Do the results of “dog breed selectors” actually match what breed(s) you have?
The Animal Planet one is a good one. Do you results match what breed(s) you actually have?
http://animal.discovery.com/breedselector/dogselectorindex.do
Mine don’t. Greyhound, Golden Retriever and Wheaten Terriers are the ones that usually come up in my results but I have a Staffy cross (though I’ve always loved Goldens). One test actually told me bully breeds were the breeds I should avoid. Me and my boy do ok together so I guess it proves such tests are too simplistic not be relied on completely, certainly not over real research. Great as a guide, but I don’t think you should base your choice on what breed to get on one of these tests fully. They were wrong about me.
KellyO, that’s basically what I have just said. Did I not say in my question that those tests are not to be relied upon? I just want to know whether people have the breeds that, according to the test, they’re supposed to have.
It seems to me people are not reading the whole question here.
No one animal breed selector can *ever* choose the perfect breed for anyone.
They’re so general and impersonal to the *breeds*; that they’d be more likely to suggest a hunting dog to a laid back family than a hunting dog to a hunting family, and a laid back dog to a laid back family.
It’s a good way of getting a decent ideal of what you can handle with dogs: high shedding, low shedding. high energy, low energy. large, medium, small. etc. — but it’s nothing that anybody should agree with completely and utterly.
And only one of my breeds came up with that quiz.
ETA:
Yes, you asked if our breeds came up with the quiz.
Some people felt like putting their input in about the reality of the quizzes — don’t overreact so much. It’s not that big of a deal.
Dog Breed Info on DVD. Breed Specific Videos from Doggy DVD.