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Tootsie Pup

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

“Energetic, smart and very stubborn”

Place of Birth

Cayuga Lake, New York, USA

Current Location

Highland Park, Illinois, USA

From

Cayuga Lake, New York, USA

This dog has been viewed and been given 3 wags

Registration

American Kennel Club (AKC): SR98997006

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Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is a medium-sized waterfowl dog that lives to play fetch and swim. This adorable retriever makes a great family pet and will certainly catch the eye of onlookers

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Here’s what Tootsie Pup’s family tree may have looked like.
While there may be other possible configurations of her family’s relationships, this is the most likely family tree to explain Tootsie Pup’s breed mix.
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Through Tootsie Pup’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

A386

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A1a

Tootsie Pup’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.

A386

Tootsie Pup’s Haplotype

Part of the A1a haplogroup, the A386 haplotype occurs most commonly in Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. It's a rare find!

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

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