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Dog Breed DNA and Survey Results: What Kind of Dog is That? The Dogs () DNA Results Survey Results
Dog 01 Top Responses 25% Toy Fox Terrier Golden Retriever
25% Harrier Pomeranian
15.33% Anatolian Shetland Sheepdog Shepherd Cocker Spaniel 14% Chinese Crested Chihuahua
Dog 02 Top Responses 50% Catahoula Leopard Labrador Retriever Dog American Staffordshire 25% Siberian Husky Terrier
9.94% Briard No Predominant Breed
5.07 Airedale Terrier Border Collie
Pointer (includes English Pointer)
Dog 03 Top Responses 25% American Labrador Retriever Staffordshire German Shepherd Dog 25% German Shepherd Rhodesian Ridgeback 25% Lhasa Apso No Predominant Breed 25% Dandie Dinmont Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Dog 04 Top Responses 25% Border Collie Wheaten Terrier, Soft Coated 25% Tibetan Spaniel Bearded Collie 12.02% Catahoula Leopard Dog Briard
9.28% Shiba Inu Cairn Terrier
Tibetan Terrier
Dog 05 Top Responses 25% Miniature Pinscher Australian Cattle Dog
25% Great Pyrenees German Shorthaired Pointer 10.79% Afghan Hound Pointer (includes English 10.09% Nova Scotia Duck Pointer) Tolling Retriever Border Collie
No Predominant Breed
Dog 06 Top Responses 50% American Foxhound Beagle
50% Beagle Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound)
Harrier
Black and Tan Coonhound
Pointer (includes English Pointer)
Dog 07 Top Responses 25% Irish Water Spaniel Labrador Retriever
25% Siberian Husky American Staffordshire Terrier 25% Boston Terrier No Predominant Breed 8.33% Bull Mastiff German Shepherd Dog
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dog 08 Top Responses 25% Boxer Boxer
25% Alaskan Malamute American Staffordshire Terrier 21.95% Sealyham Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier 19.67% Pointer Greyhound
No Predominant Breed
Dog 09 Top Responses 50% American Bulldog American Staffordshire Terrier 50% American Staffordshire Terrier American Bulldog
Boxer
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Bull Terrier (including miniature)
Dog 10 Top Responses 50% American Eskimo Keeshond
25% Beagle Shetland Sheepdog
25% Labrador Retriever Pomeranian
German Shepherd Dog
No Predominant Breed
Dog 11 Top Responses 25% Australian Cattle Dog Australian Cattle Dog
25% American Border Collie Staffordshire Terrier Corgi (including Cardigan, 3.56% Bull Mastiff Pembroke)
2.89% Newfoundland No Predominant Breed
Boston Terrier Dog 12 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever Labrador Retriever
12.5% Chow Chow Shar-Pei, Chinese
12.5% Beagle Chow Chow
24.89% Puli No Predominant Breed
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Dog 13 Top Responses 25% German Shepherd Border Collie
25% Staffordshire Bull German Shepherd Dog Terrier Basenji 13.36% Weimeraner Great Dane 7.29% German Wirehaired Pointer Boston Terrier
Dog 14 Top Responses 50% Australian Shepherd Australian Shepherd
50% American Eskimo Australian Cattle Dog
Border Collie
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Collie
Dog 15 Top Responses 50% Siberian Husky Siberian Husky
20.35% Chow Chow Malamute, Alaskan
7.5% Bloodhound American Eskimo Dog
4.03% Samoyed Alaskan Klee Kai
Akita Dog 16 Top Responses 25% American American Staffordshire Staffordshire Terrier
25% Staffordshire Bull American Bulldog Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier 8.83% Flat Coated Retriever Bull Terrier (including miniature) 3.14% Irish Wolfhound No Predominant Breed
