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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr This is what I have learned ...that it doesn't "have to be" a crap shoot if the breeder has experience and knows his/her lines. A good breeder who has studied and knows the genetics of their dogs and has carefully selected complementry matings will be able to fairly accurately predict (with no guarantees) the basic traits of the puppies of the produce.
I also heard that the father's genes tend to be more dominant than the mother's....does anyone know if this is true? Do most puppies take on more of the father's traits than the mother's? |
Unless you know the lines of the dog's or any animal that you intend to breed it is a crap shoot. That is why when some first start breeding they are using animals of the quality that should not be bred. When you use a pet quality puppy that is not of breeding quality you are not going to improve the breed.
When you do a outcross you really have to know your lines- because anything can happen. That is why many breeders do some linebreding with a certain percetage being a outcross. You can know your lines and still come out with a- not going to breed those two again experience. Breeding is not a exact science as most of us are not able to manipulate which gene we want dominat. Down the road yes but not for the hobby breeder/dog fancier of today.
You can do some wonderful matches on paper and not have what you want turn out in the puppies. You may have a litter of two wonderful girls- but a small gene has become dominant and you have two tiny pets too small to show and IYO too small to breed.
IMHO it takes two parents to make a baby or a puppy with both parents providing 50%. The only thing that we give dad credit for is determination of the sex. Mom gets credit for the number of eggs available and fertile.