JDJ American Bulldog Preservation Board: Re: Good stuff!!!!

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Re: Good stuff!!!!

Posted by BWK on 1/4/2008, 3:52 am, in reply to "Good stuff!!!!"
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I don't agree with Mark, the gene pool was small, yes inbred dogs breeds consistently but they also double up on defect genes, and a population under 300 will start to lose genes resulting in depression, early signs are lower fertility, weaker immune system, smaller dogs and shorter lifespan.
Most breeds recognized by FCI is a result of inbreeding but they are not the healthiest dogs around, they all have ONE major defect from the foundation dog that breeders then have problem avoiding.If conformation consistency is your main objective keep inbreeding everyone, personally i don't think these dogs need more uniform and over all health is my main concern.
Don,t get me wrong i don,t want other breeds/lines crossed into our Johnsons but i think a widening of GOOD dogs used wouldn't hurt.

PS there should say LOWER not HIGHER in my previous post.

Responses:

BWK - Mark @ Big Sky 1/4/2008, 10:20 am
- Mark - BWK 1/4/2008, 2:13 pm
  - for all that posted - rahjr 1/4/2008, 4:09 pm
  - BWK - Mark@ Big Sky 1/4/2008, 5:29 pm
  - BWK - Mark@ Big Sky Kennels 1/4/2008, 5:53 pm