W.I.C

[Infidel77]

In closing, as a general rule, a coefficient of 10% (or less) is a scatter-bred dog (or possibly a 100% straight outcross), where there is little relatedness in common amongst the entirety of BOTH parents' ancestries. A 10%-20% Wright's Inbreeding Coefficient is a somewhat linebred dog. Coefficients of 20%-35% are getting into some solid linebreeding in the genetic background, and anything with over a 35% W.I.C. is an intensely inbred/linebred animal.[/list]

Hope this provides some clarity!

Jack

SZ82, as Jack said, here is the general rule on whether a dog is scatter-bred or linebred. If you look in the lower right column, directly under the pedigree statistics of the dog you listed, http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...p?dog_id=48130 , you'll see you have a coefficient of 9.375%, a scatter-bred dog.

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SZ82, as Jack said, here is the general rule on whether a dog is scatter-bred or linebred. If you look in the lower right column, directly under the pedigree statistics of the dog you listed, http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...p?dog_id=48130 , you'll see you have a coefficient of 9.375%, a scatter-bred dog.

That's at 4-generations.

When using the WIC, it's important to use the full function of the database and drop down 10- 15-generations.

In this particular case, the WIC doesn't jump much higher (13%+), but I've seen it go from negligible to highly-inbred once the full relatedness of the background is taken into account by the deeper search.

Jack