gnasher16 30,121 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Would someone be kind enough to tell me what 3/8 and 5/8 are as percentages....and if possible how you work it out... Is there any reason why lurcher breeding is spoken of in fractions rather than percentages ? cheers Quote Link to post
FLY 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Would someone be kind enough to tell me what 3/8 and 5/8 are as percentages....and if possible how you work it out...Is there any reason why lurcher breeding is spoken of in fractions rather than percentages ? cheers 5/8=62.5% 3/8=37.5% Quote Link to post
tote 854 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Would someone be kind enough to tell me what 3/8 and 5/8 are as percentages....and if possible how you work it out...Is there any reason why lurcher breeding is spoken of in fractions rather than percentages ? cheers It's always been worked out in fractions gnasher16,for example a first cross is never reffered to as 50% collie and 50% greyhound,it's always half collieand half greyhound. It's easier to work out the breeding in fractions the more different breeds you have in the mix, as you just go from halfs to quarters to eights and even sixteenths. For example.....1/4 saluki..3/8 greyhound...1/16 bedlington...1/16 collie..1/8 deerhound..1/8 bull. would be..25% salukie..37.5%greyhound..6.25% bedlington..6.25% collie..12.5%deerhound.12.5% bull. I don't know about you but I think with the fractions it's easier to work out,but that's only my opinion. Would someone be kind enough to tell me what 3/8 and 5/8 are as percentages....and if possible how you work it out...Is there any reason why lurcher breeding is spoken of in fractions rather than percentages ? cheers Quote Link to post
gnasher16 30,121 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) Would someone be kind enough to tell me what 3/8 and 5/8 are as percentages....and if possible how you work it out... Is there any reason why lurcher breeding is spoken of in fractions rather than percentages ? cheers It's always been worked out in fractions gnasher16,for example a first cross is never reffered to as 50% collie and 50% greyhound,it's always half collieand half greyhound. It's easier to work out the breeding in fractions the more different breeds you have in the mix, as you just go from halfs to quarters to eights and even sixteenths. For example.....1/4 saluki..3/8 greyhound...1/16 bedlington...1/16 collie..1/8 deerhound..1/8 bull. would be..25% salukie..37.5%greyhound..6.25% bedlington..6.25% collie..12.5%deerhound.12.5% bull. I don't know about you but I think with the fractions it's easier to work out,but that's only my opinion. Would someone be kind enough to tell me what 3/8 and 5/8 are as percentages....and if possible how you work it out...Is there any reason why lurcher breeding is spoken of in fractions rather than percentages ? cheers Many thanks for explaining fellas....in my opinion percentages is a lot easier but i guess its what your used to....having been around bulldogs for years its always been percentages...but i guess the difference there is that these are percentages of a bloodline within the same breed rather than percentages of different breeds. If someone had said this or that dog is for example 62 % bob...18 % jim etc etc i would more than likely be able to work out in my head what it would look like on paper and the matings that had been made and how they had been bred....but this fractions stuff i cant get my head round yet .....what if your dog was carrying more or less than these fractions...ie...what does 18 per cent or 9 per cent work out to as a fraction...both of which are quite common percentages in breeding dogs...maths never was a strong point for me,maybe im missing something.....again,thanks for the help. Edited January 24, 2007 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post
roybo 2,873 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 easiest way mate is to say 18/100 then wittle it down to the lowest common denominator. so if you half it you get 9/50's and as you can't half the 9 that the fraction so a 3/4 grey would be 75% Quote Link to post
timmy k 591 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 someone tell me this if you mate for example a 1/2 cross bull greyhound to another 1/2 cross bull greyhound would the pups be classed as half crosses Quote Link to post
tote 854 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 someone tell me this if you mate for example a 1/2 cross bull greyhound to another 1/2 cross bull greyhound would the pups be classed as half crosses Yes would be my answer,i've seen them advertised as bull/greyhound 2nd crosses. Most of us think 3/4 breds when we say 2nd cross but in this case they would be 1/2x1/2 bred. Quote Link to post
hairyface 211 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 someone tell me this if you mate for example a 1/2 cross bull greyhound to another 1/2 cross bull greyhound would the pups be classed as half crosses Yes would be my answer,i've seen them advertised as bull/greyhound 2nd crosses. Most of us think 3/4 breds when we say 2nd cross but in this case they would be 1/2x1/2 bred. yes the pups would be half crosses but they would be 2nd generation half crosses, i'm also inclined to think a 3/4 bred dog is a 2nd cross(1st cross=1/2 1/2, 2nd cross= 1/4 3/4)providing the 1st cross as gone back to a greyhound Quote Link to post
miles 227 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 One of the lads asked Irish Bob how his dog was bred "o he,s 9/8th saluki" replies Bob Quote Link to post
Guest ITALLION STALLION Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 One of the lads asked Irish Bob how his dog was bred "o he,s 9/8th saluki" replies Bob Quote Link to post
snoopdog 1,256 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 One of the lads asked Irish Bob how his dog was bred "o he,s 9/8th saluki" replies Bob thats a rare dog... Quote Link to post
shepp 2,285 Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 When it starts to get difficult to work our what percentage it is, you'd jusy as well call it a bitsa, because who knows what your pulling out the hat genetically. Quote Link to post
gnasher16 30,121 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) When it starts to get difficult to work our what percentage it is, you'd jusy as well call it a bitsa, because who knows what your pulling out the hat genetically. im inclined to agree with this statement....would a breeder of lurchers never inbreed on a quality dog ?...for instance if a 3/8 5/8 bull x for example showed to be a real good dog,would a breeder never breed him to a succesful sister,thus keeping the same % obviously but just doubling up on what created the good dog?or is this not the done thing in lurchers. Edited January 25, 2007 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post
Guest wilsonnobby Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 it is all to hard for me to work out so i ask people to work it off for me for example my dog is 1/2greyhound 1/4 colli 1/8 beddie 1/8 saluki Quote Link to post
gnasher16 30,121 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 it is all to hard for me to work out so i ask people to work it off for me for example my dog is 1/2greyhound 1/4 colli 1/8 beddie 1/8 saluki thats easy enough mate grey = 50% collie = 25% beddie = 12.5% saluki =12.5% Quote Link to post
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