I tried to think what breed we would bring in to improve our lines.
I can't think of anything. I know our major issue would have to be health,
and no other breed has less problems or more stability. Certainly none of
the large breeds can improve the GSD.
We are one of the most popular breeds because of the quality of our
animals. While problems persist, they are less or easier to deal with than
many
other breeds.
This is sort of in the category of, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Evan
http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/
http://www.dogshowjuniors.com/GSYRFindex.asp
http://asgardgermanshepherd.com/
In a message dated 11/2/2016 6:40:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
stormy435@xxxxxxxxx writes:
http://nordgen.org/index.php/en/content/view/full/3231
This came up on my Facebook newsfeed and it raises certain very
interesting questions. Rare breeds aside, I wonder….
There ‘should be’ enough diversity in the German Shepherd breed to not
have to pursue a genetic rescue, but my curiosity having been aroused..
IF it was necessary to bring a (or some) other breeds into the GSD, which
breeds would you think compatible and capable of improving the breed.
Remember, the GSD started from a mix of breeds. Would we go back to them IF
we
knew exactly what they were? or maybe… DO we know exactly what they were/
Stormy Hope
(just fighting off the jitters of a day of airports and flights coming
tomorrow :-)
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