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Date Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 12:23:06pm CST
Author: Dan McD.
Author Host/IP: 74-36-249-95.br1.nwr.wi.frontiernet.net / 74.36.249.95
Subject: Re: DNA and multiple sires
In reply to: Mikerich4 's message, "DNA and multiple sires" on Tue, Jul 10, 02:21:13pm CST

>Just something I've been seeing on various sites
>lately. The game goes like this, you breed a female to
>two (or more I guess theoretically) males and then DNA
>the pups. The upside to this is that in one fell swoop
>a guy could breed those two studs he was torn between
>to his jam-up female without waiting for that 2nd heat
>and the year or however long it takes to raise that
>first litter.
> The one downside I can definitely see is the "if it
>ain't broke don't fix it" mentality which I could
>surely understand.
> Oh yeah, one more hurdle, the registry would have to
>approve if the resulting pups were to be registered.
> Just curious as to what the general concensus would
>be to this so y'all go ahead and chime in.

With DNA certificates who could argue? The problem is that when you do this (I have heard)the likelyhood of you getting an equal number of pups from both sires is very low. More often than not you will be lucky to get a pup or two from one sire or the other. With a little patience you can get a full litter to select from out of both sires. I'm sure if I thought on this a little longer I could come up with a handfull of situations for which this may be a useful tool. If you can stomach the price of all of the DNA tests, I say more power to whomever wants to do it. I would like to hear about the results from anyone who has first hand experience with this.

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