lines, how far back

[jarv5116 57]

Canni beat a good first x

[BLACKWATER... 157]

no he was six month milky you werent there cant beat breeding lines of dogs keeps them [bANNED TEXT] when i saw m chapmans bob win feild trails 91 i thought good dog and d slieghts katie come second got a pup, luke. bred him got lana .mate one cambridge cup or poachers cup , bred him to lana got good dogs then kept breeding them to only dogs that can do the bizznes in the feild only way to get good stock is to breed of proven workers an dlines of proven workers , to many people just breed of any old dog and wonder were they go wrong ,cant beat going out and seeing good dogs wether your own or mates , rating them and looking for better

[jeemes 4,485]

They'd only be worth a lot of money if the line was tried and tested and does particularly well in the field. I can trace my rough coated line back to the 70s, but it wasn't me breeding them until the late 80s. I wouldn't say that they are special in any particular way, just nice enough working lurchers that suit me and not bad at a variety of jobs.

 

Any dog is only worth what the buyer is prepared to pay for it.

 

 

how many times have you outcrossed since the 's??

 

I suppose I couldn't actually claim they are a line as such, because they've always been out crossed. The closest mating I did was cousin to cousin. So I guess I should call them a family rather than a line. After all, doesn't a line mean that a certain amount of close breeding has occurred?

yes.Really to say you have a strain or line all the dogs in the kennel will have to be related.Although I suppose a lot of lurchers are probably related through the greyhound blood,as there are not many greyhounds in the country or even the world that are not related.

[johnnie cope 33]

some boy whin

Edited April 14, 2012 by johnnie cope

[ruby jet 184]

talking to my dad and grandad about this subject my grandad produced a old tatty note book and said go on son have a look can trace the beddy whippet hes been breeding scince i can remember back to 1954

[hedz31 1,308]

Canni beat a good first x

I disagree i would rather have a line bred half cross than any first cross

[hedz31 1,308]

Several gens.

Is that several gen's of line breeding or ye have several gen's of ye dog's ped

[reddawn 2,173]

no he was six month milky you werent there cant beat breeding lines of dogs keeps them [bANNED TEXT] when i saw m chapmans bob win feild trails 91 i thought good dog and d slieghts katie come second got a pup, luke. bred him got lana .mate one cambridge cup or poachers cup , bred him to lana got good dogs then kept breeding them to only dogs that can do the bizznes in the feild only way to get good stock is to breed of proven workers an dlines of proven workers , to many people just breed of any old dog and wonder were they go wrong ,cant beat going out and seeing good dogs wether your own or mates , rating them and looking for better

 

 

so ye bred best to best??? were the dogs you bred together related tho??

[bunnys 1,228]

iI SUPPOSE line breeding from best to best will take some beating has could has said like to like , but at some stage the outcrossx will need to be used to keep the line strong , scatter breeding can give the goods if bred best tobest , but family traits are bestgotten by locking in the desirable genes one his looking for , by breeding tight from the very best . atb bunnys.

[frankel 2,123]

trace mine back to the 60s

[spazzy paddy 127]

talking to my dad and grandad about this subject my grandad produced a old tatty note book and said go on son have a look can trace the beddy whippet hes been breeding scince i can remember back to 1954

so how far back can you trace the parent or parents to marley would be nice to know. sp Edited April 14, 2012 by spazzy paddy

[tia.kins 56]

Tracing lines is brilliant. I like to know, and admire folk with the same desire!

 

But don't breed just because your dogs have got a certain line your claiming credit from that was generations back.

 

There needs to either be some consistency in the lines performance or some good recent performance!

 

I don't get why folk quote dogs that are years gone by when advertising their pups!

 

I am as guilty as the next man, fallen for the same trap, but between the diog of legend an the dogs of today from one line could have seen several cart horses in between !

 

Keep things moving forward and think for the future. Lines are a bit of history....and simply nice to know