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From: Brad.Scott@p0.f256.n120.z1.fidonet.org (Brad Scott)
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Subject: Re: matching
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Date: 20 Jun 91 20:07:11 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

We have been having problems finding good Shepherds as well.  I can
remember the day when every trainer carried 4 or 5 good Shepherds in
their strings.  We could take in 10 and wash out 2 or 3, now we probably
keep 2 or 3 out of every 10.  Not sure what the problem is, maybe
excessive in-breeding.  Shepherds these days seem to be very high strung
and flighty with a very short attention span.  One instructor coined it
as "the big claw syndrome", they work on egg shells, as if a big claw
was going to swoop down from the sky and snatch them up.  Our breeding
program has been attempting to turn it around, looking for better
breeding stock, etc., however, in the breeding arena it usually takes
two to five years of working at it before you really start to see a pay
off.  One instructor here with 15 years experience breeding and showing
states the general public is to blame, more novice breeders throwing
together dogs and saturating society with tremendous numbers of
Sherherds with less than desirable attributes.
..
Brad Scott

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