
Norman #2: “Look, I have a katana too!”
Norman #1: “Have you ever considered living underground?”
The Bride: “You weird little guinea pigs are messing up my cake frosting with your spines.”
Spicoli: “Dude, she thinks the ninja hedgehogs are guinea pigs.”
Mr. Nibbles: “I’m not going to correct her, friend Spicoli. Are you?”
Spicoli: “Ha ha ha ha ha! No.”
Producer Smurf: “All right, all right, let’s try to smurf through the chaos and get to Java Bean’s breed results!”
Dada’s Note:
Java Bean’s full results from Embark can be accessed here. Now let’s get started with the breed summary!
The breed results are:
- 29% Doberman Pinscher
- 21% Rottweiler
- 16.1% German Shepherd Dog
- 13.5% American Pit Bull Terrier
- 7.1% Boxer
- 13.3% Supermutt
Let’s have a look at the “Guess Java Bean’s Breed” poll results!

Norman #1: “Right away!”
Norman #2: “Absolutely!”
Contestant Norman: “Hey! Norman! Norman! Try to focus! You’re here to raid, not to cater!”
Mouse: “There goes your cake and your coffee service.”
Blue: “I’m just happy to still have all my appendages.”
Java Bean: “Supermutt? I’m a Supermutt! Oh boy! Where’s my blue tights? Where’s my red cape?”
Charlee: “Supermutt? We’re never going to hear the end of that one.”
Chaplin: “I’ll believe he’s Supermutt when I see him on top of the cat tree.”
Now, you may be wondering what “Supermutt” means, aside from leaping tall buildings in a single bound and running faster than a speeding bullet. Basically, it seems to mean that Bean’s genetics are so jumbled, they couldn’t definitively identify his entire background.

Let’s see what Embark has to say about the breeds that went into making Java Bean!

When it comes to “Wolfiness”, as you may guess from looking at him, Java Bean does not score anywhere near the high end of the chart:
Let’s have a look at Bean’s estimated family tree! It’s a little more mixed up than Lulu’s, but not as mixed up as, say, the Targaryen line from “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
As with Lulu, Embark provided some guesses as to Bean’s traits, once again hitting the mark on some of them.





Vermin: “HISSS! You ninja hedgehogs have a discipline problem! Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Java Bean: “Velociraptor claws! That must be one of my Supermutt powers! Hey, Blue, maybe we’re related!”
Charlee: “Now he thinks he’s Wolverine.”
Blue: “Wolverine is a Johnny-Come-Lately to the claw game.”


Now let’s have a look at Bean’s maternal haplotype!
And finally, his paternal haplotype:
One final note on The Bean’s results: We opted to test for genetic health conditions, and Embark detected a copy of a gene that puts him at increased risk for dilated cardiomyopathy, probably as a result of his Doberman Pinscher background:
This is valuable information to have, as it means we’ll know to keep an eye out for any symptoms of the condition.

Charlee: “Where’d he get that costume from already?”
Chaplin: “I’m more wondering why he has a belt but no pants.”
And that’s a wrap for Java Bean’s breed results! Tune in next week for “What Went Into That Dog: Special Guest Riley Edition”!
By the way, if anyone out there is interested in getting their own dog’s genes tested, Embark sent us a link that can be used to get $50 off a kit:
https://www.talkable.com/x/mlnjEx
This link is valid until July 20th, 2022. If it is used to purchase a kit, Embark will give us a $10 Amazon gift card, but Embark did not sponsor and is not associated with this post in any way, and would probably be
Meanwhile, in the Green Room …

Riley: “So what do I do out there, exactly?”
Lulu: “Oh it’s a pretty easy gig. You just sit there while Producer Smurf does all the work. And I use the term ‘work’ loosely.”
Stagehand: “Producer Smurf! One of the stage lights just blew!”
Java Bean: “Dios! A light has blown up? This sounds like a job for Supermutt!”
Spicoli: “You may be Supermutt, dude, but you still don’t have thumbs.”
We think DoggoDeMexico needs lots of good stuff IN HIM now –
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That was interesting, and finding out his variant gene for heart issues is very enlightening.
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We got part of our guess right since we thought you might have boxer in you, Java Bean. Now that you know you are a Super Mutt we can’t wait to see what adventures you get up to.
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Well, my guess was way off. I said greyhound and chihuahua. That is so interesting to see what went into that dog. Maybe you can do a what went into that cat. 🙂
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Ourss two Aunty Ellen 😉
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Mee-yow WOW Java Bean yore a REEL kewl mixed breed Poochie! Wee were so wrong ’bout yore peddygree….
Wee ADOOR you no matter what breedss you are.
BEST BEAN INN THE WERLD!!!!!!!
***nose bopss*** BellaDharma an ((huggiess)) BellaSita Mum
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Well, I’ll be hornswoggled! Who’d have thunk such a combination. Still…we know little Java Bean will be loved no matter what whacky combo shows up in the gene pool.
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That’s enoung SuperMutt to get you your own cape Java!
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What, no Vizsla in you, Java Bean? Clearly, we see Vizsla!
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These posts of Lulu and Java Bean have been really interesting. They both are special, and lovely, too.
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OMD, we don’t think Java Bean is any of those things. Those results must have been skewed. Maybe it’s fake news. Or maybe the election, er, results were stolen! Or he was switched at birth! Did anyone ask Beanie? XOX Xena, Lucy and Chia
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