Susan,
I beg to differ with some of the statements you made in your post (see below).
I don't think we have that much inbreeding in this country...in fact, I think
the breed might benefit from more of it.
It is true that not all stud dog owners welcome inquiries from people outside of
their "circle of friends," but I think you are inferring that these inquiries
are based on the bitch owners' wishes to linebreed ...
which I doubt. From my observations, people in this breed have a greater
tendency to breed to the latest imports, even sight unseen, with no reason other
than that the dog bears a famous kennel name... of course, there are those
people who believe that if the dogs have the same kennel name, they are
linebred, and that just simply is not the case.
My discussions with Cavalier breeders in the States has led me to believe
that the majority do not understand how to develop a line...in fact, I don't
think that is the goal of most of them. Not only that, but I don't think that
is the goal of most dog breeders here in any breed. Some, yes...but you have to
admit that seeing one particular dog in a pedigree with a particular kennel name
doesn't ensure that breeding to another dog with the same kennel affix means
that they are even related, never mind closely.
This isn't to say that there are not some kennels here whose dogs all are
fairly closely related, and linebred--but I don't think too many of the
well-known prefixes have bothered. The aim seems to have been to produce
winners, even if they didn't look alike...and if they were linebred, I'd have
expected them to be recognizable as being from a certain breeder. You can count
on one hand the number of American breeders who established a recognizable line
of Cavaliers...and they did it with similar foundation stock, only chose
different "styles." When you've done that, you'd still have fingers left over.
Perhaps, however, in your extensive research into pedigrees, you have found some
people who linebred closely...can you tell me whether any of them were
successful at it? I ask because I can think of so very, very few.
Peggy
Susan Cochran wrote:
> Jeanie, one of the reasons that you hear of more defects in the U.S. is the
> way that the gene pool is restricted (due to groupthink, the politics
> between clubs, the intense competitiveness between breeders, etc.). This
> incourages much inbreeding and inbreeding tends to bring out whatever
> recessives are lurking in the background. It has certainly been to the
> detriment of the breed.
>
> In other countries, the gene pool is more open--- more as it is in other AKC
> breeds in this country. When I was breeding American Cockers in the 1970s, I
> could call up any breeder and ask to use their stud and 95% of the time, be
> welcomed. That is not true for a large percentage of Cavalier breeders in
> the U.S. Here, breeders tend to form small cliques and use each others dogs.
> This makes small breeding units and encourages genetic recessives because
> eventually inbreeding takes place much too often. Any unknown person asking
> for stud service is treated with suspicion.
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