help with breeding

[tiptopdan 1]

hiya i have a hancock bitch she is 1/4 blue merl colly 3/4 grey put her 2 a racing whippet grey this year and kept a pup back very happy with what he is turning out 2 be. next year i want 2 put my bluemerl colly grey boy the black and whit one in the pic, not the sone off the hancock. a totaly different breeding bk 2 the hand cock bitch but he is a blue merl. can u put merl 2 merl? one of my mates said u carnt do it they end up with things wrong wid them. has any 1 done it or know any thing about it, if so can i see sum pic's. thanks dan

Edited October 8, 2008 by tiptopdan

[sikastag_1 689]

So your going to put him to his mother?

[Guest ooty]

as long as they are both prodomanatly dark merle yes,skin problems arise when you use white merles,and you can put mother to son,its called line breeding as long as you out x every few generations,cant rember how meny off hand,

[skycat 6,174]

http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/GENETICS/Merle.html

[Rory4 267]

its inbreedin int it! line breedin if turns out alright! not sure if ment x to dogs so close!

[lamper12 30]

what the point in line breeding when the dog only got one line about them 'hancock',dont worry hes carrying that line along just fine.

if they was the last couple of dogs in a line why not?but what your on about mate is pointless....

atb,lamper12.

[undisputed 1,664]

breeding merle to merle will produce one fourth full colored dogs, one half merles and one fourth defective whites.

Edited October 8, 2008 by undisputed

[Guest smashygadge]

nice merl hancock what ever you decide all the best

[tiptopdan 1]

So your going to put him to his mother?

 

 

no sorry mate ther are tolaly different breeds the black and whit dog is about 8 years old and the hancock bitch is 4 years old tolaly different breedind. the one i kept back is only 14 weeks old

Edited October 8, 2008 by tiptopdan

[tiptopdan 1]

this is the pup of my hancock bitch

[DevoidOvTalent 0]

breeding merle to merle will produce one fourth full colored dogs, one half merles and one fourth defective whites.

 

Statistically that is what should be produced the the genetic cookie does not always crumble according to the statistics. I know a woman who had an accidental breeding between two merle rough collies, six pups and only one was normal. The rest were deaf and blind with malformed eyes and had to be euthanized. For me personally, I could not do a breeding I knew had such a large chance of producing defective pups that would have to be put down.

[Leeview 791]

breeding merle to merle will produce one fourth full colored dogs, one half merles and one fourth defective whites.

 

Statistically that is what should be produced the the genetic cookie does not always crumble according to the statistics. I know a woman who had an accidental breeding between two merle rough collies, six pups and only one was normal. The rest were deaf and blind with malformed eyes and had to be euthanized. For me personally, I could not do a breeding I knew had such a large chance of producing defective pups that would have to be put down.

Absolutely spot on STATISTICALLY is a big word for mother nature and she does it her way and has n't read the theories of genetics

Y.I.S Leeview

[undisputed 1,664]

my point is if theres a chance of any defective pup in the litter its a no goer must be other dogs he can use

[tiptopdan 1]

thanks for all your replies. thats y i put a racing whippet grey 2 her and not my other colly grey not fair on the pups. just wanted 2 get a litter of pups out of my boy colly grey never mind any 1 want 2 put my colly grey 2 ther bitch as long as i get a pup lol thanks every 1 been great help

[samba 534]

how many merles did she have in her last litter