Quote Originally Posted by QCK23
I'm new to the dog world so I've been reading, researching, and analyzing peds. I noticed while trying to trace some pretty famous bulldogs that bloodlines are being diluted by continuously crossing. I understand why crosses are done but I would think you would want to have some inbreeding in order to keep a inventory of the original blood on your yard for future use not to mention pure preservation of blood. Like I said I'm just a rookie trying to funderstand the strategy behind breeding and get some other points of view.
http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/mo ... _id=385258
I have this bitch now who in my opinion is a great example of a "Preservational" breeding. I know you probably wont recognize most of the dogs in the first 4 gen but if you analyze it closely you'll see the breeder definately had experience and knew what he was looking for in this line. I just recently had this litter drop off of her and while it may look like a 50/50 cross it mostly all goes back to Butcherboy/Eli with an out of Bolio through the Frisco blood. http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/mo ... _id=345678
Imo alot of "breeders" or wannabes atleast make multiple crosses in hopes of finding that "Perfect blend" and then plan on linebreeding or inbreeding on that partcular cross. Problem is they usually become over run with pups and sell most of them.

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