Dog 17 Top Responses 25% Rottweiler American Bulldog
12.5% Boxer Dalmatian
12.5% German Labrador Retriever Shorthaired Pointer Boxer 11.09% Manchester Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier
Dog 18 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever Australian Cattle Dog
25% Swedish Vallhund Catahoula Leopard Dog
12.5% German Spitz Blue Tick Coonhound
12.5% Weimeraner Beagle
No Predominant Breed
Dog 20 Top Responses 50% American Eskimo German Shepherd Dog
25% Cane Corso No Predominant Breed
25% Chinese Sharpei Belgian Malinois
Labrador Retriever
Beagle Dog 22 Top Responses 25% Chow Chow No Predominant Breed
12.5% German Shepherd German Shepherd Dog
12.5% Alaskan Malamute Boxer
14.22% Cairn Terrier Catahoula Leopard Dog
American Staffordshire Terrier
Dog 23 Top Responses 25% American American Staffordshire Staffordshire Terrier
25% Boxer Staffordshire Bull Terrier
25% Soft Coated Wheaton American Bulldog Terrier Bull Terrier (including 18.66% Great Dane miniature)
Boxer
Dog 24 Top Responses 50% Chihuahua Dachshund (including miniature, standard, 25% Keeshond smooth coat, wirehair, longhair) 25% Beagle Chihuahua
No Predominant Breed
Labrador Retriever
Corgi (including Cardigan, Pembroke)
Dog 25 Top Responses 75% Italian Greyhound Jack Russell Terrier (includes Russell Terrier) 18.69% Entlebucher Mountain Dog Fox Terrier (including smooth, wire, toy) 3.9% Bernese Mountain Dog Whippet
2.24% Rhodesian Parson Russell Terrier Ridgeback Italian Greyhound Dog 26 Top Responses 25% German Shepherd Akita
25% Chinese Sharpei Basenji
12.5% Short Haired German Shepherd Dog Dachshund No Predominant Breed 12.65% Dogo Argentino Australian Cattle Dog
Dog 28 Top Responses 32.5% Boxer Beagle
25% Weimeraner Foxhound (including American, English, 14.49% Borzoi Treeing Walker Coonhound) 10.8% Keeshond No Predominant Breed
Black and Tan Coonhound
Jack Russell Terrier (includes Russell Terrier)
Dog 29 Top Responses 25% American No Predominant Breed Staffordshire American Staffordshire 25% Staffordshire Bull Terrier Terrier Chihuahua 25% Russell Terrier Boxer 25% Basset Hound Labrador Retriever
Dog 30 Top Responses 25% American Boxer Staffordshire American Staffordshire 25% French Bulldog Terrier
12.5% Samoyed American Bulldog
11.96% Afghan Hound Staffordshire Bull Terrier
No Predominant Breed Dog 31 Top Responses 25% Tibetan Mastiff Rottweiler
12.5% Boxer German Shepherd Dog
15.1% Golden Retriever No Predominant Breed
5.86% Wheaten Terrier Australian Shepherd
Cocker Spaniel
Dog 33 Top Responses 37.5% German Shepherd Border Collie
12.5% Rottweiler No Predominant Breed
12.5% Weimeraner Great Dane
11.44% Irish terrier American Staffordshire Terrier
Boston Terrier
Dog 35 Top Responses 25% Chow Chow German Shepherd Dog
12.5% German Shepherd Rottweiler
12.5% Boxer No Predominant Breed
9.39% Newfoundland Dobermann Pinscher
Black and Tan Coonhound
Dog 36 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever American Staffordshire Terrier 25% Manchester Terrier Labrador Retriever 25% Belgian Sheepdog No Predominant Breed 12.5% Boston Terrier Beagle
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dog 37 Top Responses 25% Bloodhound Bloodhound
25% Boxer Mastiff
10.12% Bull Mastiff Boxer
7.26% American Bull Mastiff Foxhound Cane Corso
Dog 38 Top Responses 50% Cocker Spaniel No Predominant Breed
25% Boston Terrier Boxer
25% Miniature Pinscher Pug
Beagle
Chihuahua
Dog 39 Top Responses 25% American Foxhound Plott Hound
