Learn about breeders who breed winners to winners, type to type with average results. Read about why the fail to understand how to breed by direction rather than by chance.  Read about the breeder interviews and their knowledge of the  strengths and weaknesses of their pedigrees.

Por Dr. Carmen L Battaglia
Tradução Maria Eduarda Bicca Dode

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Breeding to the Great Dogs

"Naquilo que trabalhamos, valorizamos mais"

This study focused on four major factors related to the risk for extinction from the conformation sport. Factors studied were: number of litters and dogs registered, low conversion rates, status as a low Entry breed (LE) and use of Limited Registrations.

Learn about why breeds with large and small gene pools should pay attention to what is happening in their breed. The author, Dr.Jerod Bell discusses what and why it is important to think  through each breeding. Popular sires in large and small breed populations affect them differently.

The term pedigree is an old word derived from the French "pie de grue", meaning crane's foot. After more than six centuries, the tradition of using the pedigree continues to be the primary breeding tool of breeders based on the logic that when the frequency of a trait or disease occurs among several the ancestors it signals that something is likely to be heritable.