Why Does It Matter... When It Comes To Breeding?

[NEWKID 26,483]

I've yet to see a dog capable of being at the top of its game when it comes to multi tasking should we call it? They all have flaws,all could be called litter wastage to someone,make good of what you have,work the dog to it's strengths,be prepared to change your own hunting ways to give your dog a chance of fullfilling it's potential..anyone prepared to show me this superstar all round top of the tree dog then shout up,id love to see it

Well put,...

[Hamish.J.Cronan 13]

Genes are predictable unpredictable to a point but if you breed a pure to a half bred, say a collie grey to a grey then the pups will be ¾ grey so are likely to, on the whole , be a pretty level litter. With line bred hybrid’s that are heavily saturated with one or two breeds, ie saluki/grey hybrids then again litters will on the whole be level. In both cases the odd throw back will occur occasionally. With bitza lurchers with multiple breed ancestry then there is a much greater degree of variability hence it often suggested an occasional outcross to a pure or line bred type to bring a stabilising effect on the line. This is seen when a bitza lurcher type is bred with a coursing type that has a preponderance of saluki/ grey blood. The pups are likely to level out a bit as the genes from the sight hound ancestors are likely to link from both parents reducing the chance of, say collie or terrier, genes linking throwing back causing wastage.

thanks for the reply Sandymere, that all seems to make sense to what little i know, however do you think there would be any influencing the outcome if the dam was a F1 crossed to a line bred sire or if the mating was vice versa and the dam was the line bred part of the deal?

[Hamish.J.Cronan 13]

For me the worst scenario would be a dog with the look of a sighthound that had the physical heart size and lower blood count of the none sighthound,

 

 

A pic I did of my first lurcher type though in name rather than physicality, we didn’t catch many rabbits but we both learnt a lot.

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Nice drawing!

 

Can you explain further about low blood count please

 

Thanks