Embark VeterinaryReviews of embarkvet.com

Very pleasant experience from start to finish! Got our test, set up an account and sent off the samples in the prepaid box, once it got to the US it was very speedy! I sent them off around the 4th Jan and had her results back on the 30th! So much detail, really happy with it, love that you can see a breakdown and consisted of breeds we knew about and answered the questions of the others. Although our dog looks like a full Australian terrier, and has been mistaken by one by breeders, I was well aware she was 100% not one and was a yorkie mix, sorted out my curiosity, thank you

beside the fact it took so much time to arrive, it was a total waste of money for me.. my dog is 100% "eastern eaurope village dog". as someone already said: that's not a damn breed. on the site they got examples to lure you showing different breed and percentage of a mixed dog. that's bs

Well the time it took was good, but honestly think they fed me a bunch of BS, my results said I had a purebred, when I know for sure my dog isn't. He dad was mixed, so I have 4 others I was gonna use but not now, completely inaccurate. And for 100 bucks, it was a waste

I wasted $100 on an Embarkvet DNA test. I ran into another dog who was the spitting image of mine. Her owner had her tested by Embark and was told he was Staffordshire and Skye terrier, also pit bull etc. My dog who everybody identifies as some kind of terrier mix came back as Chihuahua, Miniature Pinscher, Poodle, Pomeranian none of which he looks like at all. No terrier at all which is unbelievable. I complained to Embark and was told that people don’t know anything about breeds, vets don’t understand DNA etc. (my vet said the results were not impossible but highly unlikely). I requested a retest which is advertised on their website but was turned down. Embark gets generally positive reviews but I think in my case the sample was either mishandled, contaminated, or there wasn’t enough DNA to be accurate and they’re unwilling to make it right. I cannot recommend the company.

Fantastic service, fast results once they have the dna sample, great support service with fast replies. When you live outside the USA, the costs for sending the sample to them are on you but they do pay back the customs invoice immediately. Everything is clearly indicated on their website so people complaining about these points didn't read well.

I'm in Canada and they sent me an envelope with stamps to send the sample to US. Almost 20 days later my sample was returned to me. When I try to contact customer service, I just get some automated replies that say the same thing over and over again. Super disappointing. Now I have paid $200 and still have no idea how to send. I do not recommend.

Waste of money and a scam! We were referred to EmbarkVet by an acquaintance who gave us a discount code. Terrible experience all together. It took weeks for the kit to get to and from us to USA. We've even paid for the fastest delivery. The test results were such a random scam. We have a Serbian Tricolor Hound mix and live in Croatia (the Balkans). This is a specific breed which originates and is found almost exclusively the Balkans (ex-Yugoslavia). Our dog's test result game back that he's a 100% American Village Dog (found specifically in the region of Central and South America... This is not only unlikely, but physically impossible! After insisting they do a review and giving them all the backstory info about our dog + photos to help with the review, they just changed it to Eastern European Village Dog (probably to get me off their back). At that point, they've stopped replying to emails. Which leads me to believe their algorithm is bad, they don't have a lot of diverse samples, and this is just a random guessing game for 180 euros. Waste of money. Avoid at all cost! Edit: To highlight - Village Dogs are not a breed.

Embark charges a lot of money for their most basic test and it was fairly generic in the results. I used Wisdom and got exceptionally comprehensive and accurate info for far less money. I was very disappointed in embark - I had high hopes that were quickly dashed upon opening the results which were only a page long with no traits listed. I would not use embark and would tell anyone to try Wisdom first. You get more info for your money and they are arguably the first dog dna company.