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Who’s Your Daddy?

October 1st, 2009 2 comments

The cross breed heritage mystery appears to have been solved… at least for some.

DNA testing now commercially available to the general public in the US can reveal your cross breed dogs ancestry. The Wisdom Panel Insights™ product claims to be able to accurately identify over 170 different breeds – and for $80 you can post them two swabs from your mixed dogs cheeck and they’ll email you the results approximately three weeks later. Read more…

The Inaugural Mutt-Up

September 29th, 2009 No comments

Every now and again we’ll post a “mutt-up”. A brief picture exposition of a beloved “mutt” (preference will be given to mixed or cross breed dogs but it’s rumoured we might occasionally allow a pedigreed pooch… just for a laugh of course). 4 Pictures or less… and what better way to start than with the inspiration behind www.MuttsLife.com…

“The Menace” in all her glory: The Good:

"That's my dog. You wouldn't believe she's a cross breed would you?"

"Ah.. that's my dog. Would you believe she's mixed breed?"

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Am I ready to Own a Dog?

September 21st, 2009 No comments

“Either the dog goes or I go!” is a statement I remember from my childhood with startling clarity.

Always directed by my father at my mother, usually with a mangled and slobbery item like a prized shoe or watch strap in one hand, a crazed look in his eyes and a bit of angry spittle dribbling from one side of his mouth, it was seldom said in jest. Read more…

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