Isnt this a little much for line breeding?

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by Jyl on 16 December 2007 - 18:12

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/528777.html

by Sunsilver on 16 December 2007 - 18:12

[sigh] American lines. Never mind linebreeding, I've even seen them deliberately inbreed.

by Jyl on 16 December 2007 - 18:12

I will take my german bred dogs and my czech dogs over American line anyday. I know that my dogs can last on the SchH field. It is sad to see what the Americans have done to the GSD.

by Sunsilver on 16 December 2007 - 19:12

No kidding...look at this hockwalker from that same dog's pedigree: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/451707.html Ugh!

by Tondawg on 16 December 2007 - 19:12

Sunsilver when I used the term american "hockwalkers" on another thread you scolded me and asked me what my point was. Whats up with that? Now you say it.

by Louise M. Penery on 16 December 2007 - 19:12

Don't worry-all these dogs are bent to self-destruct--as if their owners have a death wish for them. These breeders live ~1.5 hours north of me and bred to my old Ch.UDT. (about 1/2 German) in the late '60's or early '70's. Nice folks--used to belong to the same GSD club in Sacramento. I know that the gaiting hockwalker, Hoheneichen's Caisson Avalon, die at an early age.

by Sunsilver on 16 December 2007 - 19:12

I don't recall the exact thread, Tondawg, but I might have been trying to make the point that not ALL American shepherds are hockwalkers, though that's the trend in the show ring right now. Louise, you know so much about the American show dogs. What can you tell me about the Imp-Cen kennel?

by Louise M. Penery on 16 December 2007 - 19:12

I know nothing of Imp-Cen kennel--certainly, not on the West Coast. Perhaps I might be familiar with some of their bloodlines--but not their kennel.

by Sunsilver on 16 December 2007 - 20:12

They're not on the west coast. I believe they're in Pa. Here's their website: http://www.imp-cenkennels.com/photo4.html The history is given here: http://www.imp-cenkennels.com/photo4.html and here: http://www.imp-cenkennels.com/photo5.html Lots of pedigree information give on the second history page!

by Louise M. Penery on 16 December 2007 - 20:12

I've heard of some of the dogs 5-6 generations back. I suspect that competed and won at mostly all-breed shows. In my experience, most serious GSD breeders do not breed/show multiple breeds.

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