[ SHOWGSD-L ] Line Breed/Cross breed - American/ German
- From: MORGAN LEWIS <shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gsd showlist <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:24:55 -0800 (PST)
From a well informed Breeder/Owner:
OFTEN, SOME People, tend to BREED to the TOP AMERICAN BRED , WINNING
DOGS, REGARDLESS OF HEALTH OR TEMPERAMENT PROBLEMS...AS LONG AS THEY ARE
PLEASING CONFORMATION-WISE...
EVEN IF THEY COME FROM THE SAME BLOODLINES, IN THE BACKGROUND, OVER AND
OVER!!!! AD INFINTUM WITH THE SAME HEALTH PROBLEMS, ETC. ETC.
ANY PARTICULAR LINE, OR LINES, TEND TO DOMINATE THE BREED, IF IT IS
PRODUCING SHOW WINNERS..
OFTEN, AND SADLY, LITTLE REGARD IS PAID TO THE "FUTURE" HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING OF THE GSD BREED IN THE USA, AS
LONG AS THAT LINE PRODUCES CHAMPIONS...
OUTCROSSING, SOONER OR LATER, IS A MUST, IF A LINE IS GOING TO MAINTAIN HEALTH
AND VIGOR AND VITALITY, ETC...
TODAY, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WEALTHY ENOUGH ( AND, OR KNOWLEDGABLE ENOUGH ABOUT
THE WEST GERMAN SHOW LINES,) TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER AND BUY THE TOP DOGS ....
AS WAS POSSIBLE IN THE OLD DAYS... BUT IF SUCH A ONE COMES OVER, WE SHOULD
SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HIS OR HER VALUE TO OUR BREEDING PROGRAM.. SOMETIMES ONE
WILL WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AND SOMETIMES NOT...
THERE ARE WAYS TO LEARN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE BEST OF SOME OF THE
MAGNIFICENT WEST GERMAN DOGS...
BUT IT TAKES DEDICATION AND " LOTS OF MONEY " !!!!!! TO BE ABLE TO
PURCHASE ONE THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING IN THE BREED..AND THAT IS IF
THE OWNER WILL SELL THAT DOG, AT ALL!! THERE WAS A YOUNG MALE I WAS VERY
INTERESTED IN, PEDIGREE AND VERY STRONG, CONTINUOUS FAMILY TYPE AND
TEMPERAMENT AND STRONG HEALTHY BLOODLINES...
BUT, SADLY, I DIDN'T HAVE $ 65,000.00 IN EURO'S, TO BUY HIM .
...
MOST OF THESE TOP QUALITY WEST GERMAN SHEPHERDS, ARE ALWAYS DOMINATE FOR
THEIR TYPE, SO YOU MUST BREED AN AMERICAN BRED THAT IS SUITABLE CONFORMATION,
TEMPERAMENT, CHARACTER, INTELLIGENCE, ETC... TO ACHIEVE THE TYPE, YOU ARE
SEEKING TO BREED. YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY YOU WANT IT... AND HOW TO
KEEP THE TYPE....GOING FORWARD... AND HAVE THE MONEY TO AFFORD THE ENTIRE
OPERATION... INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF FUTURE BREEDING PARTNERS THAT WOULD BE
SUITABLE FOR HIM, OR HER, ETC... IT ISN'T EASY..
IN THE OLD DAYS WE HAD MANY PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF MONEY AND THEY OFTEN
FORMED BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.. LIKE THE BID-SCONO GROUP, AND ALL CONTRIBUTED
TO THE PURCHASE OF AN OUTSTANDING WEST GERMAN BREED REPRESENTATIVE...TO
BRING INTO THE USA....
AND WE ALSO OFTEN HAD A BREEDER, WHO WAS WELL-CONNECTED WITH THE GERMAN
BREEDER'S AND COULD NEGOTIATE..
. I DO NOT THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SUM OF $ 500,000.00 IS NOT
CONSIDERED " THAT EXPENSIVE", FOR A SEIGER SHOW, TOP WINNING WEST GERMAN
MALE...AND THERE ARE OFTEN STRINGS ATTACHED, SUCH AS , SAID DOG, HAVING TO BE
RETURNED TO GERMANY TO STAND AT STUD THERE, PERIODICALLY, ETC. ETC. ETC.
JUST A THOUGHT... FROM ONE WHO LIVED AND BRED WEST GERMAN LINES, CROSSED
WITH AMERICAN LINES VERY SUCCESSFULLY, IN THOSE EARLY 1950 TIMES AND STILL AT
IT... WE SHOULD NOT SHUT OUR EYES TO ANY POSSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THIS GSD
BREED...
OUTCROSSING, PERIODICALLY, TO ME, IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO SUCCESSFULLY
FORWARD WITH THE GSD BREED..
Morgan Lewis, RPh.
Member GSDCA
President Last Hope of Georgia 501c3
"So Much to Do, So Little Time"
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