Breeding for Performance over looks

http://news.discovery.com/animals/engineering-the-perfect-sled-dog.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Guess bulldog breeders arent the only ones...

 

yea i know i dont think they cull tho or do they.......???lol??

 

hell yea, all quality working dog breeders inbreed & cull

not just bulldog folks

 

thats a new one for me i thought we where the only ones culling..

 

Hell even show dog breeders cull. Don't you know that if a dalmations spots aren't just right or a ridgeback is ridgeless its put down or sent to a pet home? :rolleyes:

 

no i really dont know about other breeds...

 

aint dalmations pets anyways? lol

 

thats what im saying i never see one in any kind of sport...

 

Yes. But these showdog breeders have somehow come to the crazy conclusion that conformation showing is a sport Lmao. What a joke. A dog is either show/breeding quality or its pet quality to them. Working ability isn't a factor.

Anyhoo, point being, just about all dog breeders cull ...unless they're peddlers... even if its not because of ability but looks. It ain't just bulldogs.

 

yeah, its always been easy to tell the difference. These dogs bred from specific conformation lines do not resemble bulldogs. Now people can post their pics and get huffy about it, l o l

 

You know that's not true but anyway...

Why even attend the event?

Why not go out to some field, warehouse or barn and watch (or participate) in working events? Or even weight pull?

Seems kinda silly to me

 

I see what you mean about the curved tail, shallow chest, splayed feet, and week rearends at adba shows, this is my crossbred whippet

 

My thin boned, splayed footed, week chested ADBA G/C I Bitch

 

Horses,dogs, shit if i aint mistaken even people who breed animals for ppl food cull the ones they dont want to put in the markets...

 

Thanks Ben.... my dog didnt place in that CH class all weekend though she has won more than any other female this year and is the highest ranked female CH so far for 2010.... She lost to 2 males that we own dogs off of and a female who is the littermate of a dog we own... so... I take offense at your remarks...

We own a variety of bloodlines but Bolio runs thru most and they handle each task thrown at them... One or two have off days sometimes but most will work their hearts out for us on any given day... Got two pulling this weekend (one ADBA 18 month old Champion) for his first time.... and right now as I sit in the nice AC, my partner/finance is out drag weight pulling her lil female pull dog..

Got mortgage, bills and a great life right now... was behind bars for almost seven years during the 90's... no need to revisit the lovely MD Dept of Corrections ever again... in another life I might have been all up in that shit... just don't have a need for it.... those cells are the size of my bathroom....

 

Thanks he's just 15months and still a work in progress but I am pleased so far