Thread: too close matings

Good point - the pointer has been bred this way for hundreds of years and remains robust. Try it with labs!

Both of those books are worth a read on a rainy Sunday. However as you mention his methods aren't for mere mortals due to one thing - the sheer size of his breeding programs. When you are whelping over 150 puppies a year, you make much quicker gains. Much like the Lord Scotneys' kennels up until he passed in the 70s - if any of the 100 puppies he whelped in a year still walked this earth at two years it was probably exceptional.