We ship you an easy to use swab to collect saliva samples from your dog. Please watch an instructional video of the collection process. Click here for the link to the instructional video.

When you receive your kit, please follow these steps:

1. Swab Your Dog: Use the provided swabs and follow our instructions to collect a sample from your dog(s).

2. Register Your Kit: To register your kit, either scan the QR code found inside your box on the Return panel, or visit the URL:

https://www.theprosperdashboard.com/K9/Register

3. Enter Details: Once on our registration website, enter the barcode from the swab (as illustrated on the registration website) along with other relevant information to connect your kit to your dog.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact our customer support team.

Your results will be available within approximately 2-6 weeks from when our lab receives your sample(s). Customers can monitor the status of their sample(s) as it goes through our pipeline at our customer portal:

www.theprosperdashboard.com/K9/

Unlike other companies that measure only a small fractions of your dog's DNA, we sequence the entire genome.  This allows us to more accurately assess the breed of your dog by comparing their DNA to that of over 300 reference breeds. We can also determine your pup's genetic risk for diseases and degree of inbreeding.  We offer the most advanced breed test on the market.

We test for over 350 unique breeds:

• Affenpinscher
• Afghan Hound
• Airedale Terrier
• Akbash
• Alaskan Malamute
• Alpine Dachsbracke
• American Akita
• American Bulldog
• American Eskimo Dog
• American Foxhound
• American Hairless Terrier
• American Staffordshire Terrier
• American Water Spaniel
• Anatolian Shepherd Dog
• Anglo-Francais hound
• Appenzeller Sennenhund
• Ariege Pointer
• Ariegeois
• Artois Hound
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Kelpie
• Australian Shepherd
• Australian Terrier
• Auvergne Pointer
• Azawakh
• Azerbaijan Wolf
• Bandog
• Barbet Poodle
• Basset Artesien Normand
• Basset Fauve de Bretagne
• Basset Hound
• Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
• Beauceron
• Bedlington Terrier
• Belgian Laekenois
• Belgian Malinois
• Belgian Sheepdog
• Belgian Tervuren
• Bergamasco Sheepdog
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Bichon Frise
• Biewer Terrier
• Billy
• Black and Tan Coonhound
• Black Russian Terrier
• Bloodhound
• Blue Gascony Griffon
• Blue Picardy Spaniel
• Bluetick Coonhound
• Boerboel
• Bohemian Shepherd
• Bolognese
• Boston Terrier
• Bourbonnais Pointing Dog
• Bouvier des Ardennes
• Bouvier des Flandres
• Boxer
• Boykin Spaniel
• Bracco Italiano
• Braques Francais
• Brazilian Terrier
• Briard
• Briquet Griffon Vendeen
• Brittany
• Broholmer
• Bruno Jura Hound
• Brussels Griffon
• Brussels Griffon (smooth)
• Bull Terrier
• Bullmastiff
• Cairn Terrier
• Canaan Dog
• Cane Corso
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi
• Carolina Dog
• Catahoula Leopard Dog
• Catalan Sheepdog
• Catalburun
• Caucasian Ovcharka
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• Central Asian Shepherd Dog
• Cesky Fousek
• Cesky Terrier
• Chesapeake Bay Retriever
• Chihuahua
• China Wolf
• Chinese Crested
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chinook
• Chow Chow
• Cirneco dell'Etna
• Clumber Spaniel
• Cocker Spaniel
• Collie
• Continental Bulldog
• Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon)
• Continental Toy Spaniel (Phalene)
• Coton de Tulear
• Cretan Tracer
• Croatian Sheepdog
• Curly-Coated Retriever
• Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
• Dachshund
• Dalmatian
• Dandie Dinmont Terrier
• Danish-Swedish Farmdog
• Doberman Pinscher
• Dogo Argentino
• Dogo Canario
• Dogue de Bordeaux
• Drever
• Dutch Partridge Dog
• Dutch Shepherd
• East-European shepherd
• Elo
• English Bulldog
• English Cocker Spaniel
• English Foxhound
• English Pointer
• English Setter
• English Shepherd
• English Springer Spaniel
• English Toy Spaniel
• English Toy Terrier
• Entlebucher Mountain Dog
• Estonian Hound
• Estrela Mountain Dog
• Eurasia Wolf
• Eurasier
• Europe Wolf
• Field Spaniel
• Finnish Hound
• Finnish Spitz
• Flat-Coated Retriever
