I heard about this theory of breeding a few years ago. Most of the people I spoke to thought it was an outdated method of breeding, but I never could get clear facts about exactly how this method worked.
What I did figure out is that you sort of line breed to the tail females in your dog's pedigree. So in a randomly chosen pedigree (like this one: http://www.laughing-coyote.com/cgi-bin/geneal.pl?op=tree&index=654&gens=5&db=belgians.dbw ), the dogs to focus on are the five b!tches at the very bottom in each generation.
I got that much, but if you're "tail female" breeding, who do you breed a dog to? Do you breed it to his dam or grand-dam? Do you breed it to relatives of any dog in the tail female area of the pedigree?
Who do you breed your ***** to if you're tail female breeding? The father of the dam? The brother of the grand-dam?
2007-09-21 09:27:09 · 5 answers · asked by Cleoppa 5 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Well... the pedigree didn't really have anything to do with the question... Although it is interesting to see someone evaluate it.
I just chose a random pedigree to help someone who's not used to looking at pedigrees understand the question.
2007-09-21 09:44:14 · update #1
Interesting.
First.. I'd call this a line-bred pedigree. If you look at Samy du Mordant you will see he is both grandfather on one side and great great-grandfather on the other... same being true for his son Willy de la Garde Noire.
Second.. My understanding with a tail-female breeding the breeding concentrates on doubling on the b*tches side of the pedigree .. not the male... ie: breeding a b*tch to her grandson or her nephew...
I may be wrong though... interesting question.. I'll look back for more answers.
Edit: Ilovetorofl : I know a very successful dog musher who bred an incredible line of lead dogs the way your vet asst is describing.
For those concerned about inbreeding: *IF* you have a line that is clean genetically AND you are RUTHLESS about not breeding the pups that are not perfect in-breeding and linebreeding are how you concentrate a set of traits. Its been used successfully for a VERY VERY long time with all manner of different animals. The KEY is to be very very clear and stringent about which animals are bred (never ever breeding any of them that show any health or temperament issues as well as never breeding any that show undesirable traits).
I have never in-bred... I have linebred.. Inbreeding is difficult to do well.
2007-09-21 09:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by animal_artwork 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have been showing dogs since 1969 and breeding, have not heard of this theory.
Added: Regarding breeding within the same bloodlines, that is what most breeders do. If you have good lines you want to carry them on. You may go out and do an 'out cross' for a specific trait but in general, most show breeders are line breeding. In breeding is done (sire/daughter, dam/son, sister/brother) but if you are going to try one of those breedings, you better be really certain you know exactly what is behind everything in your pedigree for at least 5 generations. Those recessive traits, good and bad, can just suddenly pop up in a litter. It is untrue that in-breeding will turn out a bunch of deformed or stupid pups. It all boils down the how good of bloodlines you are working with and all the recessives being known.
2007-09-21 16:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by gringo4541 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of using tail female breeding in horses but it is used more to determined if a female is a good canidate, as far as pedigree goes, for breeding. When choosing a stud you would still need to choose based on the confirmation and temperment of the individual animals as well as how those bloodlines have crossed with the blood lines of your female.
2007-09-21 16:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by mandylmit 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it.
I know my vet's assistant breeds by line breeding. She breeds for five generations. Dad to daughter, grand daughter, great granddaughter etc. Supposedly it only works for five generations. I don't quite understand the reasoning behind it, but I heard her speaking about it one day. Apparently after five generations it is useless to try to incorporate any more of the male's DNA? Could you be speaking of something like that?
2007-09-21 16:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by mama woof 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i have never heard about this theory but you shouldn't breed dogs who are family.
PLEASE BREED RESPONSIBLY
THEY ARE A LOT OF DOGS IN SHELTERS SO UNLESS YOU ARE A RESPONSIBLE BREEDER DON'T BREED.
2007-09-21 16:41:49 · answer #5 · answered by Dog passion 2 · 0⤊ 10⤋