25% Bull Mastiff Catahoula Leopard Dog
19.89% Scottish Labrador Retriever Deerhound No Predominant Breed 19.04% Sealyham Terrier Boxer
Dog 40 Top Responses 100% Wheaten Terrier Wheaten Terrier, Soft Coated
Poodle (including toy, miniature, standard)
Bearded Collie
Cocker Spaniel
No Predominant Breed Dog 41 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever Labrador Retriever
25% Cane Corso Golden Retriever
25% Chow Chow Beagle
25% Miniature Pinscher No Predominant Breed
Canaan Dog
Dog 42 Top Responses 25% Staffordshire Bull American Staffordshire Terrier Terrier
25% Chinese Sharpei No Predominant Breed
25% Havanese American Bulldog
6.56% Australian Terrier Boxer
Bulldog (English)
Dog 43 Top Responses 25% Siberian Husky Golden Retriever
25% American Bulldog Chow Chow
11.89% German Spitz No Predominant Breed
5.91% Standard Pomeranian Schnauzer Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Dog 44 Top Responses 50% Labrador Retriever Labrador Retriever
50% Dalmatian Border Collie
Flat Coated Retriever
No Predominant Breed
Golden Retriever Dog 46 Top Responses 50% Miniature Poodle Schnauzer (including miniature, standard, giant) 12.5% Manchester Terrier Cairn Terrier 19.89% Welsh Terrier Affenpinscher 5.85% Chinese Crested Poodle (including toy, miniature, standard)
No Predominant Breed
Dog 47 Top Responses 50% American Bulldog Rottweiler
25% Rottweiler No Predominant Breed
12.43% Neopolitan Mastiff American Staffordshire Terrier 8.11% Akita Plott Hound
Labrador Retriever
Dog 48 Top Responses 50% Yorkshire Terrier Yorkshire Terrier
50% Pomeranian Miniature Pinscher
Jack Russell Terrier (includes Russell Terrier)
Australian Terrier
No Predominant Breed
Dog 49 Top Responses 100% Pembroke Welsh Corgi (including Cardigan, Corgi Pembroke)
Swedish Vallhund
Shetland Sheepdog
Welsh Terrier
Basenji Dog 51 Top Responses 25% Novia Scotia Duck Labrador Retriever Tolling Retriever Foxhound (including 25% Irish Water Spaniel American, English, Treeing Walker 25% Fox Terrier Coonhound)
12.22% English Springer Pointer (includes English Spaniel Pointer)
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Beagle
Dog 52 Top Responses 75% Australian Cattle Dog Australian Cattle Dog
10.26% Lancashire Heeler Australian Kelpie
6.02% Old English Basenji Sheepdog Catahoula Leopard Dog 5.97% Belgian Malinois Australian Shepherd
Dog 53 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever Beagle
25% Weimeraner Foxhound (including American, English, 25% Australian Cattle Dog Treeing Walker Coonhound) 9.65% Beagle Labrador Retriever
No Predominant Breed
Harrier
Dog 54 Top Responses 25% Bulldog American Staffordshire Terrier 12.5% Mastiff Boxer 12.5% Boxer American Bulldog 10.42% Tibetan Mastiff Staffordshire Bull Terrier
No Predominant Breed Dog 55 Top Responses 25% Great Dane Dobermann Pinscher
25% Schipperke Labrador Retriever
12.5% Chow Chow No Predominant Breed
12.5% Collie Rottweiler
Dachshund (including miniature, standard, smooth coat, wirehair, longhair)
Dog 57 Top Responses 25% Beauceron Labrador Retriever
25% Siberian Husky German Shepherd Dog
25% American No Predominant Breed Staffordshire Terrier Golden Retriever 12.73% Schipperke Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Dog 58 Top Responses 25% Boxer Boxer
25% Entlebucher Great Dane Mountain Dog American Staffordshire 25% German Spitz Terrier
9.14% Golden Retriever American Bulldog
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Dog 59 Top Responses 50% American Bulldog American Staffordshire Terrier 50% American Staffordshire Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Boxer
