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Hi, I'm a newbie. Any tips/advice you can offer? Also. What does COI stand for?

Don't get into too many breeds in one kennel. My biggest problem as a newbie, still an issue sometimes.

As a basic, I used to session dogs for other people to make money. Some people also like to show other people's dogs and then once they're a champion, sell them back to the breeder.

I don't know what COI stands for but here is the help topic on the subject. www.showdog.com/help/topic.aspx?id=74

Welcome to the game! Hope you enjoy it
Alexandria

There are 2 'Guides' on the Beginner Forum

here's the link to the Showdog for Basic Accounts
www.showdog.com/forum/read.aspx?id=391848

the other is a Guide to Showing

COI is Co-efficient of Inbreeding I believe

Coefficient Of Inbreeding
COI stands for Coefficient Of Inbreeding and is the calculation used to determine the level of inbreeding on an individual dog or puppy.

It basically is a way of calculating how many common ancestors a dog has. You want to keep this number as low as possible because it does influence the quality of the puppies to some extent.

The COI should be kept below 15%.

Anything 15% and below will NOT effect the genetic quality of the pups.

Anything above 15% will start to have an effect.

Some players have deliberately bred litters that have 15-18% COI and have managed to get some outstanding pups as a results - but the higher you go the worse the effect becomes. In this instance - you might get one superb pup and the rest of the litter will be the worst you've ever seen. Other times the effect isn't as dramatic - and other times you get mediocre pups that aren't worth keeping. Most players only ever have these litters if they are trying to 'lock in' a trait.

Breeding and genetics can often be frustrating enough at times without having to worry about the COI% effecting the litter too - hence why it's always best to keep it below 15%.

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