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that ONE perfect dog. They need important to make sure you have
to look at each breeding as just an objective view of the dog you are Q. Are there any people
one step toward that goal. Try to going to use. currently involved in the breed
produce a dog that is better than its who purchased their foundation
parents, even if only slightly. Plan Linda: I have mixed emotions on stock from you?
ahead several generations. I do this subject. My first reaction is if
a breeding with an idea of which we are trying to improve with each Michael: We have been fortunate to
direction I want to go with that breeding, why would we want to have placed many dogs through the
puppy. And so on and so on. One go backwards? However, I do see years with people who have been
step at a time. some advantage in using frozen IF successful in the breed so I’m sure
the dog can contribute and improve I would leave someone out if I tried
to list them.
your current breeding program.
Q. Do you think using frozen This would be especially helpful if
semen from dogs that have died you were using a dog that was in Linda: There are several people
is a positive or negative thing in your pedigree already and you had who have Dreamland Chows in
purebred dogs? an idea of what they could produce their pedigree. For example, Paulo
Michael: It can be a positive, but I with dogs already in that pedigree. Clerice of Brazil has been breeding
find our memories of those dogs We have only tried twice to use our line with his original stock for
are sometimes far better than frozen, neither were successful. many years. I think he knows my
they actually were. Therefore, it’s pedigrees better than I do!

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