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Popular
Sire Syndrome and Matadors
Too many people
breed “paper tigers”. They breed dogs who are relatives of a
famous dog as if they were somehow magic or just as good.
They breed to a dog’s popularity…To its show record…its fame,
or even to their best friend’s dog or the closest, most
convenient dog!
It is astounding
as much as has been written in the last century about the
perils of breeding “paper “ that it is still done so often. A
sire is only as good as his get and his get will equally
reflect the bitches taken to him. It is no use to hope the
one (or ten) good pup/s you saw out of him will happen to you
when your bitch isn’t like the dams of those pups. It is even
worse to think that his fame will arise in his litters; one
cannot take the parent’s show records into the ring to
convince a judge of the merits of their offspring.
Nor can you
honestly think that a dog having “famous” grandparents gives
you a reason to breed.
Further, when
certain sires are overused in a breed, these popular sires
become a potential danger to the breed. If their influence is
too widespread, then it becomes hard to breed away from them.
Diversity of style, as well as, genes is lost in a breed. If
said popular sire turns out to have a damaging genetic flaw,
the Popular Sire Syndrome has now spawned a Matador (a dog
whose late recognized fault is now widespread enough to “kill
it”. This is all bad practice.
Selection is lost
when a pedigree or fame is the deciding factor for the choice
of breeding partner. It’s ill-educated to breed to an ad or a
reputation. It is a doomed effort (except for sales) to breed
for convenience or to “see what happens”. Terrible dogs are
made by blind line-breeding: faults are fixed in and a good
line will be eroded over time. Each breeding must be done
seeing the sire and dam as crowded in by their respective
families when it comes to flaws, but standing alone when it
comes to what virtues they can even potentially offer. The
is, again, no recipe fro breeding dogs and no substitute for
the well-trained eye.
This page is part
of a message written and prepared by JP Yousha for educational
purposes only and may be reproduced to further that end.
All copyrights remain with the author.
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