American Bulldog
Mastiff Dog 60 Top Responses 100% Beagle Beagle
Basset Hound
No Predominant Breed
Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound)
Pug
Dog 61 Top Responses 50% Doberman Pinscher Labrador Retriever
25% Labrador Retriever Great Dane
12.5% Bulldog Greyhound
5.83% Irish Water Spaniel No Predominant Breed
Black and Tan Coonhound
Dog 62 Top Responses 25% Chow Chow Schipperke
25% American No Predominant Breed Staffordshire Terrier Corgi (including Cardigan, 25% Siberian Husky Pembroke)
13.71% Australian Terrier Basenji
Australian Kelpie
Dog 63 Top Responses 25% Bulldog No Predominant Breed
12.5% Bullmastiff Boxer
7.35% Basset Hound Foxhound (including American, English, 7.2% Keeshond Treeing Walker Coonhound)
Labrador Retriever
American Staffordshire Terrier Dog 64 Top Responses 50% Russell Terrier Beagle
50% Plott Hound No Predominant Breed
German Shepherd Dog
Corgi (including Cardigan, Pembroke)
Basenji
Dog 65 Top Responses 50% RedBone Coonhound German Shepherd Dog
25% German Shepherd No Predominant Breed
12.5% Labrador Retriever Akita
10.02% Curly-Coated Belgian Malinois Retriever Australian Shepherd
Dog 66 Top Responses 50% Cocker Spaniel Cocker Spaniel
25% Pomeranian Labrador Retriever
16.91% Lowchen Beagle
3.5% Field Spaniel No Predominant Breed
Flat Coated Retriever
Dog 67 Top Responses 25% American Bulldog No Predominant Breed
25% Staffordshire Bull Bull Terrier (including Terrier miniature)
10.49% English Cocker Shar-Pei, Chinese Spaniel American Staffordshire 7.41% Chinese Sharpei Terrier
Border Collie Dog 68 Top Responses 25% American German Shepherd Dog Staffordshire Terrier No Predominant Breed 25% French Bulldog Rhodesian Ridgeback 25% American Foxhound Anatolian Shepherd Dog 22.13% Belgian Tervuren Belgian Malinois
Dog 69 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever Labrador Retriever
25% Bulldog Flat Coated Retriever
25% Australian Cattle Dog No Predominant Breed
13.95% Australian Terrier Border Collie
Golden Retriever
Dog 71 Top Responses 25% Miniature Pinscher Chihuahua
25% Brittany Spaniel No Predominant Breed
25% Chinese Crested Labrador Retriever
12.83% German Spitz Border Collie
Schipperke
Dog 72 Top Responses 25% American Bulldog No Predominant Breed
25% Portuguese Water Vizsla Dog Rhodesian Ridgeback 25% Saluki Redbone Coonhound 1.99% Bichon Frise American Staffordshire Terrier Dog 73 Top Responses 25% American Labrador Retriever Staffordshire Terrier No Predominant Breed 12.5% Miniature Bull Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier 10.63% Miniature Poodle Rhodesian Ridgeback 9.38% American Bulldog Boxer
Dog 74 Top Responses 25% Boxer Pointer (includes English Pointer) 25% Beagle Beagle 25% English Toy Terrier Foxhound (including 14.66% Saint Bernard American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound)
No Predominant Breed
Brittany
Dog 76 Top Responses 50% Short Haired Dachshund (including Dachshund miniature, standard, smooth coat, wirehair, 25% Boxer longhair)
11.51% Silky Terrier Beagle
5.64% Labrador Retriever No Predominant Breed
Vizsla
Redbone Coonhound
Dog 77 Top Responses 25% Golden Retriever Black and Tan Coonhound
25% Basset Hound Dobermann Pinscher
11.22% Cairn Terrier Rottweiler
10.55% German Shepherd No Predominant Breed
German Shepherd Dog Dog 79 Top Responses 25% Doberman Pinscher No Predominant Breed
