[NatureGirl]

Re: pedigrees and inbreeding

I own a purebred standard poodle. And yes, there is in-breeding in his chart. Particularly grandparent-grandpuppy. I think the real problem (in dogs) starts when unscrupulous breeders breed brother-sister.

Breeders are going in for DNA testing big-time, in order to phase out breed-specific defects (such as hip dysplasia). These defects were IMO probably caused by line breeding.

[Freedom2specul8]

Yep...officer friendly told us that that's why there's so much hip dysplasia amongst larger breeds.. ie: rotties and shepards..

[jacquej]

I did a search on a typical Viszla pedigree, and this is the fist one I clicked on...

Check it out, folks, and look at the same dogs on each side, and in the generations...

http://www.onpointvizslas.com/ Tuffypedigree.html

And, you are right, naturegirl... One of my dachsies was so linebred, albeit a beautiful dog, that his immune system was defective...