Doggie DNA Tests: Waste of Money or Legitimate Tool?

Do mutt-lovers (with admittedly too much time and money on their hands) get anything in exchange for the $75-100 they pay to find out what kind of dog they have? It depends. My advice: before ordering a doggie DNA test over the net, do lots of research. Perhaps just have the vet do it.  If you do order a test over the internet, make sure you pick one that tests for the maximum number of breeds and that gets very high marks from consumers, and carefully read the fine print. Now they tell me, the more mixed your mutt is, the less likely you are to get any info at all from the test. I’ll let you decide if the test was worth my money. Here is the dog:

And the results?

Primary breeds, none; secondary breeds, none; and in the mix, Italian Greyhound,
Beagle, and Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. I don’t THINK so, do you?

Lessons: Pick your tester wisely. I used Canine Heritage.com, because they were in Chapter 11 some years back, and I like to frequent companies that have made it through this process. When I asked for my money back, or at least some explanation for the results, the company identified two breeds they do not test for that could be in the mix, just by looking at the photo of Ringo. I wondered why they do not test for these breeds if they are so common. They offered to redo the test, but we have shaken faith now, so we said no. Again, go to one that tests for more breeds than Canine Heritage. Have any of you had better luck with this? What kind of dog do you think he is?Can you beat the test?