Message #560861

[t-dog]

I agree with what was said about evaluating the old gyp. Are you breeding because of ability or sentimental reasons?  A successful dog man once told me you can breed father/daughter 7 times back to back before you hurt anything but that same rule did not apply to mother/son crosses. He said he hadn't seen anyone get consistent target results from it. He said when breeding back towards a female that a grandson or nephew was usually best. I've tried mother/son 2 times and they were the worst results I've ever had. I bred the same female to other close related dogs and produced well. So as a rule I don't do that. Not saying it don't work for others but for the standards I expect it hasn't for me.