dog breeding - Page 1

will puppys get most the gens from the male or female

50\50

I say 80/20...on mom. A good bitch is key!!!

If I'm not mistaken......genes are 50/50. It's what happens AFTER conception that changes.

And back to the question...

I find sometimes pups are like their dad, sometimes pups are like their mom, and sometimes its a blend of both.But then you may get a throw back.

If you have to ask a question like this, it means you do not have the most fundamental understanding of genetics/reproduction. And some of those who answered apparently do not either. Finally, it might be helpful to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype.

Hodie I'm sure there is a more scientific way to explain it. All I know is what I have seen.

no different than humans. Half from each... Different genes mix differently. You never know on a first breeding. Takes experience to figure out. Different genes will be more dominent depending on the breeding. Some genes don't combine well while others do. Two outstanding stud/bitch can produce inferior pups. Two inferior stud/bitch will never produce good pups though.

Again, genes are inherited in pairs, one half of each pair coming from each parent. The gene bank of every GSD and every other dog in the whole world is comprised of 50% of the genes from its sire, 50% from its dam. That is the dog's genotype. No two dogs, even littermates, will have identical gene pools unless they are identical twins, a very rare occurance in the dog world. Two littermates may look the same but unless both are contained in the same placenta, they will not be identical twins thus they will not have the same gene bank. This is why brothers and sisters will often produce different results even if bred to the same dog/s. It's also why a repeat breeding often produces different results from the first mating of the same 2 dogs. The way the dog looks is called its phenotype which depends on how those genes paired and how they expressed themselves. Some progeny will look like the sire, some like the dam, some a combination of both. In a linebreeding it's possible to produce a puppy or two that favors the grandparent or even the great grandparent it was line bred on. That is the innate value of inbreeding, to set a specific breed characteristic. Linebreeding and even the occasional inbreeding is practiced in many breeds and not considered incest in the dog world. Phenotype is something tangible, something you can see and touch. Genotype is not tangible and is very difficult to determine unless the dog is used extensively for breeding to dogs and bitches of many different lines and even then there are likely to be surprises now and then. That's the crap shoot part of dog breeding.