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Silvester · 25-01-2010, 13:48

Originally posted by Ina:

"best male: http://www.wolfdog.org/ces/dbase/d81.html

I never saw a European Wolf looking like that and being that heavy.
We know from other breeds that selecting on a heavy type will automatically bring health problems, like everything leaving the wolf model.

But even if we leave all of this out of mind it is a good example because breeding is not just mating the best of shows or the best dogs of this year. Even if the dog may have been too light (still in my opinion better for the dog than too heavy) it would have been a perfect match for a bitch with not so long legs, a bit too heavy bones, a broad chest, long ears etc. And in such cases an "outcross" on a highly inbred but healthy male may give great benefit to a line.
And a good breeder and expert is able to see the potential of a dog even if it doesn´t present him well on occasions like exhibitions and knows that you can not really judge from photos."

I completely have the same meaning to this, especially to the sentence of Ina what i have put in fat letters above !

This is very correct.

25-01-2010, 13:48	#18
Silvester Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 369	Originally posted by Ina: "best male: http://www.wolfdog.org/ces/dbase/d81.html I never saw a European Wolf looking like that and being that heavy. We know from other breeds that selecting on a heavy type will automatically bring health problems, like everything leaving the wolf model. But even if we leave all of this out of mind it is a good example because breeding is not just mating the best of shows or the best dogs of this year. Even if the dog may have been too light (still in my opinion better for the dog than too heavy) it would have been a perfect match for a bitch with not so long legs, a bit too heavy bones, a broad chest, long ears etc. And in such cases an "outcross" on a highly inbred but healthy male may give great benefit to a line. And a good breeder and expert is able to see the potential of a dog even if it doesn´t present him well on occasions like exhibitions and knows that you can not really judge from photos." I completely have the same meaning to this, especially to the sentence of Ina what i have put in fat letters above ! This is very correct.