Supports what I have always said.........ALL breedings are like playing Russian Roulette. Why you can do 1 breeding to a stud, get a couple of stars, no problems, and the next breeding they are pets and you have completely different issues. Educated guesses are the best anyone can do....and a little "secret sauce" as Mike called it. Molly In a message dated 9/9/2010 8:44:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx writes: What I believe is that ALL breedings carry risks, but since all pedigrees contain "genetic bads" inbreeding intensives the risk for those SPECIFIC genetic bads cropping up. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================