tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post5753818795802301301..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Kate: The Outcross Bitch?PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-40158642273760524012011-06-24T22:44:41.361-04:002011-06-24T22:44:41.361-04:00Amen. Enjoying your blog.
Breeding is about conce...Amen. Enjoying your blog.<br /><br />Breeding is about concentrating qualities NOT bloodlines. For various reasons, people get confused about this, and admittedly mild linebreeding may sometimes be necessary. But one must realize that all "pure" breeds--closed gene pools--deteriorate. <br /><br />I hope a few folks are making quiet outcrosses to unregistered Jacks or similar breeds (Patterdales) to keep the vigor and work in the JRT. Most of those who breed Jacks, even in the non AKC clubs, appear to do so on appearance primarily. Showing is fun, and great for children and the weak minded, but is a decadent activity that always leads downward, at least for the animals.<br /><br />I wrote a tribute on my blog to my Jack who died a year ago this last April :<br /><br />http://richardgilbert.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/jack-march-20-1997-%E2%80%93-april-17-2010/<br /><br />He was a great unregistered dog. Had too wide a chest, and his front feet turned out like a penguin's flippers. But he'd never read the standard, and man could he hunt. From a working pack in southern Ohio's hill country. Two years ago, just before we moved to the city, we had to get him stitched up one last time, at age 12, after he took down a BIG possum.Richard Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295157685034187345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-9842084202037876412011-06-24T08:55:58.508-04:002011-06-24T08:55:58.508-04:00Good on ye, William for picking a healthy attracti...Good on ye, William for picking a healthy attractive intelligent mate for your run at life. It shows much wisdom on your part in picking a mate that will overcome too much inbreeding, work well with you in the field and can produce healthy get. And the 'bitch's' bloodlines have shown good ability for working and a talent with success. I think this dog will hunt.<br /><br />Debi and the TX JRTsseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054814598250286797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-80687327203030995842011-06-23T09:51:29.174-04:002011-06-23T09:51:29.174-04:00Queen Victoria bred pugs........says it all !Queen Victoria bred pugs........says it all !Kate Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984661154425549615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-7749459818965635562011-06-23T09:06:12.116-04:002011-06-23T09:06:12.116-04:00I heard that the late mother of the second-in-line...I heard that the late mother of the second-in-line to the british throne did one better, and increased the gene pool further by increasing the number of sires.<br /><br />Unless, obviously, ginger hair is a novel mutation...Federicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05874499919124129777noreply@blogger.com