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Originally posted by HOBO
The problem with Repeat crosses is MOST not all but MOST of the people that get the pups have heard how GREAT the first litter was and think they don't have to put the time into the next cross. Then when the pup sits in the pen for a year or longer and they decide to take out SUPER PUP and it doesn't do anything they say repeat crosses NEVER work.
I like breedong Uncle/Neice Aunt/Nephew and Cousins.
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Originally posted by Justin Smith
YOu never know what's too close until it's too late .... part of being a breeder is pushing the envelope and experimenting ... part of being a successful breeder is being responsible when something backfires.
Well I have to agree with both of these. The repeat cross may or may not work out because you still have hundreds of thousands of genes to line up, BUT it works out at a higher percentage than just any old cross. In other words it will be more consistant most of the time. HOBO had a key to the problem of people thinking the second cross doesn't work as good, people either get all excited about them and start hunting them when they should be playing with them and get burnt out on them before they are old enough to start, or they think they will turn out automatically and don't put the time in them they should.
Justin is right as well. You have to be responsible. That has several meanings but it also means not breeding a sub standard animal in hopes to "cover up" a bad trait just because it is handy, and knowing your history/traits of the family. It also means performing an HONEST evaluation before you decide to repeat crosses, not just because they sold good or whatever. Then there is the other responsibility of keeping non desirable things out of the gene poole. This can be accomplished numerous ways, but it needs to be done.
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