Revised December 2011. SEMINARS & LECTURE INFORMATION ON FRED LANTING HD and Other Orthopedic Disorders: slide presentation touching on all aspects including genetics, nutrition, diagnosis, treatments, and more. Includes Q-&-A session. Total: 2 hours & up, or tailored to your needs. Analytical Approach to Evaluating Dogs: a unique gait-and-structure slide talk, describing how to choose …
This article is slightly more than an update on the hip registries operating in the U.S. (and Canada, to a great extent). I hope to not only bring you the current status of each as we turn the corner into 2003, but also stress again the importance of lobbying for an …
IT’S ALL IN THE GENES As dog breeders, we engage in genetic “experiments” each time we plan a mating. The type of mating selected should coincide with your goals. To some breeders, determining which traits will appear in the offspring of a mating is like rolling the dice – a combination of luck and chance. …
First, let me say that at this time, I am an infrequent breeder of working GSDs, having had 8 litters in the past 10 years. Every time I get ready to whelp a litter, I have the same discussion with my vet: Where do you stand on giving me a prescription for Oxytocin. My conservative …
Jay Lush, father of modern animal breeding, stated that variation is the raw material with which breeder works. The focus of this article is on the use of variation and measures of variation, in making breeding decisions. It includes the related ideas of relationship and inbreeding, as well as systems of mating that make use …
The right answers to the most prevalent questions. “Where can I take my dog to have his breed value assessed?” , or “Which Breed Value is better, over 100 or under 100?” These are the questions about the Breed Value Assessment HD, that are put to the Head Office time and again. That’s why we …
Continued from Previous Page Experience and History with ZW The current expressions of opinion are generally positive in outlook, supported substantially by two basic principles: The application is very simple for the breeder. For his bitch, whose HD breed value he knows, the breeder can select from a broad offering of dogs that are qualified …
Continued from Previous Page ZW Mandatory As Of July 1999 Wide implementation of the method of Breed Value Assessment has been effective in the “commercial animal” breeds (food & textile). This includes, in a computer record, all available data of the ancestors and any available progeny as well as of the personal phenotype of the …
Many GSD fanciers (yes, unfortunately even breeders) have either not heard of the Zuchtwert program or have almost no idea of what it is. For nearly four decades, the world of dogs has known about canine hip dysplasia (HD) and has followed protocols laid down in the 1950s and ‘60s for diagnosis and control. In …
Revised 2012. Some time ago, a GSD breeder-judge in Germany wrote an article that was carried on the Internet, entitled “The Sable Shepherd… A Museum Piece?” (liberal translation). Several people have asked me about some of the statements in it, and I thought a magazine or website piece might be the easiest way to answer. …