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Originally Posted by comfortcreature
Thought I'd add this link to Jeffrey Bragg's "17 Points to consider when breeding"
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great article, CC!
very cogent, very applicable -
i think breeders often don;t read genetics-articles (except about breeding for color...
) thinking that they;re confusing,
dry, pointless + have no bearing in the real world.
thats part of how dogs got here, sadly -
to this critical juncture, where so many breeds formerly-rich genetic trees are reduced to mere twigs, with but few branches.
its scary and sad - i am deeply concerned that some breeds may die-out, NOT because they are relatively-unknown -
like PudelHunden or BlackMouth-Cur --- but like the Bernese Mt-Dog, they are so related they are all virtual-siblings.
USA-Berners had a terrible fertility-slump in the late 1980s + early-90s; some bitches had litters of just 2 or 3,
a phenom related to their intense C-o-I called
reproductive depression. i sure hope things have improved;
i have not spoken to a breeder about it since about 1995.
i would hate to see dog-breeds die out because we literally loved them to death - popularized them
+ thoughtlessly used the stud-del-Dia to cover every estrus-female whose owner could cough-up the $$.
hoping more breeders read + heed, (but worried),
--- terry