INBREEDING AND DIVERSITY – PART 4

Continued from PART 3 Figure 6. Seven Generations From an Outcrossing Event #’s refer to Outcross generations 1–{ from the 2–{ Pure outcross 3–{ Pure “event” 4–{ Pure 5–{ Pure 6–{ Pure These “Pure Dogs” 7–{ Pure are different individuals Pure “Outcross” represents the individual(s) of another breed “Pure” represents a purebred individual of the …

Inbreeding and Diversity – Part 5

Continued from PART 4 MORE ON INBREEDING The dog world seems unwilling to learn from science in some respects, and inbreeding-linebreeding is one of those areas. I say “one” because there is no real difference or dividing line between the two terms; linebreeding is simply descriptive of inbreeding on animals a little further back in …

OBEDIENCE

Building Drive in Obedience Discussions over the last few years regarding the protection phase center around active and reactive aggression. In these discussions the importance of having a dog initiate the work is generally agreed to by most. The concept of having the dog initiate the work is seldom discussed regarding the obedience phase even …

DRIVES

The term, drive, when used in dog training is a departure from the behavioral scientist’s understanding of the concept. In the early days of research into animal behavior, scientists attempted to place theory into strict, even mechanical, descriptions of behavior, much like a mathematician or chemist. These early experimenters postulated that drive was the energy …

Dina von der Schäferhafen

SchH 1 ZB:SG AD CDX TD OFA Good GS-52671G24F-T Elbows GS-EL8541-T Dina is a black sable female out of our OTCh Nora vom Leerburg UD TD AD OFA Good X Siggo von der Niddereiche SchH 3 OFA Good. Dina is the product of some of the top working bloodlines of West and East Germany as …

Calcinosis Cutis, Calcium Circumscripta, Canine Gout

updated November 2011. The subject ailment is an imbalance in mineral assimilation resulting in abnormal deposits, sometimes between bones, often in layers of the skin or integument. Calcium deposits in the skin can be the result of injury, of metabolic changes, or of unknown factors. Since mineralization (calcium deposits) in skin can occur in a …