• Formosan Mountain Dog
• Fox Terrier
• French Bulldog
• French Spaniel
• Galgo Espanol
• German Giant Spitz
• German Hound
• German Hunting Terrier
• German Pinscher
• German Shepherd
• German Shorthaired Pointer
• German Spaniel
• German Spitz
• German Spitz Klein
• German Spitz Mittel
• German Wirehaired Pointer
• Giant Schnauzer
• Glen of Imaal Terrier
• Golden Retriever
• Gordon Setter
• Gotland Hound
• Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
• Grand Bleu de Gascogne
• Grand Griffon Vendeen
• Great Anglo-French Tricolour Hound
• Great Anglo-French White and Orange Hound
• Great Pyrenees
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
• Greece Wolf
• Greenland Dog
• Griffon Fauve de Bretagne
• Griffon Nivernais
• Groenendael
• Hallefors Elkhound
• Hamiltonstovare
• Hanoverian Scenthound
• Harrier
• Havanese
• Hellenic Hound
• Hokkaido
• Hortaya Borzaya
• Hovawart
• Ibizan Hound
• Icelandic Sheepdog
• Iran Wolf
• Irish Red and White Setter
• Irish Setter
• Irish Terrier
• Irish Water Spaniel
• Japanese Akita
• Japanese Chin
• Japanese Spitz
• Kai Ken
• Kangal
• Kars
• Keeshond
• Kerry Blue Terrier
• Kintamani
• Kishu
• Kromfohrlander
• Kuvasz
• Kyrgyzstan Wolf
• Labernese
• Labrador Retriever
• Lagotto Romagnolo
• Lakeland Terrier
• Lancashire Heeler
• Landseer
• Large Munsterlander
• Leonberger
• Lhasa Apso
• Lowchen
• Magyar Agar
• Majorca Mastiff
• Maltese
• Manchester Terrier (Standard)
• Maremma Sheepdog
• Mastiff
• Miniature Bull Terrier
• Miniature Pinscher
• Miniature Poodle
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Mongolian Bankhar Dog
• Mountain Cur
• Mudi
• Neapolitan Mastiff
• Newfoundland
• Norfolk Terrier
• Norrbottenspitz
• Norwegian Buhund
• Norwegian Elkhound
• Norwegian Lundehund
• Norwich Terrier
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
• Old English Sheepdog
• Old German Shepherd
• Olde English Bulldogge
• Otterhound
• Parson Russell Terrier
• Patterdale Terrier
• Pekingese
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi
• Peruvian Hairless
• Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
• Petit Bleu de Gascogne
• Pharaoh Hound
• Picardy Shepherd
• Picardy Spaniel
• Pinscher
• Pit Bull Terrier
• Plott Hound
• Polish Greyhound
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog
• Polish Tatra Sheepdog
• Pomeranian
• Pont-Audemer spaniel
• Poodle
• Porcelaine
• Portugal Wolf
• Portuguese Podengo
• Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
• Portuguese Pointer
• Portuguese Sheepdog
• Portuguese Water Dog
• Posavac Hound
• Prague Ratter
• Pudelpointer
• Pug
• Puli
• Pumi
• Pyrenean Mastiff
• Pyrenean Shepherd
• Rat Terrier
• Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz
• Redbone Coonhound
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Russia Wolf
• Russian Hound
• Russian Toy
• Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
• Saarloos Wolfdog
• Saint Bernard
• Saint Miguel Cattle Dog
• Saint-Usuge Spaniel
• Saluki
• Samoyed
• Sarabi
• Sarplaninac
• Schapendoes
• Schipperke
• Scottish Deerhound
• Sealyham Terrier
• Segugio Italiano
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Shiba Inu
• Shih Tzu
• Shikoku
• Shiloh Shepherd
• Silken Windhound
• Silky Terrier
• Sloughi
• Slovak Cuvac
• Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
• Slovensky Kopov
• Small Munsterlander
• Small Swiss Hound
• Smooth Fox Terrier
• South Russian Ovcharka
• Spanish Mastiff
• Spanish Water Dog
• Spinone Italiano
• Stabyhoun
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Standard Schnauzer
• Sussex Spaniel
• Sweden Wolf
• Swedish Elkhound
• Swedish Lapphund
• Swedish Vallhund
• Swedish White Elkhound
• Swiss Hound
• Tajikistan
• Tajikistan Wolf
• Tamaskan
• Tazi
• Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
• Thai Ridgeback
• Thailand
• Tibetan Spaniel
• Tibetan Terrier
• Tosa Inu
• Toy Fox Terrier
• Toy Poodle
• Treeing Walker Coonhound
• Turkish Mastiff
• Turkish Zerdava
• USA Coyote
• Uzbekistan
• Vizsla
• Volpino Italiano
• Weimaraner
• Welsh Springer Spaniel
• Welsh Terrier
• Whippet
• White Swiss Shepherd Dog
• Wire Fox Terrier
• Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
• Xoloitzcuintli
• Yorkshire Terrier
• Zagar

