So this breeder tells me about his planned breeding for his beautiful bitch. He told me about all the old dogs in the pedigree and how many times there would be Hawkeye in there and that Hawkeye was 4 times linebred on GV Troll von Richterbach and that would make this pedigree linebred on Troll 136 times. He said that this dog would have a strong influence on this pedigree even though there would be those who argued that it was so far back to really matter. So I thought what a good subject this might be for all the "students" of pedigree studies and genetics. Just how much influence does a dog have that is not even displayed in a five generation pedigree but may be over 100 times going back several generations more? Barbara ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================