UphillDoc 278 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 How many generations do you need to breed dogs to consider it your "line"? If you breed two dogs that you got from 2 other folks...are the pups "your line"? If you breed two dogs of an already established line together...are the pups still that line, or yours? Take care. Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 No idea UHD but plenty of folk love to 'claim' lines. Either within a generation or two to say its their own, or when they are so far removed from the stuff they are originally out of, you won't find a drop of the original stuff there! The last thing i'd want is to start calling what I breed a keep a line, especially a line with my name or one of my dogs names attached to it. Just be happy with the mutts you got, graft 'em hard and, if they are good enough, reproduce and carry on. No names usually means no bullshit... Quote Link to post
joshc123 45 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Don't understand all the hype about the line's aslong as the parent's are good hard working grafters im happy to have the pup out of them, honestly dont care if the grandparents grandparents where "the dogs bollox" to me it's waht you put into the mutt. p,s dont call me out on coursing dog bloodline's becuase i wouldn't now a good coursing dog from my ass to my elbow atb Quote Link to post
artful212 394 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 to me it seems that lines have to start somewhere regardless of what they out of but if u have maybe 3 or 4 generations then perhaps you could call it a line as you have breed to type or temperment or quality etc atb artful Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 my 4th generation is due and i still see them as belonging to the guy i got the original dog off Quote Link to post
artful212 394 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 my 4th generation is due and i still see them as belonging to the guy i got the original dog off has it been line bred to this mans other dogs or have your bred to other working type s as in outcrossed from the original so to speak Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 my 4th generation is due and i still see them as belonging to the guy i got the original dog off has it been line bred to this mans other dogs or have your bred to other working type s as in outcrossed from the original so to speak 50/50 out crossed twice 1 Quote Link to post
Macky 227 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 No idea UHD but plenty of folk love to 'claim' lines. Either within a generation or two to say its their own, or when they are so far removed from the stuff they are originally out of, you won't find a drop of the original stuff there! The last thing i'd want is to start calling what I breed a keep a line, especially a line with my name or one of my dogs names attached to it. Just be happy with the mutts you got, graft 'em hard and, if they are good enough, reproduce and carry on. No names usually means no bullshit... Quote Link to post
UphillDoc 278 Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 More food for thought...can you have a "line" if you are not linebreeding? Take care. Quote Link to post
birddog 1,354 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 More food for thought...can you have a "line" if you are not linebreeding? Take care. i would say yes, would linebreeding not be used to set a type, a line could come from 1 or 2 studs owned by the one guy but mated to a variety of bitches Quote Link to post
Chid 6,607 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 More food for thought...can you have a "line" if you are not linebreeding? Take care. no... you have a family of dogs if your not line breeding imo 1 Quote Link to post
skycat 6,174 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I've always thought the same as Chid: I've had the same 'family' of lurchers for over 20 years, but I wouldn't call them a line as I always out crossed, using different stud dogs to my bitches. The closest I bred was cousin to cousin. Yes, I bred for certain temperament and working traits, and I can identify particular traits right back to the original bitch I bought in, but I would be wary of calling them a line as such. Quote Link to post
iceman001979 1,316 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 No such thing has someone owning a line off dogs.You can take credit for breeding a good litter or good pup but thats it.Because at the end day we all had to get a dog off someone to start off imo Quote Link to post
Chid 6,607 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 No such thing has someone owning a line off dogs.You can take credit for breeding a good litter or good pup but thats it.Because at the end day we all had to get a dog off someone to start off imo not if you done the origanal cross, (pure x pure) then surely you have started a new lurcher line if you keep going and line breed 1 Quote Link to post
stabba 10,745 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Starting from the base(pure to pure) then yes you can call the line your's after several generations of line/inbreeding. How do folk think genuine lines come about in the first place..Although i'd hazard a guess and say most lines are closely guarded (and rightly so). A line doesnt have to breed to type but must throw certain characteristics into the progeny otherwise why breed/start a line in the first place. most folk tend to think a persons name stuck on the family of dogs is a line but it most definatley isnt. A line takes many generations to become established and must be culled hard to make a decent name for itself unless your in it just for the £££££££££££'s. Jmo 4 Quote Link to post
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