FAQ
What is your Breeding Philosophy?
Breeding and raising quality dogs with any consistency is not an easy thing to do. It takes planning, patience, commitment, objectivity, and a certain amount of luck. There are no perfect dogs -- every dog carries positive and negative traits.
BREEDING
We use a variety of tools when planning breedings. First, we carefully evaluate and document the positive and negative physical traits and tempement of our dogs as well as other dogs we might potentially use for a breeding along with the get they've already produced, etc. Second, we evaluate the health of the dogs through a variety of tests and checks. We also collect and catalog health information on any related dogs we can. Finally, we evaluate pedigrees. We use Wright's Co-efficient of Inbreeding ("COI") to evaluate each potential litter. We strive for a COI below 12.5% based on 10 generations of pedigree data. We also review the Co-efficient of Relationship to various ancestors. In every generation, our goal is to ensure that the COI of the offspring is lower than that of the parents.
RAISING PUPPIES
