What many fail to realise that both the female and male's genetic background congribute to the offspring....
I have a female that in her showing Hay Day was 6 1/2 pounds and larger boned, her sire barely 4 pounds (a Johnnie Handsome son). I bred her with a 6 1/2 pound male produced offspring on the smaller side with fine bones....the next breeding I bred her with a male that was just under 5 pounds, but very fine boned.....She produced medium boned pups that now are now between 5 and 6 pounds.....he also produced another litter that weights range between 6 and 7 pounds..So, it's how all the genetics shake up when putting 2 together.
Even repeating a breeding will not give you what was produced before.
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Last edited by Mardelin; 12-18-2007 at 07:33 AM.
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