yes, but even if you do complete sequencing, you still don't know what it means, if you do not know the function of the genes...
You can take for example three breeds - Owczarek Podhalanski, Kuvasz and Slovak Cuvac. If you genotype them, you would probably get quite nice differences, because they are three separate breeds which went through different bottlenecks and fixed different polymorphisms. But if you look at their character and exterior, you have three very similar dogs. On the other hand, if you had three different types of the same breed, like toy, middle and large poodle, if you genotyped them in the same time since their separation as the three previous breeds after their bottlenecks, you would get much less genetic difference, although you can clearly see physical difference (and maybe even character difference).
Again, you will get a number, which is actually interesting from the scientific and veterinary points of view, but this number still doesn't mean anything valuable from the point of authorities. It cannot persuade them that the dogs are reliable in human society, if they don't want to believe that and it cannot be used to say that the dog is actually dangerous for the society.
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