Anyone with a good ‘line breeding’ knowledge?

[P3LH]

Breed specific knowledge not necessary, just someone who’s a bit of a pedigree studying geek/savvy with line breeding knowledge required to present a scenario of the breeding behind a dog and have their thoughts.

If there’s any takers please PM me, it’s not something I want to discuss on an open forum as don’t wish to start a debate on the subject - but am always a firm believer that two heads are better than one with some things. And my head is currently scrambled with reading a pedigree.

 

[Tiddlypom]

As you seem to be aware, line breeding is just another word for inbreeding.

 

[P3LH]

Which is why the subject isn’t something I’ve posted about on an open forum - as people have very differing opinions when it comes to the subject/in this instance it’s more a second opinion about a pedigree.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Line breeding is when you know what you're doing I can look but I don't know anything about lines outside my breed. If I see some dogs more than once in five generations I think 'fair enough' and others HELL NO.
For guidance in my own breed anything under 2-3/3-2 (including siblings of those dogs) is verboten. Plus it's in no way an endangered breed.

 

[P3LH]

Help sought, thanks HH members - appreciated!!

 

[MurphysMinder]

Hopefully your questions have been answered now. My vulnerable breed has far more line breeding than I would find acceptable with the GSDs, but obviously with so few dogs around it is something that has to be carefully done.