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Originally Posted by DazzlinYT  All of my dogs are from North American lines with the exception of a couple with some German lines, but I have the complete opposite problem.. I am getting VERY large puppies, and have 5.5-7.5 lbs girls...though I did have a litter of TWO nine lb boys out of two 5 lb parents.. go figure, lucky me.. (not!)
I guess I don't understand why you would have wanted to breed a girl with a bad topline in the first place, size or no.. Which takes us back to the european or brazilian lines.. the fronts on a lot of these dogs are atrocious! A lot of them have toplines that look like a "U"... not something I care to bring into my breeding program.. if I don't have the problem, I'm sure not going to create it. I haven't found a hungarian or brazilian dog yet that I felt would add something to what I already have... with the exception of CH. Rothby's Rockafella At Amwend (YUM!), and heck he's NA born! LOL |
Becki, I am assuming that you are talking about Camparis when you speak of your German lines? If you are wondering where your size is coming from I can help you... Beaus grandsire is an 8lb dog, the Europeans like a bigger dog, Danny bred the right way can and will produce some lovely puppies, ie Rebel, BUT again, Rebels dam is a cobby girl and produced small which is why I knew bred to Danny I should get some nice puppies.
As per Rothbys Rockafella he too is a TALL boy I know, I have his dauther here in my home( I was the only person in Canada beside the owner to breed to this dog) his problum was his front so had to sure to breed him to a long line of good fronts the result was my beautiful Summer she is a tall/big girl (which is why I never showed her) but I knew what was back there and so I took her back to Pilot ( litter brother to Fury's mother) knowing I should get some nice pups. She has never dissapointed me. So you see, it is all about knowing not just your dogs, but what is behind the lines as well.
Donna
Groveshire..well I guess you can give him and Aeros the credit LOL, everyone knows the truth. NicNak's MaMa Mia, NicNak's Ginger Spice and NicNak's Mia Rock think those dogs were born of my decisions on whom would be bred to whom
Regardless, however the story goes I do wish you luck at the Garden Donna.
Laurie Hunter and the NicNak Yorkies