I was reading some old threads and had to comment on this one.
The closest form of inbreeding is when littermates brother and sister are bred together. This is probably one of the fastest ways to get a breeding program going as long as they have all the traits that you want. Grandsire/granddam should have the same traits and further back is even better.
Purebred animals have immune system issues due to a reduced genetic base. If you don't vaccinate or worm mongrels some will live to breed another day. This is evolution at work... Survival of the fittest as well as a wider genetic base.
Neglect worming or vaccinating your linebred/purebred pup and let's see how long it survives.... Part of the reason the pup won't live is the genetic base issue, that issue is due to keeping them looking and acting a certain way (puebred). We as humans breed these purebred pups specifically this way for our reasons, then, we will intervene to keep the pups alive by vaccinating and worming them. I reckon we can call this manipulating or interfering with mother nature/evolution, thus creating a higher percentage of dogs that depend on mankind for survival.
In my opinion linebreeding and inbreeding is the way to go to get the best possible pups for whatever your reasons or goals are and the fastest way to get there AS LONG AS WE SELECT THE RIGHT PUPS.
YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE YOUR ROSE COLORED GLASSES ON. Don't breed bootsie because she has two white socks even though she don't hunt but she sure is cute, and don't breed old blue because he has that perfect conformation and you know he doesn't hunt. If we breed dogs with these loose rules we will stumble and fail...
NEVER COMPRIMISE... Well never say never, Once I had two gyps and one got killed by a hog and the other died from heat exhaustion. That was the end of me saying never breed what I consider a cull. I had given a pup to a friend of mine. All he wanted was a jam up strike dog that could find hogs. I had tested her as a pup and she was rolling out at 3-4 months. I culled her because she was less than 40 pounds and wasn't very gritty.
Rather than going out and bringing in new blood we bred her to her grandfather and I kept the smallest female pup and she weighed about 45 pounds when grown and was very gritty. Took that gyp and bred her to her great grandsire and got good pups.
IN my opinion I would rather breed a lesser gyp from a good line than to outcross and lose what has been bred for for years. Parker says the same thing.
The most important thing about linebreeding and inbreeding is making the right selections...
In our minds eye, We have got to know what a good hog dog is before we start breeding hog dogs. NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME IDEA AS TO WHAT A GOOD HOGDOG IS...
Most dog folks are not in it for the money. They would rather give a good pup away to someone who will appreciate a good pup, or just sell to cover some expenses.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO GO FORWARD...
