> But i have > always wondered that bitches with imperfections that keep them from at least > a title are breedable, but the dogs of the same quality are not?
This isn't always true (some do use dogs that cannot finish) but there are some very real differences between dogs and bitches. One is that dogs are able to produce a lot more puppies than bitches because they can *continuously* be bred so everyone who wishes to use that dog can. They are more *available*. Of course this is not necessarily a good thing but it is a reason that the *good* dogs tend to be used. And remember there are not that many really good dogs so good dogs tend to be used quite often! Bitches however can only have so many litters--they are much more limited. Because there are also not that many really good bitches, if we only used the really good ones, there would be few puppies produced and of those puppies just the same percentage would be really good, so it wouldn't be long until you bred right down to zero. You would also dramatically reduce the gene pool. The only excuses I give for breeding dogs that cannot finish are markings and size--and in some breeds--bites--oh and maybe lack of coat in coated breeds. Otherwise I wouldn't want to breed them unless they could finish if that problem of little significance was not a problem. Laura Lang Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "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 2002 by its original author.
