Dog Breeding Today
by Ed Strand
Purebred Dog Breeding - Line Breeding - Out
Crossing - Inbreeding - Dog Breeding Basic!
Dog Breeding Today By Rainbow Ridge Kennels
The breeding of pruebred dogs today has become
very complex and even in many breeds of dogs there are many
different breeding lines that produce different type and traits of
dogs within the same breed of dog. This has come about due to
breeders personel likes and dislikes of a certain types, sizes or
colors but every breeder of pruebred dogs needs to remember that
breed of dog breed standard. Does your dog have its true breed
characteristics? Does your dog appear to look like what its breed
books say it should look like? Does it compare to picture of of dogs
of its breed of old or of famous dogs bred in its breed? Finally
does it have the true temperment for the breed you own? Last but not
least is your dog of sound healthy breeding lines? These are all
question any breeder or some one thinking of breeding dog should ask
themself before they undertake the job of breeding any litter of
puppies in any breed of dog. If you can answer all the questions
above and you have done at leat some research in your breed of dog
and the bloodlines you are working with and do know what traits your
bloodline has, what the sire and dam look like, the grandsire and
granddam and further back great sires and dams in your dogs
pedigree. The next thing on your mind should be what are you trying
to improve on and what are you trying to keep in your breed of dog.
There are three main breeding methods of breeding
dogs or pruebreds, line breeding, out crossing and inbreeding. There
are many good books out there on breeding of dogs and I am not
trying to rewirte any of them in this writing, rather I am trying to
get you as a breeder of dogs to think, read and questions what you
doing and wear you going with your breeding program. I will discuss
shortly the three ways of breeding pruebred dogs as to only lay
fourth a guide to breeding better dogs and keeping some type of
constant format to produce dogs that closely look like each other,
have the same traits, temperments and are sound healthy dogs. Lets
us simply discuss them shortly and see if I can get you thinking and
looking at the way you are breeding your dogs.
Lets talk out cross breeding - This type of
breeding is seen a lot in dog breeding were none related dogs who
are bred out none related stock are bred together and in your dogs
pedigree. This type of breeding will not produce good dogs of the
same type, quality and soundness. Breeding dogs this way only leads
to many uncertain factors and can bring in many things a breeder is
unaware of or even make it impossiable to pin point were a trait or
problem have come from. Out cross breedings should be done by very
experienced breeders only looking to correct a fault or make a
certain improvement in there dogs and than the breeder must be sure
the dog or bitch they are using carries this trait themself and the
line they were bred down from does carry this trait or improvement
for at least the last three generations in there line or pedigree
for it to have any effect on result in making the desire changes,
after this these dogs from the out cross are usually bred back into
the main breeding line. Out cross breeding should not be done by new
breeders or new comers to any breed and out cross breeding is no way
to start a breeding program when trying to produce constant type,
temperment and soundness in your dogs. Even long time breeders have
made mistakes when out crossing and it is the fastest way to change
type, temperment and soundness in any breeding program in any breed
of dog. I allways recommend you to educate yourself, know your breed
of dog, do some generation research and at leat learn basic genetic
knowledge or do some reading before you begin to bred any breed of
dog. Also seek the help of other sucessful breeders in your breed of
dog that have been around awhile, most good breeders are willing to
help and give advice to all novice dog breeders and new comers.
Lets talk about Line Breeding - Line breeding is
the breeding of related dogs bred down from a certain breeding line
of dogs. Many breeders think line breeding is close breeding of
related dogs and it should be avoided. Nothing is farther from the
truth. Good line breeding will produce your best dogs who will in
return produce even better dogs if done right. Line breeding will
give you much higher constant results producing dogs of the same
type, size, quality, traits and temperments. That is if the breeder
is starting out with everything being good and the line there
breeding back into is good with all things they want in there breed
of dog. Line breeding will quickly show a breeder just how good the
line of dogs they are working with is but line breeding will also
show the breeder any faults or problems they may have in there
breeding program. There are many formulas for line breeding and
these are discuss in many good books on dog breeding, there are
differnt degree's of line breeding as well. So it is not my attenion
to go inot all these formulas here. However two which have proven
very sucessufl to me over the years are when you breed a grand
dauther to her dams sire, (i.e. grandsire) this does require some
advanced planning and does require both dogs to be of very high
quality with all the good traits you want and within there breeds
standard. Half borther and half sister breeding with a out cross
line in the middle of there pedigree has also proven very good
results if the dogs used are of very good quality, sound and have
great temperments. Line breeding does require knowledge and
research. Its is allways recommended that you due this before any
breeding of dogs. Line breeding in most cases will produce you
better and higher quality of dogs in any breed as long as you are
starting out with very good bred stock of the breed of dog you are
trying to breed. Line breeding has been proven by many top breeders
and top kennels around the world as one of the best ways to produce
better dogs.
Lets talk about Inbreeding - Inbreeding is the
very close breeding of line bred stock to each other. Example of
this are litter brother to litter sister, Sire to daughter, or
mother to son, etc. This type of breeding should never be done by
most. Some very expereienced breeders may on occasion pull a
inbreeding to set in a trait or type but than the breeding of these
dogs down from this point must be used carefully and within the aims
for which they were bred for. Inbreeding is only for very
knowledgeable long time breeders to even under take as this type of
breeding will truely intact the good traits as well as bring out any
bad traits or problem to a very high degree. Inbreeding has however
produce some very great top quality dogs who have in return produce
other very high quality dogs however many inbreedings due results in
breeders have to put down many puppies also and it is not for the
weak at heart. Inbreeding is not a recommended form of breeding dogs
expect in certain very experience breeders programs, usually done
one time only for that one purpose.
The breeding of pruebred dogs should not be taken
lightly, and every breeder should always try to gain as much
knowledge as they can on there breed of dog, its type, breed
standard, soundness and health not for getting its true temperment.
Keeping this in mind and do your reseach as a dog breeder it will
insure that you breed better and healthy dogs for many years to
come. After all breeding prue bred dogs is a true art form and
breeding better dogs should always be you goal. Don't purchase you
next dog from just anyone, seek out a good breeder of that breed of
dog you want who has been around and breeding for a while. You will
be much happier with your puppy purchase and so will your puppy and
dog be happier and healthy for many more years to come. Today most
good breeder also offer health guarantee's on puppies they sell and
good breeders stand behind there dogs because they know what has
gone into producing them.
Do you reseach, read about your breed, talk to
breeders, you will be glad you did!
Dog Breeding Today By Rainbow Ridge Kennels
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About the Author
About the Author - Ed Strand is the breeder of
the world famous line of the Guardstock Staffordshire Bull Terriers,
he has been involed with breeding them for over 30 years. Guardstock
Staffords has produce the very first BIS All Breed Winner in
Staffordshire Bull Terrier History Champion Guardstock's Red Atom,
who is one of the all time winning Staffordshire Bull Terriers, as
well as many other top winning Staffordshire Bull Terriers through
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