Can anyone recomend great stud dog with excellent everything?

[Sanda Saunders]

Ok here is a Buldobas (in Sweeden) young dog i like (Half american (has Penda Taji's Tri-Umphant one in there my favorite), half Australian), I hope he turns out with excelent health, trainability and temperament. Go check him out! http://www.basenji.fi/voittajagalleria/Bulldobas_Cream_And_Sugar.htm

[Sanda Saunders]

@DebraDownSouth:

The thing is, it depends on what you are looking for. Just a list of those studs I am sure everyone can help with. BUT the great stud depends on what you are breeding it to.What's really nice is with a less common breed, so many of the breeders here will have put their hands on dogs. That's always a help! Interesting to see the dogs and look at them too. Great topic!

I totally agree with digging-up great specimens of the less common bloodlines. That is so important to promote genetic variety. That is what I hope many people can contribute to in this forum. If we all work together towards betterment of the whole breed, the breed will benefit from it.

[Benkura]

Please also remember the dogs that aren't Fanconi clear. They may have lots of other excellent (health) qualities to add to the breed. Bloodlines and diversity will be lost too soon if we only use 'clear' dogs all the time.

[tanza]

@Sanda:

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!! I will go investigate those lines further. I did hear great things.

I red Sweet William had a significant impact eventhough he was a carrier. Finding clear specimens with perfect health of that line might be a good thing.

While he is a Carrier, that is no reason not to use him as long as you are using a Clear Bitch, so I would not get stuck on just looking for a "clear" of those lines. Of course if you had a Carrier Bitch, then obviously that would be the way to go. Same as my feelings about using an Affected Male… while I personally would never use an Affected bitch, I would use an affected male to a clear bitch. We have the knowledge now with the DNA Marker to avoid producing Fanconi, there is no reason not to use these dogs. Sweet William carries the lines of Serengeti and Jerlin (Patton) and has produced some very nice offspring.

Bulldobas Cream And Sugar is Jerlin(Patton), Reliant, Serengeti with another well known line, Arubmec and on the bottom so very nice old Aussie lines.

[tanza]

@Benkura:

Please also remember the dogs that aren't Fanconi clear. They may have lots of other excellent (health) qualities to add to the breed. Bloodlines and diversity will be lost too soon if we only use 'clear' dogs all the time.

Exactly… as the saying goes, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water"

[Sanda Saunders]

@Benkura:

Please also remember the dogs that aren't Fanconi clear. They may have lots of other excellent (health) qualities to add to the breed. Bloodlines and diversity will be lost too soon if we only use 'clear' dogs all the time.

I got chastised a couple times last year for using a carrier male on my clear female. The people were really mean to me. This one breeder tore a strip off of me.

I hate conflict so this year I picked a clear male for my clear female. I am glad to see though that there seams to be concensus that a carrier to a clear is fine. Obviously some will not agree but if most agree that is usually a sign that it is proper practice.

Yes I would love to add some Sweet William to my lines. He is not in my lines at all. Will investigate his sons and the sons of his daughters more closely. It all takes so much time to go through all of them!!!!! But it is fun!

[Sanda Saunders]

@tanza:

Exactly… as the saying goes, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water"

Agreed I was just taken back by the aggressive nature of some breeders on the subject.

[tanza]

Well those are, in my opinion, wearing blinders. What better way to make the gene pool even small?

That said, as long as you are testing the babies so that their status is known and as long as in placement you always know exactly where the carriers are and that they are not being used irresponsibility, again, I find nothing wrong with using Carriers (dog and bitch) or Affected males.

What are your bloodline?

[Sanda Saunders]

@tanza:

Well those are, in my opinion, wearing blinders. What better way to make the gene pool even small?

That said, as long as you are testing the babies so that their status is known and as long as in placement you always know exactly where the carriers are and that they are not being used irresponsibility, again, I find nothing wrong with using Carriers (dog and bitch) or Affected males.

What are your bloodline?

Agreed

My bloodlines are in random order:
Astarte's Sultan Siete With Pips
Penda Taji's Tri-Umphant One
Berimo's Roustabout
Reveille Tried And True
Khamsin Berimo Asante Ibura
Taji's Cinnamon Swirl
Proudlaan Kipenzi of Taji
Arubmec's Traces Of Taji
Astarte's Miss Wilda With Pips
Tukaloh-Kazanya Smooth As Ice
Arubmec's Roadrunner
Tukaloh's Whisper Softlii
Astarte's High Sienna
Escapade's High Five
Kazor's Jazzy Jezebel
Ahmahr Nahr's African Dancer
Astarte's Osiris CKC
Astarte's Takes A Stance
Candu's Playing With Fire
Kazor's Vyveeka of Astarte
Astarte's Roxy Roxanne
Sukari's Steven Spielbark
Kazor's Jazzy Jezebel
Jazzeta's Classic Twix
Jazzeta-Jerlin Double Stuff
Jerlin's Giza Baruti
Taz's Dazzling Jazzamine
Hello Caramello of Jazzeta
Chautauqua's Beowulf
Taz's Dazzling Jazzamine

[lvoss]

When I think of bloodlines, I don't think of individual dogs but rather the breeder's line. It looks like you have an assortment of dogs behind yours rather than particular line or specific blending of lines. Is your goal to use an assortative breeding strategy, matching like type? Or are you hoping to develop a true line?

