Thank you wholeheartedly for this thread!
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Hello, AuntBee!
We've noticed that you've not been active on the YorkieTalk community for quite some time now, and we miss you!
Could we not tempt you back?
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I quit coming to Yorkie Talk simply *because* of some of the rude & attacking responses to new members. Some of us are new to Yorkies but not new to breeding. Some may be new to Yorkies and just wish to clarify if what a breeder is telling them is correct or not. Some may be quite experienced with Yorkies and breeding both.
As for the question of breeding fathers & daughters together, here is an answer that defines these various practices:
The answer is from this link:
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/chos2brd.html Quote:
6. Line-breeding is the practice of breeding related dogs of the same breed that have superior physical and temperament traits and few serious faults and little potential for inherited diseases. For example, a line-bred dog may have the same grandsire on both the maternal and paternal sides or have the same bitch as dam and as paternal granddam. Line-breeding must be done with careful consideration of the undesirable traits as well as the sought-after characteristics.
7. In-breeding is the breeding of close relatives such as a bitch and her sire, a dog and his dam, a sister and brother, etc. In-breeding is best done only by experienced breeders with a particular goal in mind, i.e., to preserve a valuable gene pool in a rare breed or to try to fix a superior breed type.
8. Out-crossing is the practice of breeding unrelated dogs of the same breed. It is used as a breeding strategy to bring new traits into a breeding program, i.e., to introduce genes that may restore weak working instinct or clear up a physical fault. Line-bred puppies can come from two out-cross (non-line-bred) dogs that have a common ancestor. For example, if the bitch’s grandsire on her maternal side is the same dog as the sire’s grandsire on his paternal side, the pups will be line-bred on that common dog even though the bitch and dog are not themselves line-bred.
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These are strictly definitions of the above methods of breeding, and I am not saying one method is any better or worse than the others, just defining them so they are less confusing for you. The link, however, to the "Dog Owners Guide" - it is an online magazine for pet and show dog owners, and has some very good articles in it.