As if times weren't hard enough and there weren't enough really dubious things for people to spend their hard earned money on...

...I just found an item on Amazon.com that's a DNA test for your mixed breed DOG so you can see what his "canine ancestry" is. $79.95 gets you the test and a tasteful certificate that affirms that your mutt is really a mutt.

You know, the real problem here is whether you should share that information with the dog...if you do he'll figure out that he's adopted and that you aren't his real parents.

But on the other hand, it might clue you in as to why that chihuahua from the next block always looks so snakey when he walks by your house and sees your dog....guilty conscience there, Pedro?

Eighty bucks to fill the gas tank and some enterprising genius comes up with this one.

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