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Posted by Bryan@RABK
(Cowboy) on 4/11/2008, 11:16 pm, in reply to "Inbreeding when do we do it or should we?"
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I've learned a lot about breeding dogs by talking to you. Since then I have took what I've learned from you and used it to check out the other breeders and there breeding programs. You are exactly right about what your saying. I have seen people that just breed all over the place and never have any consitancy and never know what's going to pop out. On the other hand I have seen breeders who have breed many gen on one line of dogs and bred tight on top of that. You can see there line of dogs a mile away and say without a doubt you know what breeder bred those dogs. That is called constancy, although the key is to get the right consitancy. Also after so long of breeding tight I've seen that there comes times when you start to lose size or something pops up you don't want or your lacking something. This is the time IMO you outcross to what you want but make sure it is another line of dogs that are bred tight too. Not something that is bred all over the place or your going to backpeddle and be trying to get your consitancy back for another 3 generations. So breed to something you need and make sure it's bred tight. Also when breeding tight I have learned, by talking to many breeders, that to rid your line of dogs of unwanted genes or phenotypic looks you have to breed tight to bring it to the forefront so you know what's there. After you find the unwanted qualities in your line, get rid of it by outcrossing to something, again tightly bred, that will better the unwanted quality or completely rid it. I am still learning but I am listening and reading books on this all the time. I know for a fact that any breed of dog that was ever developed and had any consistancy and became and breed all it's own had to be inbred and than linebred on those inbreedings. It's the only way to get consistancy. So for anyone feeling that it's wrong it's not. It's the only way. Not to mention you can save many gen of breedings by doing this right. Just be ready to cull a lot. Maybe most of the litter. This will also include keeping many dogs out of your breedings until adulthood to see how they turn out and whether they can be used. Just my two cents, I know there are some really knowledgable people out there so folks this is one of those subjects worth talking about. We can all help the bred by helping each other learn how to do it right.
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