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Brackett’s Formula: Nothing Special

Posted on December 18, 2010 | 17 Comments
I established before that Brackett’s formula is a rather non-unique scheme, producing at a minimum a puppy that is 6.25% inbred with the desired ancestor representing 37.5% Blood and a...
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Brackett’s Formula for Failure

Posted on December 17, 2010 | 21 Comments
Lloyd Brackett was an idiot, a sexist, and a bigot who not only put his own breed on the rails to ruination, but who has given countless show breeders an...
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- Odds of a Double Merle Puppy (17)
  - Sam Eykamp: This is all just too much, I wish I had not looked at those links, it just gets me SO MAD!! WHY??? Thats all I have left is WHY OH WHY do they countinue to do this!!!
  - Kate Williams: Thanks for staying on this story. More and more comes out! Your blog is Good Investigative Journalism!
  - Pennypup: So true Chris. Great post. Out of curiosity not long back, I preformed a search on www.petfinder.com of Australian Shepherds, Great Danes, Dachshunds and Collies (border included) then I selected “Special Needs”...
  - UrbanCollieChick: Chris and Jess, thanks for all the URLs and further reference to lethal whites in rescue of different breeds. Wow! This is so much worse than I ever realized!!! This is a catastrophe!!! Went back and read “The...
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  - CJ: Kate, you are so mistaken about “The judges all know the breeds they judge intimately and often are breeders of one or more of the breeds they judge.” So MANY judges don’t know a thing about the breeds they judge....
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  - Sam Eykamp: Yep I agree I would not breed from a line known for pyo or needing steriods to get to full term. I think we using medications & surgery to breed other wise un breedable dogs. If they can not breed naturally they should...
  - Jess: The only bitch I’ve owned so far that developed pyo had it on her first heat. Defective immune system. There are some breeds prone to pyo and I consider this a prime example of a defective immune system, as bacteria is...
  - Brie: You are the one that relates the word “beautiful” to the dogs looks. By beautiful I was referring to how she compared to our standard. Which refers to more than just outward beauty. It refers to structure, tempermant...
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  - Retrieverman: I have, but it’s in so many posts that I can do links to them here. The big thing to remember is that the difference between golden and flat-coated retrievers is negligible. A recent genome-wide study found that...
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- Even Ireland’s insular endemics are not safe from invasive species February 22, 2012
  The Irish hare is traditionally considered a subspecies of mountain hare. However, it may be genetically distinct enough to be considered to be a unique species. Despite its uniqueness, its genetic integrity is being eroded through hybridization with the European hare, an introduced species. This species also is outcompeting the Irish hare with which it shar […]
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  A friend of mine who teaches agility wrote me a few weeks back, and mentioned her enrollment in a pair of long-distance courses taught by Silvia Trkman. I’d heard of Trkman before now, but not paid too close attention. Mainly, I recall her producing a video called Heeling Is Just Another Trick, and that it […]
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  While I was in Arizona I was given a bag of venison Z-Fillets by Taro's owner. I was excited since I hadn't tried any of these and they are made by my favorite treat brand, Zuke's!Venison, yummIngredeints:Venison, Rice Flour, Maple Syrup, Garlic Powder, Salt, Phosphoric Acid, Sorbic Acid (a preservative), Mixed Tocopherols. Guaranteed Analysi […]
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- A Different Perspective on "Rescue" February 22, 2012
  “RESCUE”I started doing what is now called “rescue” in 1981. Not because I set out to save the world one dog at a time but because I was taught it is what you do for your breed. We didn’t call it by the dramatic name of “rescue”. We called it “helping out”, “doing what is right for the breed”, rehoming. There was no need to run around squawking about what a […]
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  I've added quite a few blogs to the lists and since I have never done this before, I figured I'd "introduce" a couple of them, since some of them are pretty new.Eat Play LoveA blog with a long-haired Shiba inu! This blog is about Maya, her diet and a couple things like Agility class. Carnivore CafèAs you can probably tell, this blog is ab […]
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- Herding sheep, and words February 22, 2012
  It’s been such a long time since I’ve posted, and I have missed the blog much in the last few months. Our sheep and guardian animals are all fine and wintering well. We’ve moved the herd to the pasture at our house, so my “checking the sheep” sometimes only involves looking out the window. When we moved to the house, we started feeding hay. It’s a rich mixtu […]
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