Possibly. He was born following a large hoarding rescue in Louisa, VA. They know the mom was a white border collie-looking dog and that other dogs there were described as “Great Pyrenee/shepherd types.” Some of the rescues look mostly Pyr, some look mostly GSD, a couple look Anatolian. Moo’s coloring and fluff look very much like a Caucasian shepherd, but there were originally 72 dogs, so interbreeding had been going on for a while. None of the rescues had records of what the owner’s foundation stock was (elderly; looked like everything had just spiraled out of control for him).
We‘re thinking of getting a DNA/health test done because Anatolian shepherd’s can be sensitive to anesthesia, Great Pyrenees can develop a neurological problem, and then there’s the relatively common MDR1 gene variant that makes some dogs more susceptible to problems with ivermectin (is this the same as the anesthesia issue?). Has anyone used the Embark Vet tests? If so, how Accurate did you think the results were? I read that they work with Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine.