

Thank you Don, that is good to know for the future. That I did not know.