A pet DNA testing company called DNA My Dog claims to provide its customers with the “highest possible accuracy” in determining a dog’s breed. The DNA testing kits cost between $79.99 and $199.99 and are analyzed at the company’s office in Toronto. An investigative team at WBZ News, in Boston, Mass., decided to put DNA My Dog to the test. Instead of sending in a cheek swab from a dog, they submitted DNA taken from the cheek of their reporter, Christina Hager. DNA My Dog determined that Hager was 40 per cent Alaskan Malamute, 35 per cent Shar-Pei and 25 per cent Labrador.
* So she has great hair, a wrinkly neck and she loves chasing a good story.
* “Nice job on that report, Christina. Who’s a good girl? Who’s a good girl? YOU are! Yes you are!”
* The weird part – this is also what Ancestry dot com told her.
* Oh, come on. Dogs have 78 chromosomes, humans have 46. Easy mistake.
* Maybe this is why you shouldn’t kiss your dog on the mouth.
* Sounds like DNA My Dog is boned.