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Sylence Basic User Posts : 1,000+ |
After much thought on the subject, I decided to remove the 94.1% CH Sylence Capt. Jean-Luc Picard from stud. Whether this is permanent or not, I have yet to decide.
I did this for a couple reasons. The main one being the danger of Picard and/or CN* Enter Sylence (Picard's sire) dominating the Lagotto gene pool. I'd hate to see the wonderful SOP's and relatively low COI's we currently have in the breed take a swan-dive due to inbreeding. Both CN* Enter Sylence and Jean-Luc Picard have sired some stunning puppies, including several very nice up and coming stud males. I'll also be removing CN* Enter Sylence from stud, this will be permanent. Sorry if this upsets anyone. I know a couple of you wanted to use him on bitches in a few days. But after seeing some of the puppies in Picard's first grouping born on Christmas, I'm getting a bit nervous for the future genetic diversity. Liam |
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Sylence Basic User Posts : 1,000+ |
Ok after a couple suggestions, I put both boys back up on APPROVAL if anyone is interested. I'll definitely let them go on Source and low generation bitches, but higher SOP will depend on bloodline. It still doesn't really solve the problem. But I'll leave it mostly up to you Lagotto breeders to decide what's good for the breed in the long run. Liam |
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Brocolitia Basic User Posts : 21 |
I just started with this wonderful breed and can understand you. I keep other breeds with a very low genetic range. And this is really a generally problem in breeds are not so popular. Iris |
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Sylence Basic User Posts : 1,000+ |
Yeah he's on approval as it is. Aside from a few select established bitches, I have otherwise only approved him on source dogs. I'd like to keep COI down on most of the stock, and right now Picard is a bad boy breeding all the girls. lol Welcome to the breed. Liam |
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