CHANCE GETS A DOGGIE DNA TEST

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I finally find the answer to the question of what breed is my dog Chance.  Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Chance has slowly made his way into a large number of videos on the Pet Collective. As his fan base grows, more and more people have asked "what kind of dig is he?" and since Chance was a stray dog when i found him, I've never known. In this story, we learn about Doggie DNA tests as I take chance to finally get his exam.

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00:00I've always thought of my dog Chance as special.

00:03He loves being on camera, he takes direction well, and always manages to give the perfect

00:08shot.

00:09You might even say he's a bit of a ham.

00:10And it's no surprise because I found Chance from behind the lens of a camera.

00:14He was a lost dog who wandered onto the set of a movie I was shooting.

00:17Oh, I'm scared.

00:18Oh, I'm puppy.

00:19You're ruining the shot.

00:20Hello.

00:21Hi.

00:22Are you Union?

00:23Are you Union?

00:24When he started showing up in the videos on the Pet Collective, a lot of people started

00:28asking what kind of dog he is, and since he was a lost dog when I found him, I've never

00:32known.

00:33I started to wonder if there might be some benefits to learning what kind of dog he is,

00:36so I could learn a little more about where he came from and know my dog a little better.

00:41I headed to the Moore Park Veterinary Hospital for a DNA test to put the question to bed

00:45once and for all.

00:46You want this one?

00:47Sit.

00:48I think that's the main thing what this DNA test does is it just gives people peace of

00:52mind exactly what their mixed breed dog is.

00:55It can let you know if the dog is predisposed to any health issues down the road.

00:59It can help the veterinarian know if you say, my dog is this mix, this mix.

01:03It can give them a heads up, hey, this dog's predisposed to these diseases down the road

01:07as they get older.

01:09A lot of people ask, what is your dog?

01:11They can say, this is exactly what my dog is.

01:12Okay.

01:13And then we're going to go into the exam room, and this is where we're going to pull the

01:17blood.

01:18It can predict your dog's likely adult weight.

01:20It prescreens for breed-related risks of genetic diseases.

01:24And then two, it kind of helps the veterinarian know too, information so you guys can create

01:31wellness programs.

01:32If the doctor knows, hey, your dog might be at risk for thyroid disease, you guys can

01:36start screening early and maybe catch it early.

01:38There's 235 breeds and types and varieties that this checks.

01:42I know in the past there were ones with cheek swabs, but I don't think they were as accurate.

01:48So this one is done with a blood test.

01:52You know, our big goal is, since a lot of these dogs are like family to a lot of the

01:56people that own them, it's basically getting this test so we know what their genetic breed

02:01is and we can help them live long, happy lives.

02:04What would you guess before I tell you anything that people have said about it?

02:09Mine, I would say Collie and maybe Shepherd.

02:16That's exactly what I would guess.

02:20So off we go.

02:21So what they do is they give you a printout of what your dog is with the breeds of dogs

02:27on it, kind of like a genetic chain.

02:30And then it'll tell you it's mixed with this percentage and this percentage versus this

02:33percentage.

02:34Nice to meet you.

02:35Nice to meet you.

02:36Thank you so much.

02:37This is Chance.

02:38Hi.

02:39How are you?

02:40So it's Chance's big day today and he gets to find out who he is.

02:48He showed that he is a Collie mix, but he's actually mixed with this unique little guy

02:54called a German Spitz.

02:55It's a pretty rare little breed.

02:59So he has a little bit, about a little less than 20% of a dog called a Polish lowland

03:06sheep dog.

03:08He has no Shepherd in him?

03:09There is absolutely no German Shepherd in him.

03:12Oh my God.

03:13I know.

03:14Slow it down.

03:17The test results were shocking.

03:18I had always seen my dog as being part of the Shepherd family, so I was surprised to

03:22learn he wasn't even part Shepherd.

03:24The doctor went on to explain that Chance's parents were a mixed breed Collie mix who

03:28was mostly sheep dog and a purebred German Spitz.

03:31She told me that his personality matches his combination perfectly.

03:35He's loyal like a Collie, but independent like a Spitz.

03:38What she told me next really surprised me.

03:40The cool thing about the company that does this genetic testing is it tells us their

03:45breed, but it also medically makes a difference because Collies specifically are actually

03:51predisposed to certain genetic problems.

03:54Oh really?

03:55So what they've done for Chance is they've gone ahead and screened him for some of those

03:58tests and there actually was something that turned positive that we need to talk about

04:03today.

04:04They checked him for this drug sensitivity, this is a printout from the university that

04:10does that specific genetic test, and it goes through and talks about all the different

04:15medications that Chance should try to avoid, and so that's really important for his veterinarian

04:21to know that he tested.

04:22Erythromycin?

04:23Yeah.

04:24So there's some pretty common medications that we would use for treating an infection,

04:31for treating mites, so while satisfying our curiosity, medically it makes a huge difference

04:36for Chance that we've run this test.

04:38Now that I know more about who my dog is, I know more about keeping him safe and alive

04:42for as long as possible.

04:44I've always thought of Chance as a great dog.

04:46Now I know a little more about where that greatness comes from.

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