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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I do notice a lot of breeders advertise that grandpa was a champ!  Seriously, most people who buy puppies never look at the parents, and I think this is a huge mistake.
I have heard that, you have a better chance of producing another champion from the pair that produced the champion, than from the champion himself. Any truth to that? |
You silly girl....advertising /grandsire champ!.....
Here's my read on looking at the parents....while it's nice, more often than not, a dam/sire will produce grandsire/granddam. Now, while it's nice to be able to see both parents....often time that is an impossibility, especially in a situation where a bitch was sent to another breeder to be bred to a top dog.
Champion to Champion, while it is a terrific goal...what is more important is to line breed..it's the only way to set type and produce Champions.....You can breed Champion to Champion and the genetics just don't mix properly and you get something that is not suitable for the ring. Even if you repeat breed, you can never reproduce the same litter again. A breeder is lucky if you get one show dog in every 6 litters.