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I will second that Embarks health testing piece can be great data, but they aren't super rigorous regarding genetic markers for breeds and my personal opinion is that they use that more as a marketing tool to get people to spend money and essentially fund their research projects. I don't hold it against them, I just wouldn't trust the breed data. Plenty of folks around can tell you stories of littermates whose breeds come back different from each other. Bull breeds in particular are tricky and a lot of folks are discovering that nearly everything comes back American Bully these days. My dog was tested several years back before they added American Bully and so shows 3 breeds, but every close relative that pops up in recent years is designated an Ambully and like you see with Ambullies, it is a massive range of phenotypes that probably have a slew of completely different breeds in them (some more bulldoggy, some more mastiff type) and despite this they all are identifiably the "same breed" according to Embark. I have heard Wisdom is a bit more rigorous regarding breed, but with all these tests, their data is only as good as the initial data set used to define the genetic markers and so without an exhaustive collection of DNA for each breed, it should be taken with a grain of salt.If she is bully/shepherd, she'll be an adorable handful! I love mixed because no 2 are exactly alike. A DNA test would be fun but I'm not sure how accurate they are. The vets around me are saying the embark breed and health test is a good one to find out any specific genetic issues that have a possibility of arising down the line. She'll be gorgeous all grown up with that make-up
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