Many of us have observed animals (usually bitches) in the ROM section of the Redbook that were indeed mediocre. All had great pedigrees. One of mine was there, she was a big, rawboned Andretti daughter, not show quality, and she was the dam of 7 beautiful champions. To quote Tom Jones..."It's not unusual", LOL Syd In a message dated 5/11/2007 5:14:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ParavelGS@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: From Breeder's Advice: " It is better to breed from a mediocre animal with a strong pedigree than from a huge winner who came out of nowhere. Repeating the breeding that produced the winning animal in hopes of breeding another of equal quality, rarely bears fruition." Well, not always true, e.g. Sel CH Karagin's Hoodlum of Castlehill and Can GV Castlehill-Miterhaun Tuff Enough from the first breeding of GV Bungee and Can GV Guido. From the second breeding: GVX Castlehill's Tuff Cookie. That was a great "click" of two beautiful animals. I've also seen a litter of multiple champions that when repeated produced nothing like the first litter! The point being there are no "sure things" when it comes to breeding dogs. Sheri Chambers ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ SYD MAILBERG _WWW.KINGSWOODGERMANSHEPHERDS.HOMESTEAD.COM_ (http://www.kingswoodgermanshepherds.homestead.com/) ANIMAL PORTRAITURE ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================