Sentences with phrase «healthy sire and dam»
A tested and healthy sire and dam mean better odds of good health for the puppies as well as a conscientious breeder.
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However, before you even consider breeding you must make sure that both the sire and dam are genetically healthy, are of sound temperament, and are structured properly for their breed.
To accomplish this Bell says that breeds with small populations (LE list) need a mentoring program for their puppy buyers because healthy gene pools require genetic diversity and the careful selection of sires and dams in order to produce the desired traits and avoid the deleterious mutations that accompany unwanted traits and diseases.
We would never breed a dam more than once per year and even then, we would never breed a dam or sire that wasn't 100 % healthy from their hips to their lips.
Breeders should be aware of the Wright's co-efficient of sire and dam prior to breeding, and breed for healthy genetic diversity.
Careful consideration of lineages and thorough diagnostic screening and genetic testing of both sire and dam must be performed to ensure healthy puppies in future generations.