Not exact matches
Look for genetic evidence
of thoughtful line - breeding on a
particular dog within the third or fourth generation
of the
pedigree you are literally buying into.
The important thing when selecting a mentor to help you sort out a
particular pedigree is: Has your potential mentor actually seen the first 6
dogs on the
pedigree and hopefully, some
of the siblings?
Of particular note was the initiative by the Swedish Kennel Club (Goran Bodegard) for Breed Specific Strategies and Breed Specific Instructions (BSI) for show judges regarding morphologic breed type related to exaggerations in
pedigree dogs.
-- If a
dog comes from a line known to produce a
particular eye disease, do not linebreed on the problematic portion
of its
pedigree.
Insurance companies providing health insurance for purebred
dogs record how often
dogs of each breed use their insurance and for what purpose, and this determines the premiums paid, so for many owners, insuring a
particular breed
of pedigree dog may mean paying very high premiums in comparison with a crossbreed.
The number on each
pedigree will provide information as to lineage
of a
particular dog.
The health
of a
particular dog at this point in time is not going to appear on every
pedigree.