# My Doggie's Breed DNA Report is Here! Guess his purebred heritage (with pic)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 29, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768 "2012-07-29T14:54:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/1 "2012-07-29T14:54:17Z")
I adopted a very cute but somewhat odd looking dog last year. He has definite terrier features (of the pit bull variety) but oddly-textured curly fur that is kind of brindly and kind of looks like he has beauty salon frosted tips. He has fluffy eyebrows and a beard like a giant schnauzer. I also thought he might have some lab, Airedale, or wire-haired German pointers. He’s 73 pounds and has greyhound legs, a narrow waist, and a pit bull chest.
Search for dog name “Caleb” at [http://www.wisdompanel.com/photo\_gallery/](http://www.wisdompanel.com/photo_gallery/) click on the photo to enlarge. There are two Calebs, he is the non-German Shepherd.
So, the DNA report says that on one side of his family, Caleb is mostly American Staffordshire Terrier mixed with other terrier types and a 7% chance of some Irish Wolfhound and 2% beagle and/or basset hound.
On the other side of the family, DNA indicates that he comes from three generations of total purebreeds, a breed of dog I had never even heard of!
Anybody wanna look at his pic and take a guess at what breed his “pure” side of the family is?
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### Author:  [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/2 "2012-07-29T16:05:18Z")
> [@Jennshark](#):
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> Anybody wanna look at his pic and take a guess at what breed his “pure” side of the family is?
I’m afraid that if my guessed breed is too common, you (or somone else ) will post an " :rolleyes: " because you said it was something you never had heard of.
Well, since we need something fairly big and possibly rough haired, how about a [Bouvier](http://www.crittercampms.com/images/bouvier_gabby.JPG)?
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### Author:  [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/3 "2012-07-29T16:12:18Z")
Louisiana Catahoula
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### Author:  [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/4 "2012-07-29T16:13:12Z")
I was going to guess Bouvier too. I had never heard of the breed until I met a friend’s bouvier.
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### Author:  [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/5 "2012-07-29T16:19:03Z")
Baal and Lavendar . . .
YOU WIN! Wow, I am truly impressed! 😃 Yup, one side of Cal’s family is purebred Bouvier des Flandres (literally “Cow Herder of Flanders”). What’s kinda funny is that I usually call him “Cowleb” – and now he turns out to be a cow herder.
I thought I knew a lot about dog breeds, but had never heard of Bouviers before the DNA report. Perhaps he’s not very obedient because he speaks French, not English, hmmmmmm.
Is your friend’s bouv a nice dog?
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### Author:  [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/6 "2012-07-29T16:30:25Z")
The bouv that I know is very well behaved actually, but of course dogs all have their own personalities. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/7 "2012-07-29T16:56:11Z")
Were there prizes involved?
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### Author:  [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/8 "2012-07-29T17:09:08Z")
Cute doggy!!
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/9 "2012-07-29T17:09:09Z")
Not reading your results, I’d guess Irish Wolfhound (!) and something-or-other that can be brindle. Great Dane? Pit Bull? Cattle dog?
Love that weirdass face! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/10 "2012-07-29T17:14:28Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#):
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> Were there prizes involved?
I honestly didn’t think there would be a correct guess, but you certainly do deserve a prize! \
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### Author:  [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doggies-breed-dna-report-is-here-guess-his-purebred-heritage-with-pic/629768/11 "2012-07-29T17:15:48Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#):
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> Not reading your results, I’d guess Irish Wolfhound (!) and something-or-other that can be brindle. Great Dane? Pit Bull? Cattle dog?
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> Love that weirdass face! 🙂
He is a character and a half AND he was found running around like a wildebeest on the Upper Eastside . . . very mysterious!
My vet was certain he was an Airedale.