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TShelly
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I'm not for breeding help dogs in anyway but I understand what you are trying to accomplish and can see the passion you have for them.
My only argument is that with the two gene pools you are crossing; you are allowing for a much larger variation of great.. Average.. And $hitty genes. With the male being a good young dog and the female being a scatter bred gritty help dog. Your chances of hitting a home run on a pup are slim but still very possible. Theres just so msny different gene pools you are pulling from and the gyp being average to below average severely lowers that possibility of throwing great dogs.
My gripe is that you have some of the pups up for sale, after choosing your few favorites based on very little raw data at such a young age. If you really are serious about recreating the sire, it would be in your best interest to keep ALL of the pups. Cull extremely hard on all the negative traits, with the few that make it, you can then begin to breed a female back to the sire or even cross brother and sister to tighten those positive genes even more. I feel like you have a good grasp on the process but are going about it the wrong way. The chance that one or two you keep happens to be what you want out of the litter are very slim in my opinion.
T-bob: great post... It's like high school baseball players and Major League Baseball players. Both play ball but the degrees at which they succeed and showcase talent are at opposite ends of the spectrum
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Get ahead dog!
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