Breeding Show to working lines - Page 1

Is it a good idea to breed working lines to show lines?

A lot of show line breeders say its not a good idea because you can never predict what you will get. Im not sure of what a working line breeder might say but I know from talking to show line breeders about my female many of them don't like the idea. However, I have noticed that some show line breeders are starting to add some working lines to their bloodlines. I kind of like the idea of breeding show lines to decent looking working lines. I have a female you can view her page her name is Aubrey vom Blythe Haus I used to own her dam as well. They may not be show stoppers and they may not have high drives but I love both of their temperaments.

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NO!

Nice lookin female btw....No what bpworks?

Breeding show lines to working lines...not a good idea you either want working dogs or show dogs...be committed to what you are trying to produce...the serous Schutzhund people do not want show lines in the pedigree and I am sure the big show breeders do not want working lines in their lines as well...I personally prefer working lines the beauty of a dog means nothing on the end of the sleeve..

You said it best when you said you end up with a dog that is not a show stopper and not have high drives. Best to breed for one or the other and don't mix working with show. Someone may find a few exceptions to throw up but by far better to know what you want and breed for one or the other.

The majority will breed conformation to conformation and working to working. Those that have tried to cross the two have historically not met success. There are exceptions. Fortunately as the focus on making working dogs conformation better and conformation dogs work better, there are excellent examples of working dogs with conformation and conformation dogs that work. You generally have to seek them out. These are probably not the most popular/advertised dogs on the internet. But they are out there. You have to look for them and know what you are looking at when you find it.

I am not the greatest translator in the world, I am the first to admit! However, let me give this a try in my "native" English. Do not breed German Shepherd Dogs to German Shepherd Dogs for a vast number of, apparently, various and sundry reasons. Ah, yes, it does make a lot of sense when you put it that way. I do have one question--- Would this necessarily avoid any situation whereby one might accidentally breed, say, a male with a good right hip gene and a bad left hip gene to a female with a bad left hip gene and a good right hip gene and cause the problem to switch sides or perhaps those rare and exotic "blues" to be born of such a breeding. Does anyone, this board is so obviously full of experienced breeding brilliance, subscribe to the theory the two breeds within the breed throw back to that well known and documented ingestion of Doberman blood through cross-breeding on June 6th, 1944? Morgan

I am not the greatest translator in the world, I am the first to admit! However, let me give this a try in my "native" English. Do not breed German Shepherd Dogs to German Shepherd Dogs for a vast number of, apparently, various and sundry reasons. Ah, yes, it does make a lot of sense when you put it that way. I do have one question--- Would this necessarily avoid any situation whereby one might accidentally breed, say, a male with a good right hip gene and a bad left hip gene to a female with a bad left hip gene and a good right hip gene and cause the problem to switch sides or perhaps those rare and exotic "blues" to be born of such a breeding. Does anyone, this board is so obviously full of experienced breeding brilliance, subscribe to the theory the two breeds within the breed throw back to that well known and documented ingestion of Doberman blood through cross-breeding on June 6th, 1944? Morgan