I don't get it. - Page 1

Is it also okay to breed father to daughter? I've passed by this website who is breeding daughter to father. And they say its okay, and it wont do anything to the pups. Is that true?

I don't plan to do that, but was just wondering if breeding father and daughter is oky.
I'm not here to criticize, I just want to know if its right to do that.

Thanks in advance.

Run.

 Don't run.....get in a plane and fly away.  Uneducated people see certain names broadcasted on a breeders website showing how "great" a certain dog in the pedigree is......people who don't know any better think man, this must be an exceptional litter (because of how they talked about a certain dog a few generations back). Even if there aren't titles, or anything else done.  $500 seems reasonable .......not $2-4 thousand for un titled, un tested, no x rays, no nothing. All I can say is someone is making a lot of money.

Thats what I thought but I wasn't sure if it was right or not.

I'm not looking to purchase from these people, but to find out about that type of breeding.

Every animal (including humans) carries a certain number of defective genes. As genes occur in pairs, often these defective genes are hidden, because the other gene of the pair is normal, and dominates the defective gene. Geneticists call a gene that is hidden (not expressed) recessive. When you cross two animals that are very closely related (father to daughter, son to mother or sister to brother) the chances of getting two copies of the recessive gene in the offspring is greatly increased. Puppies from this sort of mating may die in utero, or be born with severe birth defects.

Breeders sometimes do it to fix 'type'. Say you have a male or female that is outstanding in every way, and you want to get a puppy that shares as many of this dog's traits as possible, so you mate the dog to its son or daughter. However, the risk of getting defective puppies is very high, and some registries will refuse to register a pup born from such a mating.

Maybe you need to visit  GErmany OR   HOLLAND BEFORE YOU MAKE  any rash statements. on breeding...I am not gonna go into it...BUT!!!

GET on a PLANE and go visit the top breeders for a week or so and make the rounds and get serious about your RESEARCH on serious bloodlines and breeding.. In Germany or Belgium not here in the USA.

In fact stay a month with a German family who breeds top gsd..learn  learn learn and look and listen.

YR

Huh?

Sorry if it sounds like a rash statement.
Thanks for the info though Sunsilver.