Dog Breeding Today By Rainbow Ridge

Pruebred Dog Breeding – Line Breeding – Out Crossing -
Inbreeding – Dog Breeding Basic!

Dog Breeding Today By Rainbow Ridge Kennels

The breeding of pruebred dogs today has become very complex and
even in many breeds of dogs there are many different breeding
lines that produce different type and traits of dogs within the
same breed of dog. This has come about due to breeders personel
likes and dislikes of a certain types, sizes or colors but every
breeder of pruebred dogs needs to remember that breed of dog
breed standard. Does your dog have its true breed
characteristics? Does your dog appear to look like what its
breed books say it should look like? Does it compare to picture
of of dogs of its breed of old or of famous dogs bred in its
breed? Finally does it have the true temperment for the breed
you own? Last but not least is your dog of sound healthy
breeding lines? These are all question any breeder or some one
thinking of breeding dog should ask themself before they
undertake the job of breeding any litter of puppies in any breed
of dog. If you can answer all the questions above and you have
done at leat some research in your breed of dog and the
bloodlines you are working with and do know what traits your
bloodline has, what the sire and dam look like, the grandsire
and granddam and further back great sires and dams in your dogs
pedigree. The next thing on your mind should be what are you
trying to improve on and what are you trying to keep in your
breed of dog.

There are three main breeding methods of breeding dogs or
pruebreds, line breeding, out crossing and inbreeding. There are
many good books out there on breeding of dogs and I am not
trying to rewirte any of them in this writing, rather I am
trying to get you as a breeder of dogs to think, read and
questions what you doing and wear you going with your breeding
program. I will discuss shortly the three ways of breeding
pruebred dogs as to only lay fourth a guide to breeding better
dogs and keeping some type of constant format to produce dogs
that closely look like each other, have the same traits,
temperments and are sound healthy dogs. Lets us simply discuss
them shortly and see if I can get you thinking and looking at
the way you are breeding your dogs.

Lets talk out cross breeding – This type of breeding is seen a
lot in dog breeding were none related dogs who are bred out none
related stock are bred together and in your dogs pedigree. This
type of breeding will not produce good dogs of the same type,
quality and soundness. Breeding dogs this way only leads to many
uncertain factors and can bring in many things a breeder is
unaware of or even make it impossiable to pin point were a trait
or problem have come from. Out cross breedings should be done by
very experienced breeders only looking to correct a fault or
make a certain improvement in there dogs and than the breeder
must be sure the dog or bitch they are using carries this trait
themself and the line they were bred down from does carry this
trait or improvement for at least the last three generations in
there line or pedigree for it to have any effect on result in
making the desire changes, after this these dogs from the out
cross are usually bred back into the main breeding line. Out
cross breeding should not be done by new breeders or new comers
to any breed and out cross breeding is no way to start a
breeding program when trying to produce constant type,
temperment and soundness in your dogs. Even long time breeders
have made mistakes when out crossing and it is the fastest way
to change type, temperment and soundness in any breeding program
in any breed of dog. I allways recommend you to educate
yourself, know your breed of dog, do some generation research
and at leat learn basic genetic knowledge or do some reading
before you begin to bred any breed of dog. Also seek the help of
other sucessful breeders in your breed of dog that have been
around awhile, most good breeders are willing to help and give
advice to all novice dog breeders and new comers.

Lets talk about Line Breeding – Line breeding is the breeding
of related dogs bred down from a certain breeding line of dogs.
Many breeders think line breeding is close breeding of related
dogs and it should be avoided. Nothing is farther from the
truth. Good line breeding will produce your best dogs who will
in return produce even better dogs if done right. Line breeding
will give you much higher constant results producing dogs of the
same type, size, quality, traits and temperments. That is if the
breeder is starting out with everything being good and the line
there breeding back into is good with all things they want in
there breed of dog. Line breeding will quickly show a breeder
just how good the line of dogs they are working with is but line
breeding will also show the breeder any faults or problems they
may have in there breeding program. There are many formulas for
line breeding and these are discuss in many good books on dog
breeding, there are differnt degree’s of line breeding as well.
So it is not my attenion to go inot all these formulas here.
However two which have proven very sucessufl to me over the
years are when you breed a grand dauther to her dams sire, (i.e.
grandsire) this does require some advanced planning and does
require both dogs to be of very high quality with all the good
traits you want and within there breeds standard. Half borther
and half sister breeding with a out cross line in the middle of
there pedigree has also proven very good results if the dogs
used are of very good quality, sound and have great temperments.
Line breeding does require knowledge and research. Its is
allways recommended that you due this before any breeding of
dogs. Line breeding in most cases will produce you better and
higher quality of dogs in any breed as long as you are starting
out with very good bred stock of the breed of dog you are trying
to breed. Line breeding has been proven by many top breeders and
top kennels around the world as one of the best ways to produce
better dogs.

Lets talk about Inbreeding – Inbreeding is the very close
breeding of line bred stock to each other. Example of this are
litter brother to litter sister, Sire to daughter, or mother to
son, etc. This type of breeding should never be done by most.
Some very expereienced breeders may on occasion pull a
inbreeding to set in a trait or type but than the breeding of
these dogs down from this point must be used carefully and
within the aims for which they were bred for. Inbreeding is only
for very knowledgeable long time breeders to even under take as
this type of breeding will truely intact the good traits as well
as bring out any bad traits or problem to a very high degree.
Inbreeding has however produce some very great top quality dogs
who have in return produce other very high quality dogs however
many inbreedings due results in breeders have to put down many
puppies also and it is not for the weak at heart. Inbreeding is
not a recommended form of breeding dogs expect in certain very
experience breeders programs, usually done one time only for
that one purpose.

The breeding of pruebred dogs should not be taken lightly, and
every breeder should always try to gain as much knowledge as
they can on there breed of dog, its type, breed standard,
soundness and health not for getting its true temperment.
Keeping this in mind and do your reseach as a dog breeder it
will insure that you breed better and healthy dogs for many
years to come. After all breeding prue bred dogs is a true art
form and breeding better dogs should always be you goal. Don’t
purchase you next dog from just anyone, seek out a good breeder
of that breed of dog you want who has been around and breeding
for a while. You will be much happier with your puppy purchase
and so will your puppy and dog be happier and healthy for many
more years to come. Today most good breeder also offer health
guarantee’s on puppies they sell and good breeders stand behind
there dogs because they know what has gone into producing them.

Do you reseach, read about your breed, talk to breeders, you
will be glad you did!

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