like I said, I may have that backwards, lol. I do not line breed, so I do not keep up with the concept, but one way can be genetically dangerous is my understanding, while the other way is not.
Someone mentioned the concept with humans and while it is true that it is not acceptable with humans, that is more of a modern day thing. In fact, if you look at history in say, biblical times, you will see there was a LOT of interfamily marriages, ect. Uncles with nieces and so on. Modern day law limits such marital relations among close blood due to the possibility of genetic flaws. However, it is perfectly acceptable in the animal kingdom. I am pretty sure that it is ok male to female offspring but not female to male offspring. (which, btw, is opposite of what I originally said, lol) Again, I just don't know the specifics of line breeding since I don't do it, but if it is something you are looking into, then I highly recommend you research line breeding. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: Melissa Tag To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Question for Chihuahua breeders Why not daughter to father? What is the difference? Just curious. I'm taking notes for when our chi is ready to breed. marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Although I don't do it personally, it is perfectly acceptable to breed son to mother, but not daughter to father. (or I may have that backwards!! lol) It is also ok to breed grandson to grandmother, ect. It is called line breeding and it is recognized by the AKC as a legitimate breeding method and you see a lot of it in champion dogs. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: dasha48 To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Question for Chihuahua breeders They are also liable to get a horrible dog. IMO that is just too risky Sheila -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Tag Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Question for Chihuahua breeders We bought our dog from my hubby's cousin. She was telling us that next time around they were going to try breeding mom and son. I asked about that b/c with humans that's just not allowed. She said you can do that as long as it wasn't brother and sister. I know they were only doing mother/son to see if they could get a lighter brown puppy that way. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/11/2006 4:45:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Okay.....I had a guy who was a German Shepherd breeder tell me one time it's okay for the grandfather of a dog to breed his granddaughter. Is that so for all breeds, or not at all? Thanks! Susan Depends on the genetics. I, personally, do NOT line breed; though it is common. You may get double the good genes but, also, you may enhance any faults you have as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
