Hi all, here's another one, has anybody had this done what happens? also cost.

Warm regards Susan

Go to the Kennel Club website and type DNA Profiling into the search box on the home page, it comes up with a press release, click on that and it gives all the information you need. The KC scheme is £15.00 per dog.

Dawn R.

I would do a clickable link, but I'm a numb nut. :)

Thanks Dawn.

warm regards Susan

Hey you're right.  It's £15 to do it through the KC (which presumably goes to the AHT lab) but £30 if you go direct to AHT!

Julie

Hi Susan

DNA profiling is a new method of identification that is now being promoted by the KC.  It's optional at the moment but hopefully in time to come it will be compulsory for breeders to identify breeding stock using DNA, which will make it much more difficult to falsify pedigrees and so reduce the registration of the produce of puppy farms.

The Animal Health Trust is in the forefront of this in the UK and they offer a commercial service for £30 using DNA from a cheek swab or blood sample.  The buccal swab is simple, you just brush the inside of the cheek with a specially provided swab but the blood sample would obviously have to be taken by a vet or vet nurse.  More info here -
http://www.aht.org.uk/sci_diag_disc_genetics_dnaprof.html

Julie

I don't really see how.  It would only be of use if a buyer has their pup DNA tested, and generally why would they?  The vast majority wouldn't think to check and even iof the parentage were found to be false would be unwilling to do anything about it as by then they would be attached to their dog.

I can see it will be useful, in many ways. One thought I had was that if I had a litter of pups and DNA identified them all before they went to their new homes and one ended up in rescue, as I would be the holder of the DNA registration I'd be the first person contacted. So if the dog was genuinely lost I could reunite pup and owner, and if it was passed on to a rescue when they checked for a registation they would tell me.

I think it would give puppy farmers a right headache if they knew that any question over pedigree falsifying could immediately be resolved using DNA profiling as it is now so cheap and available.  False description of pedigree and revoking registration due to under/overage or exceeding number of litters per bitch, spring to mind.  I don't see why this should mean returning the dog but could involve compensation.  And if it was compulsory for all breeding stock and litters, anything false wouldn't even get past the registration stage.

Julie

Most puppy farmers don't bother with the KC and register with the Dog Lovers Registration Club. You could make up anything you wanted to register a dog with them and nobody would ever know. But the new owners think they're getting something that validates that the breeder is honest.

Have you heard that when Lab owners get their pooch profiled they are astounded to know that Labs are genetically related to goats, pigs and vacuum cleaners?  LOL

Yes - I can readily concur with that, having owned goats and vacuum cleaners as well as labradors :D :D :D

Vacuum cleaners are generally easier to train - unless you happen upon a Dyson :D

Margot

Thanks everyone, interesting.

Warm regards Susan

Hi Susan...AKC requires DNA for studs who are used more than seven times,,its a good thing to have to insure the integrity of breedings..i have all my bitches done and have done so for three or four generations

The issues concerning DNA profiling which had occurred concerning my breed can get a bit sticky.  My dog was purchased prior to this whole mess.  There are I feel legitimate concerns on both sides.  Some breeders see this as a way to achieve authenticity for a breed and some assert the whole program is flawed.  This link can offer some perspectives on the issue. Whether these issues are skewed, flawed, etc., it does display some of the arguments that have been posed in regards to DNA profiling.

http://www.nationallsa.com/DNATESTING.htm