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Unwillyn

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12/07/2011 4:20 PM
Very interesting topic. It used to be that one could look at a dog and tell "whose line" it was from i.e. Kaposia or Columbia River or Huntabird. Now, with people being able to ship semen and use multiple sires it is more common for people to outcross or introduce different dogs into their programs. People are also breeding fewer litters. I feel like a person has to have bred at least about 5 generations of dogs that they have bred with their kennel name in their pedigrees (on both sides) before they could consider having their own "line". Otherwise, they are just linebreeding on someone else's line. There are only a few kennels left that have that strong a genotype that they produce cookie cutter litters. I know I can usually recognize a Bleugras, Robincrest and a few others that have a definite "Style" (I still call it type). These people can fairly well predict what a particular breeding will produce and have a consistent litter. Otherwise, we are just "protecting" a "style" we prefer. On Oct 17, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Donna Ray wrote: > Hi Everyone, > We are having an interesting discussion on the border terrier list > about what constitutes a breeder's "line." I'd like to know what > folks here have to say. There is a lot in the canine literature > about what a "line" is. This is what I wrote: A bloodline is > established based on extensive knowledge of other known bloodlines, > hence Primrose (my border terrier kennel name) where I used a brood > bitch from a particular breeder that possessed traits I wanted to > continue with, but also that I knew I could enhance. We have a > "standard" which is the benchmark for each breeding that is done, > only the pups that meet the "standard" are retained in the breeding > pool. And there is line breeding, inbreeding, and out-crossed > breeding among the quality lines within the formulation of the > bloodline. What constitutes a bloodline is the dogs breed true for > the trait or traits that the breeder is aiming for. > > The person who brought this up is complaining that she needs to > protect her "line" but she has not bred a litter and kept anything > from it for years. She is complaining about a litter of puppies > that were born in Argentina and who they are being sold to - her > bitch is the grand-dam. That's it. So, are the puppies in this > litter her "line?" I didn't think so but I'd like to hear what you > all think. > > Donna Ray > Abbeville, SC > > Unsubscribing: To unsubscribe from the list, send an email message in PLAIN TEXT to gsp-l-request@web.whc.net with message text of "unsubscribe gsp-l you@email.add" (replace the email address with yours, don't include the quotes and note it is a lower case L after the dash in gsp-l).

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