How to start? - Page 1

Hello, I'm new on this, but I've been reading you for a while now. Since you guys are very knowlogdeble, I would like to ask your opinion on what linebreedings should I look for to start a Kennel with? Thank you very much for your help. I'd like to do this the best way possible!

New to GSD's? do you mean what lines as in bloodlines? or actual linebreedings?

Actually, is bloodlines. Sorry for the mistake, English as a second language...

Hi, What are you looking for Show or working?? Jess

looking for showlines

Look for the 'type' you like, then line-breed on that. stick to the German rule of no closer than 2,3 3,3 is sometimes better than 2,3 believe it or not 2,4 still ok results 4,4 - you're going out of genetic range and you'll only shoot for 25% at this point, but take 2 correct dogs you still will do ok or real well. it also depends WHICH dog, ie: male or female, you're aiming to line-breed on. 2,2 is in-breeding, you either get ALL the good stuff or all the 'bad' stuff - thus potentially high risk of a bad litter (conformation wise speaking)

Please forgive me if I am off the mark, but you said you are "new to this". If you mean new to the breed I would spend at least a few years learning everything you can about the breed. IMO someone who is "new" to the breed shouldn't necessarily start out with creating a Kennel and breeding right away. Start with one or two dogs, Join a club, show, train, attend trials/shows, talk to breeders/trainers and absorb all the knowledge you can from them etc. If you are interested in SchH, in my experience it is much easier to learn the sport with an already titled or trained dog. There is so much to learn yourself, it is much easier to learn when the dog knows what he is doing. Again sorry if I'm off the mark, just trying to help. Take care, Melanie

Don't need the forgiviness, I undertand your point of veiw. The thing is I tend to be very objective and in another language, I might have sound wrong. I've had my first GSD when I was little, but only now I had the opportunity to have a dog which I could go to shows with. You can imagine that I got way more enthusiastic about GSDs! Since then, I have read a lot, most of it, books I learnt about in here. I've read all this messageboard and others and I'm studing a lot. I live in a farm in the countryside and now I had the oportunity to mix hobby and job in my live and I'm going for it! But, anyhow, I thank you for your honesty and the tips too, of course!... And wouldn't mind more! Best Regards, Bruna.

I figured the language barrier might be the problem. Perhaps you would get more responses on bloodlines if you started a thread asking which studs everyone thinks are producing well and have the best progeny groups. For me, a dogs/bitches progeny is more noteworthy than the dogs/bitches actual accomplishments. Just a thought. Take care, Melanie