I'd be curious to know how accurate those tests are.

Yeah, I'm not convinced this one really was. I'm not going to spend $200 to check though.

They do stress that these are for curiousity's sake, not to back up your lawsuit against the AKC (or whatever). But all you give them is (in my case) the dog's name and age, and a cheek swab.

So I'd says it's reasonably valid. The two breeds they ID'd as dominant for Darby are fairly on target. (Dominant in her case meaning more than 25%/less than 49% of each.)

I mean, there are many other combinations that could end up looking like her, but OTOH she's certainly no Chihuahua, Australian Shepard, Cocker spaniel, Pekingese mix.

I got my Doggy DNA Test at Petco for I don't remember how much, but a low enough number to make it seem like a reasonable impulse buy (which, to be fair, could still be kind of high given how impulsive I can sometimes be, but I think it was less than $100). None of the dogs whose results I know came up as the breeds we thought they were pre-test, but the results did make sense once we knew them.

Rottweiler and miniature schnauzer? That must have been some romance.

I don't know much about chihuahuas. They are filed under "fierce little dogs" in my brain, and Charlie is that! Hey, how are obedience classes going?

Lee, I'd never have guessed that.

Is it wrong that I want to do swab myself and see if they return a dog breed for me?

But all you give them is (in my case) the dog's name and age, and a cheek swab.

That's all I gave them too, and I will admit that some of the pictures of the long hair Chihuahuas looked somwhat like Charlie.

HE IS STILL A CORGI TO ME THOUGH

Is it wrong that I want to do swab myself and see if they return a dog breed for me?

I hope not, because now I want that too.

Hey, how are obedience classes going?

Pretty good. It turned out to be just us, which kind of defeated the whole socialization idea. The trainer is really cool though.

Okay, this is a weird juxtaposition, but still. I'm looking at this "rape defense" from a self defence teacher, and I can't help but think it looks fussy: [link] I have some issues with what krav teaches you in that position, but I do feel it gives you more room to struggle than this which seems to depend on timing, which is not typically in your favour in these situations.

Anyway, that having been posted...Patrick Motherfucking Stewart. I knew he raised money against domestic abuse in his mother's name as a gesture towards what she could not get, but I did not know he raises money for PTSD in his father's name for similar reasons. Generally being amazing at cons I did also know. But it's Good Stuff worth sharing again (I'm sure he's been on it before, maybe even this).

Unrelated to anything but geekery, can someone read this for me in a way that makes sense:

Plans for a episode featuring a gay couple and and an allegory for HIV existed for the original Star Trek series, but the episode was never produced. The Next Generation eventually featured an allegory about HIV in the episode “Stigma,”

That's just an unfortunate (UNACCURATE, INCROMULENT) usage of the word "original", right?

Loving on Sir Patrick right now.