If you want to try to take a guess at your dogs breed yourself, try to browse some breeds to figure it out. Websites like AKC.org have an extensive and informative listing of dog breeds. Your dogs ears, muzzle, and tail are often telling about what type of dog they are.
If you want to know your dogs exact genetic makeup, there are tests for that! There are multiple DNA testing services for dogs, but WisdomPanel.com is a reputable source that requires some of your dogs cheek skin cells. Your kit contains results and the website has a large database of over 250 breeds.
As you probably already know, your veterinarian is a doggy expert! Vets have knowledge about a variety of dog breeds, and will be able to give you some insights on what they think your dog is. While they cant guarantee you theyre correct, theyre on-hand experts that are only a phone call away.
See a dog, but don’t know its breed?
Just take a quick picture or video of a dog – with your Dog Scanner app you can identify a dog’s breed reliably in just a few seconds! Our integrated camera with Pinch To Zoom and Tap to Focus makes identifying dog breeds a walk in the park! Of course, the Dog Scanner app also supports uploading s from your gallery.
No problem, your app also recognizes mixed breeds! We provide you with detailed data and interesting facts about the different breeds of your mixed breed dog.
Faculty and students from the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a national survey of dog experts to compare their best guesses for the breeds of dogs in a series of photographs. These visual assessments were compared to DNA breed profiles for the dogs.
More than 5,000 dog experts, including breeders, trainers, groomers, veterinarians, shelter staff, rescuers, and others completed the survey. You are invited to view pictures of the 100 dogs in our study, their actual DNA breed results, and what our survey participants guessed their breeds were. Maybe you’ll see a photo that looks like your own special pup!
While many people like to know “what kind of dog is that?” just to satisfy their curiosity, dog breed designations have also been used in an attempt to predict future behavior, match pets to families, find lost dogs, and even to restrict the ownership of certain types of dogs.
Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, and frequently without pedigrees to describe their breed or heritage. The identities of dogs with unknown or mixed-breed lineages are frequently guessed based on their physical appearance, but it is not known how accurate these canine visual breed assessments are.
