What is an interesting pedigree?

[michaelundinaeichhorn]

Originally Posted by Margo

Example: one of the listed groups is a real Pandora's box: full of dogs which are not only looking like German Shepherds but also suffering from serious problems with hips and elbows. Simply said: horrible look + horrible health problems.

No - really not everything is good to be copied and not all blood lines are worth to be saved.... Lines are important but not at all costs....

I agree for 100%, the groups are not enough health tested, for building up a program like this HD is not enough, especially when you expect people to use HD D dogs, you need at least ED and genetic eye problems, better every test available even if it is not to use at the moment in breeding it might be usefull in the future. If you only concentrate on low inbreeding you can spread health problems into groups that weren´t affected before.

Ina