#the shep/lab mix is good for one purpose and it is to be a good buddy and all purpose family dog

[3liza]

speaking of Embark profiles, Chrcuhgrim's sister was adopted by some people who got her DNA run and these are the results, if you're curious. considering they are physically the same dog i think the chances of a multiple-sire litter are unlikely and his DNA profile is probably identical or almost. this actually turned out to be useful recently because his lump-growing disorder is sort of similar to a common German Shepherd genetic disease called RCND, and Aria's test showed she didn't carry the gene. in fact she doesnt have any of the usual genetic failures at all, which is somewhat surprising. the test showed mostly purebred GSDs and labs recently in the family tree which is also surprising, given these were a dump litter. i wonder if they're a cull from a specific breeding project of some kind. the clean genetic condition test is interesting