Well...the guessing game of "What's Remy Mixed With" is over.
Last month I had Ada and Remy in for vaccinations, and a grad student intern was helping with the examinations. He was really interested in Remy and the leonberger breed. When I mentioned that Remy was probably mixed with something else, he said he could answer that question for me. Apparently, he's part of a DNA mixed breed identification study at the university. He took samples from Remy and even Ada.
That was over a month ago...and no word...
until yesterday. Remy had her last puppy shots and there was an envelope waiting for us with the results! Remy is a full leonberger. So, yeah, she's small for her age (4 months and 40 pounds), but she's definitely a leo. She was even compared to an adult leo from Missouri with an 85% match (which is supposedly a close relative).
Ada, on the other hand, is not a full labrador. The intern noticed a small patch of white on her chest (literally 16 hairs) and suspected that she might be mixed with something...an d...yep...her great-grand something was a border collie. He could even tell me that the collie came from the sire's side of the family. He also mentioned that Ada's mother was a chocolate labrador (which I knew, but didn't mention to him). I'm just amazed at all this scientific stuff.
So, now I have an english setter (probably, she didn't get tested), a leonberger, and a lollie (lab/collie mix). I guess with rescues, you just never know what you're going to get.