My foundation is mostly Kenset with Serengeti and older Arubmec (going to mostly Pero) lines. I took that foundation and outcrossed to Tamsala and Avongara. The last two litters that I have bred have been crossed back to the lines of my foundation. When I look at outside sires, I look for ones that will have these lines or their foundation lines behind them. It is not always easy to find and there are many old lines that are dying out as newer people to the breed seek the well known or big winning dogs. I don't breed so much that I will ever really have a true line of my own but I do hope that my breeding program helps to provide others working with similar lines so options for their breeding programs just as theirs provide me with options.

[dmey]

Im interested in learning more about all this. I have to admit I don't understand very well what you mean. For example, when you say your foundations is mostly Kenset with Serengeti and older arubmec .. What dogs were these?.. If I can look them up then I can figure out what you mean. There are so many dogs in any pedigree, what defines a "line"?

[tanza]

Not sure why posted in "random" order, easier to just give the dog's sire and dam….

And as lvoss said, which is the same as I have said, look at lines, not dogs.

[Quercus]

If your girl is Amahr Nahr's Just Call Me Madam, then I would say your lines are primarily Astarte and Taji, with some Jerlin

[Quercus]

@dmey:

Im interested in learning more about all this. I have to admit I don't understand very well what you mean. For example, when you say your foundations is mostly Kenset with Serengeti and older arubmec .. What dogs were these?.. If I can look them up then I can figure out what you mean. There are so many dogs in any pedigree, what defines a "line"?

The line is the dogs in a backward progression, particularly if their are multiple dogs from the same breeder. Eventually all of our lines go back to the same dogs, pretty much. But it is the dogs that are close up in a pedigree that tell you more than the dogs that are way back. You usually can't really know anything too specific about a dog by talking about the lines, but you can get a general idea of how old the lines are. Someone who has a lot of knowledge about a breed can have some insight into the quality of the dogs based on lines.

[dmey]

Ok thanks, and I imagine that there will be certain chacracterictics that can be described as pertaining to certain lines.. For example, I was looking at the brushy run site and the avongara dogs and noticed that most of them don't have very tight curl on their tails. as I was looking at Kinetic basenjis I noticed that sophie also ahas a similar tail and when I saw her pedigree she has avongara. So , I mean I guess this is not very well researched or anything but for example that could be a line trait, right the curl on the tail of the avongara line?

[tanza]

@dmey:

Ok thanks, and I imagine that there will be certain chacracterictics that can be described as pertaining to certain lines.. For example, I was looking at the brushy run site and the avongara dogs and noticed that most of them don't have very tight curl on their tails. as I was looking at Kinetic basenjis I noticed that sophie also ahas a similar tail and when I saw her pedigree she has avongara. So , I mean I guess this is not very well researched or anything but for example that could be a line trait, right the curl on the tail of the avongara line?

The Avongara line does have a loose tail curl. Some is due to the fact that the tail set lower. Easy enough to breed out (the set is important, not the curl) Sophie has a lovely second thigh and while a bit long in the back, has a nice level topline.

If you find pictures of many of the Jerlin dogs, you will find what I call a helicoptor tail… it is to the low side, has a good curl, but kind of stands up on the back instead of laying down.

[lvoss]

I disagree about not being able to tell too much about individuals based on the line behind them. If a dog comes from a true line, one where the breeder has worked over many generations to develop their line to the point where they have consistent type then you can come to expect certain things about individuals of that line. Just as Pat said, she looks to certain lines because she has come to expect certain traits from them. If you talk to breeders who have been around for a few decades they will tell you that you used to be able to see a dog from across the ring and know the breeder without ever seeing catalog because of the distinct look of the line. I see more and more that there are not many true lines anymore. Many breeders are now using assortative matings which produce a much more diverse spread of traits in litters.

[Nemo]

@tanza:

If you find pictures of many of the Jerlin dogs, you will find what I call a helicoptor tail… it is to the low side, has a good curl, but kind of stands up on the back instead of laying down.

Zoni inherited that trait. It can lay on the side more when tightly curled (it doesn't have anywhere else to go) but otherwise it's like a piggy tail. She's got two main lines behind her, Serengeti and Jerlin (Patton).

[DebraDownSouth]

@lvoss:

I disagree about not being able to tell too much about individuals based on the line behind them. …I see more and more that there are not many true lines anymore. Many breeders are now using assortative matings which produce a much more diverse spread of traits in litters.

There are Rottie lines you can spot the moment the dog walks in the ring. Lots of line breeding, some pretty close ones, but developing a very distinct type, look and movement.

But the last 10 yrs, less and less of that with everyone seeming to breed for excessively short backs (I say excessive because of the research showing the severe problems it is causing the breed!), massive bone and larger and larger heads. Soon the breed will truly look more like a mastiff.

I heard a breeder once say all the outcrossing (assortive matings, nice phrase, thanks) was healthier. But the lecturer laughed and said even with a breed as "popular" numbers wise as Rottweilers, our actual gene pool is very small. And truly, you look 10 generations back and it's nearly all the same dogs. I fail to see an issue with line breeding and even tight line breeding when your dogs are healthy.

[dmey]

@tanza:

The Avongara line does have a loose tail curl. Some is due to the fact that the tail set lower. Easy enough to breed out (the set is important, not the curl) Sophie has a lovely second thigh and while a bit long in the back, has a nice level topline.

If you find pictures of many of the Jerlin dogs, you will find what I call a helicoptor tail… it is to the low side, has a good curl, but kind of stands up on the back instead of laying down.

What is a second thigh? ….