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Toots

Mixed Ancestry

“Toots was rescued off of Craigslist by a friend of ours. Within a few weeks she was seeking a permanent home for the sweet pup and thought we would be a perfect fit. Since the day we brought Toots home (to our 27 foot sailboat) she has been the best part of our days. Toots loves dogs but she loves people even more, because of all the pets and belly rubs. She loves kids the most! We spend most of our days outside and that is when Toots is the happiest!”

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Current Location

Longboat Key, Florida, USA

From

Ruskin, Florida, USA

This dog has been viewed and been given 21 wags

Genetic Breed Result

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Embark Supermutt analysis

What’s in that Supermutt? There may be small amounts of DNA from this distant ancestor:

Shih Tzu

This ancient breed is the perfect lapdog. Sweet and easygoing, they want nothing more than to be close to their humans.

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Chihuahua

Chihuahuas have a huge personality that defies their tiny frame, known to be highly active and intelligent canines.

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Maltese

Maltese dogs are confident and friendly toy dogs, that can be high maintenance but boast a beautiful white silky coat.

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Pomeranian

The Pomeranian is a cocky, animated companion with an extroverted personality.

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Dogs Like Toots

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Discover dogs who share a similar breed mix to Toots. A higher score means the two dogs have more of their breed mix in common. A score of 100% means they share the exact same breed mix!

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DNA Breed Origins

Breed colors:
Shih Tzu
Chihuahua
Maltese
Pomeranian
Supermutt

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Here’s what Toots’s family tree may have looked like.
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Family Tree From Embark PARENTS GRANDPARENTS GREAT GRANDPARENTS Chihuahua mix Shih Tzu mix Chihuahua Pomeranian mix Shih Tzu Maltese / Shih Tzu mix Chihuahua Chihuahua Pomeranian Mixed Shih Tzu Shih Tzu Maltese Shih Tzu
While there may be other possible configurations of her family’s relationships, this is the most likely family tree to explain Toots’s breed mix.
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Through Toots’s mitochondrial DNA we can trace her mother’s ancestry back to where dogs and people first became friends. This map helps you visualize the routes that her ancestors took to your home. Their story is described below the map.

Haplogroup

A1a

Haplotype

A388

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A1a

Toots’s Haplogroup

A1a is the most common maternal lineage among Western dogs. This lineage traveled from the site of dog domestication in Central Asia to Europe along with an early dog expansion perhaps 10,000 years ago. It hung around in European village dogs for many millennia. Then, about 300 years ago, some of the prized females in the line were chosen as the founding dogs for several dog breeds. That set in motion a huge expansion of this lineage. It's now the maternal lineage of the overwhelming majority of Mastiffs, Labrador Retrievers and Gordon Setters. About half of Boxers and less than half of Shar-Pei dogs descend from the A1a line. It is also common across the world among village dogs, a legacy of European colonialism.

A388

Toots’s Haplotype

Part of the large A1a haplogroup, this haplotype occurs most frequently in Staffordshire Terriers, Labrador Retrievers, and English Bulldogs.

Shar Pei dogs think A1a is the coolest!

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The Paternal Haplotype reveals a dog’s deep ancestral lineage, stretching back thousands of years to the original domestication of dogs.

Are you looking for information on the breeds that Toots inherited from her mom and dad? Check out her breed breakdown and family tree.

Paternal Haplotype is determined by looking at a dog’s Y-chromosome—but not all dogs have Y-chromosomes!

Why can’t we show Paternal Haplotype results for female dogs?

All dogs have two sex chromosomes. Female dogs have two X-chromosomes (XX) and male dogs have one X-chromosome and one Y-chromosome (XY). When having offspring, female (XX) dogs always pass an X-chromosome to their puppy. Male (XY) dogs can pass either an X or a Y-chromosome—if the puppy receives an X-chromosome from its father then it will be a female (XX) puppy and if it receives a Y-chromosome then it will be a male (XY) puppy. As you can see, Y-chromosomes are passed down from a male dog only to its male offspring.

Since Toots is a female (XX) dog, she has no Y-chromosome for us to analyze and determine a paternal haplotype.

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