Yes I agree with the PSS(Popular Sire Syndrome). In a post several days ago, I suggest avoiding the young phenom and go old !!!! lol Do you recall "why both go to the father", lately I would say Grandfather the way things are going. If he is alive. M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica MacMillan" <spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx, pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 3:23:25 PM Subject: RE: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Inbreeding - A tool to test the health of your line You know, the problem right now in most breeds is the Popular Sire syndrome and people are inbreeding on dogs without even thinking about it. There are sires in both breeds that I have that are in too many people's pedigrees, too many times. So now we have new people breeding descendents of these dogs together not knowing anything. I know what true inbreeding is (and I know that is what you are talking about), but think about some of the current GSD pedigrees - that's as close as it gets without being father/daughter, etc. Jessica MacMillan No Frills Dog Bathing Service & Design Paisley Dals ( www.paisleydals.com ) & The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC) Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================