Theoretically, it is written in the breeding books that when you breed a plain dog to an exaggerated dog, you should get a litter of plain heads (like one parent) and exaggerated heads (like the other parent). But in Cavaliers I have actually not found this to be true!! I agree that it is important to go with an exaggerated headed dog to get what one wants. Some exaggerated headed dogs need another exaggerated headed dog to produce the desired head. Sometimes this type of breeding also produces an exaggerated head but those dogs in turn, when they are bred, produce excellent specimens. Then there are some dogs with a very non-exaggerated head - even bordering on fine but sweet expression -- that seem to produce much better heads than themselves.
Anne JEANIE MONTFORD wrote: > Well you instance the effect of one particular dog there - but I don't > think that we can extrapolate that result generally. I think it very much > depends on the individuals concerned as where I have thorough knowledge of > my own dogs for instance, most are quite heavily linebred, not in the first > 3 generations I grant you but heavily linebred none the less, (one pedigree > having McGoogans May Fly 23 times in 7 generations) and I don't see a > reduction in bone, nor did I see it in the instances referred to in my > previous post. > And we also have to think about our interpretation of "bone", "lacking > bone", "too much bone" - we can have three people look at a dog and have > three different opinions!!! Happens all the time! LOL > Oh my..... I hope we are not getting into phen V gen here! <Big grin> > > The other thing I would love to clarify is your use f the word Exaggeration. > > You wrote > <<<, would also like to more clearly state that I feel we need more > exaggerated dogs used for breeding in Cavaliers--plain to plain begets > plain. >>>>> and > <<<I don't see enough exaggerated dogs to breed to plain bitches and vice > versa>>.. > > In this case exaggerated would mean "pretty"??? > I have never heard it used in this context before - usually when we say > "exaggerated" in relation to a dog we mean taken to extremes or overdone. > The dictionary gives us "To enlarge or increase beyond the normal. and "To > misrepresent by overstating" surely not what we want! VBG I can't see > that overdone heads are desirable. or the way to correct plain heads. Don't > we want to use a "correct" head? > Interesting differences in language and terminology aren't they? > Jeanie > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
