They Grow Up So Fast.

I was going through some of my older

 iphoto albums today when I found these...

I can hardly believe that these photos were taken in November.

Wow, our Lil' Stink Nugget has certainly grown!

& I just can't get over how tiny Piper Dog used to be...

My, oh my! She was so rolly polly & pudgy!

Le sigh they grow up so fast...

xoxo

The results are in!

A few weeks ago I shared with you that we had done a Doggie DNA Test 

on our Piper Dog in an effort to find out what breeds make up

 her cute lil' mixed breed DNA. 

Well the results are in! 

Drum roll please...

Piper Dog is a mix of 3 breeds:

Pug

+

Beagle

+ 

Shar Pei 

=

Our Piper Dog 

Now we just have to decide what to call her when people ask...

We are leaning towards "Puggle Pei" since a Pug + Beagle = Puggle 

& we just tack on "Pei" from Shar Pei to the end. 

The Husband also suggested "Shar Puggle"... 

but I think Puggle Pei works better since her name starts with a "P" too.

So there you have it, we have a Puggle Pei named Piper!

Now we just have to figure out why she has webbed feet...

 apparently that is a labrador trait?

**UPDATE 03.04.2010**
 ** We just found out today via the shelter we rescued Piper Dog 
from that she has Bulldog in her genes too.
 Apparently one of her parents was a Bulldog, Puggle mix. 
The Husband has now coined a new name for her breed- "Puggle Bull Pei"**

xoxo

Doggie DNA.

We love our Piper Dog!

{ Piper Dog the night we brought her home }

However we have NO idea what she is. 

You see Piper is a rescue dog & who we adopted at roughly three months of age. 

We were told when we adopted her that she was a 

Golden Lab mix & she'd keep growing toping off at roughly 40 lbs.  

But multiple trips to the vet for various shots & checkups later 

We are finding that may not be the case & everyone has an opinion on what she is... 

From Akita to Bulldog to Shar Pei to Pitbull to you name it, we've heard it!

So we did what any responsible pet parents 

who want to know how to best care for their puppy would do - 

We ordered a DNA test!

The Wisdom Panel DNA test for dogs

 supposedly is sensitive enough 

to detect for more then 170 breed variations. 

So assuming Piper has at least a bit of one or more of those

 170 breeds in her cute lil' DNA we should be able to find out her breed mix

in just a few short weeks via a simple cheek swab! 

We are very excited to know our Piper Dog better.

 It will really help us to determine why she is the way she is 

& what our expectations for her should & should not be.

{ Piper Dog now... 2 months later }

Stay tuned... 

We are doing the cheek swabs tonight 

& sending them out for testing tomorrow!

xoxo