Twenty Basic Breeding Principles
bullet 1. Don't make use of indiscriminate out-crosses, a judicious out-cross can be of great value; an injudicious one can produce an aggregation of every imaginable fault in the breed. bullet 2. Don't line breed just for the sake of line breeding. Line breeding complementary types can bring great rewards; with unsuitable ones it will lead to immediate disaster. bullet 3. Don't take advice from people who have always been unsuccessful breeders. If their opinions were worth having they would have proved it with their successes. bullet 4. Don't believe the popular clich� about the brother or sister of the great champion being just as good to breed from. For every one that is, hundreds are not. It depends on the animal concerned. bullet 5. Don't use your dogs with virtues they don't possess. Self-deceit is a stepping stone to failure. bullet 6. Don't breed from mediocrity's, the absence of a fault does not in any way signify the presence of its' corresponding virtue. bullet 7. Don't try to line two dogs at the same time, you will end up line breeding to neither. bullet 8. Don't assess the worth of a stud by his inferior progeny. All stud dogs sire rubbish at times. What matters most is how good their best efforts are. bullet 9. Don't allow personal feelings to influence your choice of a stud dog. The right dog for your bitch is the right dog who-ever owns it. bullet 10. Don't allow admiration of a stud dog to blind you to his faults. If you do you are asking for trouble. bullet 11. Don't mate together animals, which share the same fault. You are asking for trouble if you do. bullet 12. Don't forget it is the whole dog that counts. If you forget one virtue while searching for another you will pay for it. bullet 13. Don't search for the perfect dog as a mate for your bitch. The perfect dog (or bitch) does not exist and never will. bullet 14. Don't be frightened of breeding from animals that have obvious faults so long as they have compensating virtues. A lack of virtues is far the greatest fault of all. bullet 15. Don't mate together non-complementary types. An ability to recognise type at a glance is a breeder's greatest gift. Ask the successful breeder to explain this subject - there is no way of learning. [I would define non-complementary types as ones, which have the same faults and the lack of virtues.] bullet 16. Don't forget the necessity to preserve head quality. It will vanish like a dream if you do. bullet 17. Don't forget that substance plus quality should be one of your aims. Any fool can breed with the other! bullet 18. Don't forget a great head plus soundness should be another of your aims. Many people can never breed either. bullet 19. Don't ever try to decry a great [KING CHARLES SPANIEL]. A thing of beauty is not only a joy forever but, a great [KING CHARLES SPANIEL] should be a source of aesthetic pride and pleasure to all true lovers of the breed. bullet 20. Don't be satisfied with anything but the best. The second best is never good enough�. ========================================================"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.
