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23-09-08, 12:04 AM
THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES OF BREEDING:
Written by Mr Andrew Brace
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IN-BREEDING refers to mating very closely related animals, e.g. mother to son. This can be a great way of stamping a definite type and emphasising virtues, but will also endorse faults that may lurk in the back ground and so should ideally only be practised by breeders who have great experience in a breed and knowledge of many generations of a pedigree.
LINE-BREEDING refers to mating dogs that have a relationship, but not as close as parents whose coupling would be considered in-breeding. For example, taking a bitch to a dog that shares a common grandsire. This kind of mating will usually preserve the family "look" and so should produce fairly consistent puppies.
OUTCROSSING is the mating of two virtually unrelated dogs. Sometimes this is carried out by breeders who normally use one of the two above methods of breeding, simply to bring in new blood and maybe introduce one particular virtue. The danger with mating totally unrelated dogs is that the puppies may be rather uneven in type, tending to favour either the sire or the dam, and if neither parent is itself closely bred the litter can contain puppies of "all shapes and sizes".
Written Permission kindly given by Mr Andrew Brace & Petplan to reproduce this article on lhasaworld.org.
Written by Mr Andrew Brace
Presented & Printed By petplan.co.uk
IN-BREEDING refers to mating very closely related animals, e.g. mother to son. This can be a great way of stamping a definite type and emphasising virtues, but will also endorse faults that may lurk in the back ground and so should ideally only be practised by breeders who have great experience in a breed and knowledge of many generations of a pedigree.
LINE-BREEDING refers to mating dogs that have a relationship, but not as close as parents whose coupling would be considered in-breeding. For example, taking a bitch to a dog that shares a common grandsire. This kind of mating will usually preserve the family "look" and so should produce fairly consistent puppies.
OUTCROSSING is the mating of two virtually unrelated dogs. Sometimes this is carried out by breeders who normally use one of the two above methods of breeding, simply to bring in new blood and maybe introduce one particular virtue. The danger with mating totally unrelated dogs is that the puppies may be rather uneven in type, tending to favour either the sire or the dam, and if neither parent is itself closely bred the litter can contain puppies of "all shapes and sizes".
Written Permission kindly given by Mr Andrew Brace & Petplan to reproduce this article on lhasaworld.org.