Visual breed identification has been proven to be unreliable. Even shelters and veterinary staff have been shown to predict a dog's breed incorrectly up to 90% of the time. An important reason for this is that less than 1% of a dog's DNA impact appearance.

Please click here to be directed to a study that provides more information about the difficulties with visual breed predictions.

Our test measures the presence of hundreds of bacteria that are found in a dog's mouth.  We track how the composition of these bacteria changes between young healthy dogs and older dogs that suffer from oral inflammation, such as gingivitis.  We then report a health score of your dog's oral microbiome as well as six specific bacteria that may be contributing to gingivitis and other oral health complications.

Here is more information about the six specific bacteria we report:

Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis): A major causative agent in the initiation and progression of severe forms of periodontal disease. Minimizing P. gingivalis is beneficial for your dog’s oral health. (Nomura et. al., 2020)

Campylobacter sp. RM16192: Campylobacter has been associated with the initiation and progression of severe forms of periodontal disease. Minimizing Campylobacter is beneficial for your dog’s oral health. (Nomura et. al., 2020)

Porphyromonas crevioricanis (P. cangingivalis):  P. cangingivalis is the most prevalent canine oral bacterial species in both plaque from healthy gingiva and plaque from dogs with early periodontitis. Minimizing P. cangingivalis is beneficial for your dog’s oral health. (O’Flynn et. al., 2015) 

Conchiformibius steedae (C. steedae): C. steedae was found to be more abundant in dogs with healthier teeth compared to dogs less healthy teeth based on amount of plaque and abundance of oral diseases in dogs. Increasing the amount of C. steedae is beneficial for your dog’s oral health. (Wallis et. al., 2021) 

Moraxella osloensis (M. osloensis): Our database has indicated that M. osloensis is associated with younger dogs and increasing the amount of M. osloensis is beneficial for your dog’s oral health.

Rothia aeria (R. aeria): R. aeria has been shown to protect against, and even fight plaque growth. Our database has also found that the abundance of R. aeria tends to decrease with age. Therefore, increasing the amount of R. aeria is beneficial for your dog’s oral health. (Mazurel et. al., 2023)

* All bacteria listed above were determined to be associated with age by a recent study by prosperK9. As expected, the 3 bacteria you want to minimize tend to increase with age, and the 3 bacteria you want to have

We have developed a test that measures changes to your dog's DNA that occur as they age. These changes are based on epigenetic modifications. Using a special DNA sequencing technique, we can "read" these modifications and from that infer the biological age and traits of your dog.

We have found that 90% of the time the predicted age is within 18 months of the actual age of your pup. The science behind our method can be found in our previously published study.

We have found that using our DNA methylation test we can predict the energy levels, attention and stranger directed fear levels of your pup. The science behind our method can be found in our previously published study. The definitions of those behaviors are: 

Energy: Energetic, “always on the go”, and/or playful.

Stranger Directed Fear: Fearful or wary responses when approached by strangers.

The results will be posted to an account you make in our customer portal.

URL of customer portal: https://www.theprosperdashboard.com/K9

Example Report:

Breed + Health

Oral Health

Age + Personality (Out of Stock)

Some email providers may filter notifications from unknown senders into various folders or delete them immediately. To ensure you receive updates from us, please use our website chat feature, call us, or monitor your sample in our customer portal for communication.

Please refer to the instructions provided in your test kits for the most up-to-date information regarding the report process.