"Foundation stock" refers to the original breeding animals or plants used to establish a new breed or variety. It is the starting point or the base from which a particular breed is developed.
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When these efforts are combined with pedigree analysis, the results will yield
quality foundation stock whose offspring can be saved to further improve a breeding program.
It was at this stage that an American, Roswell Eldridge, began to search in England for
foundation stock for Toy Spaniels that resembled those in the old paintings, including Sir Edwin Landseer's «The Cavalier's Pets.»
As an example of complex pedigree relationships, I can find six distinct ancestral pathways from obligate carriers to Prospect Shaggy Boy, each exclusive of each other, and through prolific
foundation stock of many kennels.
As a result of registering
foundation stock with the AKC, Vizsla owners were able to obtain official recognition on 25 November 1960, as the Vizsla became the 115th breed recognized by the American Kennel Club.
Some experts suggest that the smallest puppies of the larger Tibetan Terrier sheepdogs, whose legs were too short to make them effective flock herders, were given to the monks and
became foundation stock for the breed.
The decision to select certain individuals
as foundation stock begins with a careful study of their traits along with the relatedness of their close ancestors.
An ancient breed, and
probably foundation stock for some of the Chinese dogs, the Lhasa didn't reach the West until the 1920 ′ s when the Dalai Lama gave some as a gift to an English doctor.
[17] Further, some groups of dogs which clearly share a persistent set of characteristics and documented descent from a
known foundation stock may still not be recognized by some clubs as breeds.
From top English
import foundation stock, Fran applied their expertise to the «new» Mini-Bulls which are breeder - owner - handled housedogs.
These two gentlemen used the occasional white pups thrown by Scottish and Cairn Terriers as their
main foundation stock; bringing in a few other terrier breeds as needed to establish the desired qualities.
The New England drivers and pioneer fanciers
acquired foundation stock, earned AKC recognition for the breed in 1930, and founded the Siberian Husky Club of America in 1938.
When dogs of a new breed are «visibly similar in most characteristics» and have reliable documented descent from a «known and
designated foundation stock», [4] then they can then be considered members of a breed, and, if an individual dog is documented and registered, it can be called purebred.
A purebred dog is a dog of a modern breed of dog, with written documentation showing the individual purebred dog's descent from its breeds» foundation stock [dubious — discuss].
Beginning with
British foundation stock, primarily the Smithfield Heeler, the Aussie stock - men added Dingo blood and a dash of Kelpie for tractability and intelligence.
As many breeders have
early foundation stock out of him, they question why they are not seeing CA in their breeding programs.
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Now the Shar - Pei is in the Non Sporting Group of the AKC with over 70,000 dogs registered
as foundation stock.
Terriers and other popular dogs of the time, bred with bulldogs, provided the ancestral
foundation stock for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Because I consider Realty Income as
a foundation stock, I didn't do a complete Polly - style analysis.
The foundation stock finally came to England in the 1930s.
Its foundation stock has been imported from Russia's breeding kennels, and the breeder claims to «strive for solid temperaments, strong thresholds, excellent conformation, and reliable guarding skills» of their dogs.
These early imports became part of
the foundation stock for the Havana Brown of today.
A breeder just starting out, puts out thousands of dollars in
their foundation stock, starting with purchase price of the puppy, obedience training, conformation testing, field or performance training, testing, health tests, hip tests, all in the first few years to see if the dog is worthy of being bred.
When it comes to the animals that make up
the foundation stock of a breeding program and the plan for a particular individual, the dog world is chock full of folklore, rumors and general opinion.
It's generally thought that the breed was developed using Italian Greyhounds, Dachshunds and German Pinschers as
the foundation stock.
Jones and his employer at the time supplied many of the early breeders of Norwich Terriers with
their foundation stock, both in England and America.
My productions have been
the foundation stock for kennels all over the world.
Cleo became
the foundation stock for Dotti's Cerise English Springer Spaniels in Sherman, Connecticut.
The foundation stock of the breed was a yellow retriever puppy of unknown breed and a Tweed Water Spaniel, both of which appear several times in early pedigrees.
Border collies were an important part of
the foundation stock for Aussies.
Sighthound - This theory is based on the fact that some of
the foundation stock used by Cornelius Van Rooyen during the creation of the breed was sighthound stock.
Maltese are probably
the foundation stock for many of the little white dogs such as the Bichon, Havanese, and Bolognese.
The foundation stock, it is said, was given to one of the English dukes in the mid-18th century by a French duke.
It is believed that the now extinct Old Water Spaniel and various spaniels from France were
the foundation stock and later other blood was introduced, notably that of the Gordon Setter.
The resulting four yellow puppies became
the foundation stock for what would become the «golden or yellow retriever.»
It was the progeny of this pair that turned out to be
the foundation stock of the Groenendael breed.
A population that is too tightly inter-related is bound for problems, no matter what
foundation stock is used.
First used as a water - dog, Lagottos are in fact believed to be part of
the foundation stock that all other modern water dog breeds are descended from.
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