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Old 06-14-2008, 11:57 AM   #2
Raja's Mom
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Welcome to YT! I am, by far, not an expert on breeding, I probably don't know the first thing about it. It's my understanding though that not every single inbred dog is born with major problems. Some breeders do it on purpose to bring out the desired traits (this may be unethical.. I don't know) and I think deformities and big problems happen from continued inbreeding. Here is some info:

"Copyright 1996, Sarah Hartwell

Adapted, with permission, from Cat Recourse Archive and edited by Dog Breed Info.

Inbreeding is the mating together of closely related dogs, for example mother/son, father/daughter and sibling/sibling matings. For breeders, it is a useful way of fixing traits in a breed - the pedigrees of some exhibition dogs show that many of their forebears are closely related.....However, inbreeding holds potential problems. The limited gene pool caused by continued inbreeding means that deleterious genes become widespread and the breed loses vigor."


So, since this is the first known occurrence of inbreeding I would believe that the odds are in your favor to have a normal puppy. The important thing is really having enough love in your heart to give no matter what, and you already have that!
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