[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: culling off-colors....
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:10:32 -0400
I think maybe some of you missed that I said it was a different
breed, not German Shepherds.
ALL breeds were established through culling.
Peggy
sheila lieberman wrote:
>The practice of culling imperfect is how this breed was started by von
>Stephanitz. I recall reading several times many years ago that he held the
>breed to a high standard and the breed wardens of today in Germany are the
>legacy of the breed's foundation.
>
> But we live in the US and we can choose to cull or not to cull. I do not go
> nuts when a newborn does not come up quickly. But I had the patience to wait
> for Sissy to learn to walk when I know some were thinking she needed to be
> put down.
>
> She does just fine in her own slow thinking way. But she will always be my
> Sissy dog.
>
> And Bertha looked deformed for a long time. He hip structure was higher on
> one side than the other, her ribs were flat on one side and barrelled on the
> other. Now she looks like great foundation stock for a kennel.
>
> Bucko always looked like he would rule the world. But his pasturns never
> went up. The diagnoses of lupus explained that. He is stable.
>
> sheila
>Laurie Pruett <pruett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I had a puppy born with 4 white feet an a blaze. Shocked the heck out of
>
>
>>me...she wasn't hard to sell at all, in fact she went to the nephew of a BIS
>>judge. He had his choice of three, two black and tan bitches and the one I
>>called "Bootsie". I told his Aunt she was an off color, no one cared and NO I
>>didn't reduce the price either. But cull her...OMG never.
>>
>>
>
>I, too, had a puppy years ago with white feet (never before, never since - go
>figure). She was the first to go out of the litter. When I've had blues they
>also have been easy to sell to good homes (one of my blue puppies went to the
>president of New England Telephone). I can't bring myself to cull anything
>that isn't "perfect" as long as the puppy can be placed into a responsible
>home and live a good life. That includes the occasional elbow puppy (I do the
>surgery, then give the puppy to a good home) and the occasional mega puppy -
>as long as they can keep food down and are growing well, I give them to a good
>home. (on spay neuter contracts, of course).
>
>As far as I'm concerned, dealing responsibly and humanely with the problems
>that can crop up in our breed is part and parcel of being a responsible
>breeder. Off-colors are the least of any problem a breeder can have. And, as
>to the OFA discussion, to me it is a tool to be used in selecting breeding
>partners. I don't believe it should be used to eliminate animals from breeding
>programs. The worse elbows I ever saw were produced by two animals with OFA
>"normal" elbows. I've gotten terrible hips out of an OFA excellent bitch bred
>to an OFA good sire. I've used a bitch with one hip that was OFA mild who
>never produced a hip problem in her lifetime. I need to be informed as to hip
>and elbow status when making breeding decisions but I don't need to be told
>that the animal can't be used in my breeding program.
>
>Laurie Pruett
>Windy Acres
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