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Man Wanted Golden Retriever, So Adopts Stray—Then Come Shock DNA Results
Newsweek ^ | Aug 15, 2025 | Rachael O'Connor

Posted on 08/15/2025 9:58:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Is it a good dog? Who cares what breed(s) it is? It wasn’t bought as a show dog so, if it’s a good dog, that’s what counts. Isn’t it?


41 posted on 08/16/2025 6:17:42 AM PDT by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

From 2hat I have been able to gather, anywhere from $70, all the way up to $200+


42 posted on 08/16/2025 6:39:06 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: bert

Really? So wanting to know details of the animal’s heritage makes one a “damn fool”? Sad.


43 posted on 08/16/2025 6:40:17 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: nickcarraway

Take a look at this guy.

https://www.gsroc.org/dogs/butters/

Butters was adopted from a local shelter because the woman wanted a mixed golden retriever. Since he wasn’t acting like a golden, she had a DNA test on him and the result were he was 100% Belgian Laekenois, an extremely rare breed in the USA. She still decided not to keep Butters and turned him into the German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County.

Our rescue did another DNA test on him and this time the results were 100% Belgian Malinois. Now the story became crazier.

A couple was looking through the website, saw Butters, and he looked like the dog they adopted. They brought their dog to meet Butters and it turned out they were from the same litter. They then decided to adopt Butters.


44 posted on 08/16/2025 7:02:27 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: nickcarraway

Cute


45 posted on 08/16/2025 7:20:40 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: wjcsux

Our best dog for kid-watching was our Border Collie. She almost had a heart attack when her girl got on the bus for kindergarten. 2nd best was our Blue Heeler.

We don’t actively farm and don’t have that energy level anymore so our current pup is a yellow Lab.


46 posted on 08/16/2025 7:25:15 AM PDT by Cloverfarm ("...a Government, erected by the Majesty of the People ...")
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To: nickcarraway

Not slobbering enough to be a golden


47 posted on 08/16/2025 7:35:01 AM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: nickcarraway

what a happy looking creature... looks ready to play, chase things... go get that duck you just shot for him... that look on his face. “I just got back from my trip to Arby’s where I ordered and ate two doubles...”


48 posted on 08/16/2025 7:40:11 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10-10-10-10)
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To: nickcarraway

My dog is half Great Pyrenees.

You would never never never guess that. The other components likewise.

People complement us on our “Breed”. Oh, I grew up with one, they say, great dog, jumpy though.

I wonder if a second DNA test from a different lab would say the same.


49 posted on 08/16/2025 7:42:34 AM PDT by heartwood (Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
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To: nickcarraway

Very cute!

We had our large, black rescue dog’s DNA run. We were told she was a flat-coat retriever, and she looked like one.

Turned out she was a black lab mixed with chow-chow and chihuahua.


50 posted on 08/16/2025 7:44:57 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: nickcarraway

I think most of these dog DNA tests are scams.


51 posted on 08/16/2025 7:46:13 AM PDT by Smittie (Just li <p>ke an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: nickcarraway

Now we know the recipe in case we need to make one from scratch.


52 posted on 08/16/2025 7:50:21 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: Cloverfarm

Cattle dogs are so great, fantastic companions and very intelligent.


53 posted on 08/16/2025 8:08:24 AM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: Spacetrucker

Hey.... it’s a stray dog.

The guy is pretentious and wants to tell a wonderful tale about his fantastic effort results.

At root, he is looking for what he is too cheap to buy


54 posted on 08/16/2025 8:39:13 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: hellinahandcart

Don’t doodle when you can poodle.


55 posted on 08/16/2025 8:43:02 AM PDT by KYGrandma (The sun shines bright on my old KY home.)
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To: nickcarraway

Should be a very smart dog with that mix.


56 posted on 08/16/2025 8:45:03 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: greatvikingone; crazy aunt in the attic

I’ve done a lot of studying on the dog breeds, and the black mouth cur just seems to check all the boxes. Apparently they are quite intelligent, too.


57 posted on 08/16/2025 8:58:27 AM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: nickcarraway

A GREAT DOG IS A GREAT DOG—HAVE HAD 13-15 since 1966.

WOULD NEVER PAY FOR ANCESTRY INFO THE DOG SPEAKS FOR ITSELF...


58 posted on 08/16/2025 9:11:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

I adopted a puppy that looked like a poor grade of chow chow. She grew up to look like a small goldie with short ears and a magnificent sweep of tail. Her intelligence was way up there, too.

Saw a dog that resembled her a few weeks ago - it was a chow/cocker mix.


59 posted on 08/16/2025 10:00:26 AM PDT by spaced
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To: Don W

Well, let’s think about that. They’re both yellow, sweet, and dumb.


60 posted on 08/16/2025 12:52:56 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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