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20 Basic Breeding Principles by Raymond Oppenheimer
9 Februarie 201020 Basic Breeding Principles by Raymond Oppenheimer
1. Don’t make use of indiscriminate outcrosses. A judicious outcross can be of great value; an injudicious one can produce an aggregation of every imaginable fault of the breed.
2. Don’t line breed just for the sake of line breeding. Line breeding with complimentary types can bring great rewards; with […]
Definition of the Breed Value
1 Ianuarie 2007Breed Value Assessment (Zuchtwert) is the attempt to describe how an animal will pass characteristics to its progeny. Hereditary transmission (whether improving or weakening) is described to breeders as “value or breed worthiness”, and is expressed in the form of a number. An animal bequeathing an “average” value (neither improving nor worsening) has a value […]
German Shepherd Dog Standard
1 Ianuarie 2007German Shepherd Dog (Deutscher Schäferhund)
Origin: Germany.Date of publication of the original valid standard: March 23 1991Utilization: Versatile Utility, Herding, Guard and Service DogClassification FCI: Group 1, standard no. 166Sheepdogs and Cattle dogs (except Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs).Section 1 Sheepdogs.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:According to the official resolution, the Association for German Shepherd Dogs (Verein fur Deutsche […]
German Shepherd Dog History
1 Ianuarie 2007The German Shepherd Dogs long and noble history began in the late 1800 with an idea for breeding strong, intelligent, highly trainable dogs for herding and guarding sheep. Not only breeding, but breeding true to form–to a standard. Until this point, any dog showing propensity for herding was used for that purpose. Therefore, many different […]
