mating with brother! - Page 2

I did this ONCE with my own two dogs because they were 1/2 brother/sister - and so I doubled up on the grand-dam -- but I had good reason to believe that there would not be any health or structural problems. I got nice puppies and the one I kept is now 10 years old. I have seen all american pedigrees that are more than 5 times the same dog in only 3-4 generations -- but they are paying for it in ears and elbows !! There is no short-cut to the cookie cutter puppies !! Diversity is a good thing !!

A 2-2? What the hell..........Just try a 1-2...........

I have a male that is a father daughter mating 1-2. He is almost 11 years old. Clear hips and elbows and has produced really well. I suppose it all depends which dog you are linebreeding on. I also used Collin v. Haus Ming and Dolf v. Haus Ming, both are 2-2 matings.

Igor, Mike is correct. You can do a 2-2 breeding in Germany, but you have to obtain special permission ahead of time. Again, I have known only of one dog, who was linebred 2-2 on Sara Sonnenberg. Somebody told me once that this regulation was in place to a) safeguard the breed against serious genetic problems and b) in former times (40s, 50s, especially after WW 2 depleted the population and genepool a lot) to perpetuate some characteristics by extreme close linebreedings, hence the exception with permission. What other countries do, the SV has no influence on. Chris

Thank you very much for it all Regards Igor