I think maintaining a line today is harder to do as it takes alot of dogs to have that selection of traits ur looking for,but alot of dogs will get attention from the wrong people.Times have changed and u have to adapt to them.I have given alot of my stock to 2 other people that are doing the same thing im doing as far as outcrossing goes.
Originally Posted by swampdawg
I will agree to that. It's very hard to maintain a line without 1) a lot of individuals to select from, and 2) enough land/space to keep them.
Sometimes maintaining a line takes a few breeding steps, where you have to keep individuals from a few different matings, and you have to have the room to keep the dogs of each generation ... which (I agree) is not feasable for most folks in this day and age. So well said.
Very true. It would be really difficult if not impossible to maintain a family with 6-8-10 chain spaces over long periods of time. The key is personal selection over multiple breedings over periods of time. Without space for many dogs a lot of dogs will be passed over and the re-direction within the line can't happen. Lack of space can most definitely inhibit one's efforts to maintain a line. EWO
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