[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Does this sound like the GSD Breed? Good Reading!

  • From: "Kathaleen Strong" <inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:27:17 -0800

Thank you for posting the link to this article!  If the rest of the people
on the list haven't taken time to read it, it's definitely worth it.  Not
only was it a good read, but it makes several great points.  The last 3
paragraphs sum up the entirety very nicely:

We need a total re-thinking of how we utilize stud animals. No single dog,
no matter how superior, should dominate the gene pool of its breed. Owners
of such sires should give serious consideration to limiting how often that
dog is used, annually, through its lifetime and on into the future, if
frozen semen is stored. The stud owner should also look not only at the
quality of the bitches being presented, but their pedigrees. How much will
the level of inbreeding be increased by a particular mating? 

The bitch owner also needs to think twice about popular sires. If you breed
to the stud of the moment and everyone else is doing the same, where will
you go when it comes time to make an outcross?  (****excellent point!****)

Finally, the attitude toward genetic disease itself has to change. It must
cease being everyone's dirty little secret. It must cease being a brick with
which we bludgeon those with the honesty to admit it happened to them. It
must become a topic of open, reasoned discussion so owner of stud and bitch
alike can make informed breeding decisions. Unless breeders and owners
re-think their long-term goals and how they react to hereditary problems,
the situation will only get worse. 




-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Jessica MacMillan
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:55 AM
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Does this sound like the GSD Breed? Good Reading!

http://www.canine-genetics.com/Popular_sires.htm
Jess M.Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com)& The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC,
TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC)Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC
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