This little mutt has a Brobdingnagian personality to fit his oversize ears .
I grew up with a mutt , and I say that with affection for miscellaneous - to - the - max breeds everywhere .
Freckles was named after the small black spots that dotted her grey-headed snoot , and with her dark-brown fur that repelled water system , fluffy tail that curled up over her back , and trilateral - shaped ears that sat tall on her head … to this day , we have no thought what she was . My folk come to describe Freckles as ahusky / colliemix , but vet ponder other breed ( possiblychow Zhou dynasty ? MaybeSaint Bernard ? ) were cover somewhere in her genes .
Courtesy of Harry McAlister and Sara Parelhoff
Such is the history for rescue dog parent everywhere , include Sara Parelhoff and Harry McAlister , who adopted Oscar the " Welsh corgi commixture . " But there ’s one advantage Parelhoff and McAlister have that I did n’t in the early 2000s : doggie DNA testing .
Digging Into the DNA
At - home hot dog DNA testing is easy : You rank online , swab your puppy ’s face ( though they might think it ’s a treat and endeavor to chomp on it ) , and send the spittle sample to a lab to be tested . It ’s a lot like 23andMe for humans .
" I think that ’s the tough thing about having a deliverance dog ; you just do n’t know where they came from or what they experience before they were with you , " Parelhoff says . " So I think as much entropy as you could gather is going to help you be the best detent parent and help give them the good biography . "
With Oscar ’s big ear , violent pelt , and long body , Parelhoff and McAlister had some speculations : Was their honest male child a corgi - Aussie - cocker spaniel ? To be better pet parents , they decide to get answers to their guessing game .
Meet the “Chipoolacockie”
So , this is awkward … Oscar the sorta - kindacorgiisn’t a corgi at all . Instead , he ’s a Chipoolacockie : The American Kennel Club’snewest registered breed(OK , not really , but with those good looks it should be ) .
That stout bod comes from hisChihuahua , miniature poodle , andLhasa Apsoancestry . That blood-red fur ? Allcocker spanielandIrish setter . And there ’s sometoy George Fox terrier , shih tzu , Mi - ki , and Polish lowland sheepdog mix in for good bill . all told , an adorable doggie DNA cocktail .
" If anything , this will make us better parents to Oscar because we ’ll put him on even high of a stand for being so unequalled and tremendous , " Parelhoff say .
