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Old 10-10-2008, 11:23   #56
nanouk
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Originally Posted by taloowa View Post
Hi there

Again, feel like i have not stop talking so far

Here in the UK there is no one to stop you from crossing what u like. we have the kennel club, who u can register the dogs with how ever they dont except sarloos or csv.

And i think 'breeders' crossing SWD and TWD with other dogs, is not helping the procces of getting the breeds acknowledged

I am very much opposed to cross breeding the way it is so often done, a selfacclaimed specialist does it, claiming to know best and safe the breed this way... If so despretely needed, why not do it with the backing of the official institutes??

mentioned earlier in this discussion was a probable TwD # SWD crossing and the offspring having official pedigrees... The writer mentioned that that might be good for the SWD but TWD might not want these crosses.. well let me tell you, i picked the SWD because of temperament, character etc, its breeds specifics. A TWD might seem similair in appaerance at first glance, but no more that that... so i as a SWD owner also pass for the crosses, and do not believe these bring health benifits, cause like the SWD, the TWD has also some 'flaws' in health.
I love the TWD as a breed, see it as a breed where there is also still work to be done, and neither the SWD or TWD imho benefit from wild crosses at the moment. There might come a time when outcross may be needed, but hopefully than that can be done with care, cooperation from several breed clubs ect!
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