tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post6046946046050359400..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Get Rich By Breeding Dogs!PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-24949243868576786982016-03-04T10:34:30.166-05:002016-03-04T10:34:30.166-05:00I'm glad that JoeMama brought up GSDs in this ...I'm glad that JoeMama brought up GSDs in this context. AKC GSD breeders (not working line breeders of course) are notorious for line breeding and relying on VERY few sires. A popular sire can be responsible for most of the AKC lines in just a few years. It turns out that he's throwing bad hips and it's too late. I could go into sire names here and GSD enthusiasts would immediately know what I'm referencing. I would not ever even entertain the idea of purchasing a US bred AKC German shepherd dog...Working sheps in the US (military, police, Shutzhund and PPDs) are almost all imported because they HAVE to be in order to even move correctly.<br /><br />Thanks AKC for helping to ruin yet another wonderful dog...lucypup2009@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008801803433422853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-29905617754688905442016-03-01T11:03:44.951-05:002016-03-01T11:03:44.951-05:00Patrick:
You are absolutely right. It does not t...Patrick:<br /><br />You are absolutely right. It does not take very much science to solve many of the issues with today's "breeds" of dogs. But it will take a drastic re-ordering of priorities.<br /><br />http://eatonrapidsjoe.blogspot.com/2016/01/hip-dysplasia-in-dogs.html contains my thoughts regarding what it would take to move the needle on hip dysplasia in German Shepherds.<br /><br />Basically, it would eliminate the market for 95% of the German Shepherd "studs" for 11 years (5 years for defects to manifest + three generations). That is an economic loss that the purebred industry cannot and will not voluntarily swallow.<br /><br />It would also throw the overly stylish "markers" for the breed under the bus. Breeders win ribbons for producing more "stylish" dogs. After many generations the dogs become caricatures of otherwise healthy animals. Breeding for health would throw many of the those "stylish" features onto the rubbish heap, otherwise demolishing any wealth the breeder assumed they had created.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.com