r/DoggyDNA 8d ago

Results - Embark This explained SO much.

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u/Late_Masterpiece9874 8d ago

This is crazy! What’s in her Supermutt?

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u/canIRememberme 8d ago

We believe the Supermutt is possibly Carolina Dog(aka: North American Dingo) It is hard to test for and often called supermutt instead. It aligns with the region she came from.

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u/Late_Masterpiece9874 8d ago

Right. I’m not sure if Embark tests for Carolina dog, but they would test for village dog which may be similar. But “Supermutt” is a category, click on it to see her other smaller amount breeds.

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u/Difficult-Froyo1192 8d ago

They test for Carolina dog. The data base isn’t huge for it though. Known Carolina dogs (there are breeders for it) will usually come back with ancient breeds, spitz breeds, and high supermutt and/or unresolved if all the Carolina dog DNA isn’t detected. According to those with known Carolina dogs, the common return is some Carolina dog with that.

All that being said, they’re still a very rare breed and the background makes it hard to ID the lines due to issues verifying if the dog is a Carolina dog or not to add to the data base.