Article: The Art Of Breeding Dogs

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[redmistkennel]

Great read.

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Thank you.

[skipper]

Great read indeed!

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Thank you Skipper.

[skipper]

I especially liked the part about selection of dogs in a litter or in a bloodline. I have always been under the impression that some dogs in some litters are close to 100% from let say the sire. And if you want the attributes from the dame this is not the dog to use in that litter. Even if this dog in himself are a great performer. As you said % on paper don't mean shit. This article should help lots of dogmen.

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Exactly. The idea can be likened to tossing a coin. Theoretically, you're going to get 50% heads/50% tails when you flip a coin--but we both know that you can have a run of 6 heads (or 6 tails). In the same fashion, when breeding, theoretically each pup is 50% dad/mom, but in actual reality the dad's traits may totally dominate, while in another the mom's do, and yet in still another pup the granddam's genes totally dominate. This is why "papers" don't tell the whole story, a person has to look at the dogs themselves.

[ROLL&HOLD]

Very nice