When is inbreeding/linebreeding discouraged?
Unfortunately in the “Shiloh World” many breeders are not aware of the dogs that appear in the 6th-9th generations of their pedigrees, thereby unknowingly they continue to “linebreed” on these dogs, and are inevitably heading for a syndrome known as Inbreeding Depression. CompuPed has a wonderful program that is capable of performing Coefficencies of Inbreeding based on eight plus generation pedigrees. I would like to suggest that any serious breeder purchase this program, and the data needed on their breeding stock or request a full R.C. report from the breed founder) before making such important (life changing) decisions as choosing the “right” pair! With the TCCP data on each dog in our database and this program “too much” inbreeding can be avoided properly! For more information, please take some time to read these articles, written by the breed founder, for the November 98 SSDCA Newsletter as well as an article written by Dr. Bell in our March Newsletter.
