First of all I have no credibility regarding breeding conformation German Shepherds. But I've been breeding animals ..... Pigeons rabbits chickens and protection and show dogs for 45 years! If have no credibility breeding show dogs because I have never bred anything worthwhile and there's a pretty goodchance I never will. I attended a dog breeding symposium last Feb at UC Davis. The information I learned at the symposium was priceless. One of the lecturing Vets breeds some type do Duck Trolling dog ( forgot the real name) It was her belief that all pure bred dogs have negative genes , she gave her reasons for that belief. She also stated that breeding to the popular stud dog is the one of the quickest ways of limiting the overall gene pool of a breed and therefore increasing the risk of health issues The vet was the highlife of the day. Wish I could remember her name. In a few years I won't remember my name. FB Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App ------ Original Message ------ From: Michelle Graham To: freelist Sent: July 23, 2014 at 8:18 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Bracket Formula HI...OK I am thinking about doing a breeding based on Bracket Formula...however it would be going twice the 2/3 formula...both on bitch side and on sires...is that too close &/or would I be defeating the purpose of doing it in the first place...just curious if anyone had done it before and would do it again. Thanks Michelle RBIF CH Vici's Wind Walker, CH Vici's Windsong, Am/Can CH Vici's Abilene V ShadowValley, Vici's Wild As The Wind, ROM, B/Co-owner Vici's Heavenly Expectations, TC-#1 2008 M/F Bitch ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of theShowgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressedin any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================