Susan wrote: You can have a pedigree that looks outcrossed until >you get to the fourth generation and then find that it was intensely >linebred. > I believe this is called "backmassing" and when involved in Schutzhund 20+ years ago found that this was a popular breeding approach with German dogs, Shepherds, Dobermans, etc. That way a prepotent sire's attributes can be carried down many generations. Of course, defects can come out too. The pedigree of any outstanding German import that I reviewed was the result of this breeding practice.
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