Summary: p Will Colosimo holds up a certificate of heritage of his dog, Allie, outside their home in the northwest Denver suburb of Arvada, Colo., Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. There are several types of DNA tests available for determining a mixed-breed dog's ancestry. Colosimo sent away for one that required swabbing the inside of his dog's cheek and mailing the sample to a lab. He learned that Allie, who is 8 or 9 years old, had both German shepherd and dachshund blood. /p
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