25% Wire Haired American Staffordshire Dachshund Terrier
12.5% Samoyed Boxer
12.5% Miniature Beagle Schnauzer Collie
Dog 81 Top Responses 50% Chihuahua Border Terrier
9.12% Dogue de Brussels Griffon Bordeaux No Predominant Breed 8.07% Yorkshire Terrier Jack Russell Terrier 6.93% Great Pyrenees (includes Russell Terrier)
Cairn Terrier
Dog 82 Top Responses 25% Australian Cattle Dog Australian Cattle Dog
17.15% Miniature Bull Border Collie Terrier Australian Kelpie 14.98% Scottish Deerhound No Predominant Breed
12.8% Australian Australian Shepherd Shepherd
Dog 83 Top Responses 25% Boxer German Shepherd Dog
25% Italian Greyhound No Predominant Breed
25% Miniature Short Catahoula Leopard Dog Haired Dachshund Greyhound 8.41% Staffordshire Bull Terrier Plott Hound Dog 84 Top Responses 75% Weimeraner Labrador Retriever
25% Labrador Retriever Weimaraner
German Shorthaired Pointer
Pointer (includes English Pointer)
Great Dane
Dog 85 Top Responses 25% Beauceron German Shepherd Dog
12.5% German Shepherd Siberian Husky
12.5% Siberian Husky Malamute, Alaskan
12.14% Komondor Australian Shepherd
Border Collie
Dog 88 Top Responses 25% Plott Hound American Bulldog
25% Boston Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier 25% German Spitz Boxer 11.68% Saluki Dalmatian
Argentine Dogo
Dog 89 Top Responses 25% Bulldog American Staffordshire Terrier 25% Boxer Rottweiler 12.98% Blue Tick Coonhound Staffordshire Bull Terrier
10.9% Weimeraner American Bulldog
Labrador Retriever Dog 92 Top Responses 25% Australian Cattle Dog No Predominant Breed
25% Border Collie Beagle
9.77% Miniature Pinscher Labrador Retriever
9.57% Labrador Retriever Jack Russell Terrier (includes Russell Terrier)
Australian Shepherd
Dog 93 Top Responses 25% Weimeraner Australian Shepherd
8.28% Beagle Border Collie
8.23% Cane Corso No Predominant Breed
4.18% Rottweiler Australian Cattle Dog
Cocker Spaniel
Dog 94 Top Responses 25% Golden Retriever No Predominant Breed
25% Poodle Beagle
18.98% Dandie Dinmont Greyhound Terrier Foxhound (including 10.35% Glen of Imaal American, English, Terrier Treeing Walker Coonhound)
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Dog 95 Top Responses 25% American American Staffordshire Staffordshire Terrier Terrier
25% Dogue de Bordeaux No Predominant Breed
3.66% Irish Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier
2.17% Dandie Dinmont Labrador Retriever Terrier Shar-Pei, Chinese Dog 96 Top Responses 50% American American Staffordshire Staffordshire Terrier Terrier
6.95% Vizsla No Predominant Breed
5.86% Miniature Pinscher Staffordshire Bull Terrier
0.89% Collie Basenji
Miniature Pinscher
Dog 97 Top Responses 50% American American Staffordshire Staffordshire Terrier Terrier
25% Bullmastiff Staffordshire Bull Terrier
8.73% Collie American Bulldog
2.48% Bulldog Shar-Pei, Chinese
Mastiff
Dog 98 Top Responses 25% Norwegian Elkhound No Predominant Breed
25% Miniature Short German Shepherd Dog Haired Dachshund Plott Hound 14.38% Sealyham Terrier Black and Tan Coonhound 10.35% Dogue de Bordeaux American Staffordshire Terrier
Dog 99 Top Responses 25% American Labrador Retriever Staffordshire Terrier No Predominant Breed 25% Collie Pointer (includes English 21.41% Black Russian Pointer) Terrier Brittany 19.86% Norwegian Buhund Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound) Dog 100 Top Responses 25% Rottweiler Labrador Retriever
25% American Eskimo No Predominant Breed
25% Portuguese Water German Shepherd Dog Dog Rhodesian Ridgeback 15.23% Bulldog Golden Retriever
Dog 101 Top Responses 25% Curly Coated Black and Tan Coonhound Retriever German Shepherd Dog 25% Jindo Bloodhound 13.31% Norfolk Terrier No Predominant Breed 11.43% Russell Terrier Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound)
Dog 102 Top Responses 50% Golden Retriever Border Collie
25% Flat Coated Retriever Saluki
16.24% German Spitz Flat Coated Retriever
9.8-% Norfolk Terrier Afghan Hound
Springer Spaniel (including English, Welsh)
Dog 103 Top Responses 25% Labrador Retriever Bloodhound
25% Tibetan Mastiff Black and Tan Coonhound
13.96% American Eskimo Rhodesian Ridgeback
11.45% Long Haired No Predominant Breed Dachshund German Shepherd Dog Dog 104 Top Responses 25% Australian Cattle Dog Australian Cattle Dog
25% Labrador Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer 25% Jindo Pointer (includes English 17.69% Great Dane Pointer)
Blue Tick Coonhound
English Setter
Dog 106 Top Responses 25% Miniature Short Dachshund (including Haired Dachshund miniature, standard, smooth coat, wirehair, 25% Siberian Husky longhair)
20.11% Black and Tan Basset Hound Coonhound Corgi (including Cardigan, 12.73% Irish Setter Pembroke)
No Predominant Breed
German Shepherd Dog
Dog 107 Top Responses 50% Basset Hound Basset Hound
25% French Bulldog Beagle
16.62% Cane Corso Clumber Spaniel
10.45% Wire Fox Terrier No Predominant Breed
Foxhound (including American, English, Treeing Walker Coonhound) Dog 108 Top Responses 25% American No Predominant Breed Staffordshire Terrier American Staffordshire 25% Shetland Sheepdog Terrier
25% Yorkshire Terrier Labrador Retriever
10.8% Manchester Terrier American Bulldog
Jack Russell Terrier (includes Russell Terrier)
Dog 109 Top Responses 25% Beauceron Brittany
25% Boxer No Predominant Breed
15.03% Ibizian Hound Springer Spaniel (including English, Welsh) 12.96% Chinese Crested Border Collie
Australian Shepherd
Dog 110 Top Responses 50% Staffordshire Bull Labrador Retriever Terrier No Predominant Breed 25% Collie Rhodesian Ridgeback 25% Small Munsterlander Boxer
German Shepherd Dog
Dog 111 Top Responses 25% Basset Hound Basset Hound
25% American Clumber Spaniel Staffordshire Terrier Bulldog (English) 25% Chow Chow No Predominant Breed 25% English Cocker Spaniel Beagle Dog 112 Top Responses 25% German Short Haired Pointer (includes English Pointer Pointer)
25% Labrador Retriever Brittany
12.5% Miniature Poodle Foxhound (including American, English, 11.06% Pointer Treeing Walker Coonhound)
German Shorthaired Pointer
Beagle
Dog 114 Top Responses 25% Chow Chow No Predominant Breed
25% Puli Australian Cattle Dog
25% Bull Terrier Australian Kelpie
25% Miniature Schnauzer Collie
Basenji
Dog 115 Top Responses 25% Chow Chow German Shepherd Dog
25% American Foxhound Golden Retriever
25% Shetland Sheepdog No Predominant Breed
25% Miniature Poodle Labrador Retriever
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Dog 116 Top Responses 25% Chow Chow No Predominant Breed
25% Catahoula Leopard Chow Chow Dog Basenji 25% Dalmatian American Staffordshire 25% Scottish Terrier Terrier
Akita Dog 117 Top Responses 50% American Bulldog Pharaoh Hound
25% American Ibizan Hound Staffordshire Terrier No Predominant Breed 9.28% Pembroke Welsh Corgi Basenji
7.97% Irish Wolfhound Great Dane
Dog 119 Top Responses 25% English Cocker Chihuahua Spaniel Papillon 25% Belgian Sheepdog No Predominant Breed 11.35% Chow Chow Pomeranian 10.32% Puli Cocker Spaniel
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