For the dog fanciers and for those interested in purebred dogs... Much discussion surrounds heritable diseases in purebred dogs and controversies over procedures such as tail docking, etc. In this and subsequent posts, we have provided links to the possible importance and validity of crossing various breeds to promote vigour and health in various breeds of dogs. It would be interesting to hear what some peoples thoughts are on this topic...really this is being provided as food for thought for all... The first posting deals with crossing Boxers with Corgis to introduce an alternative to docking of tails into the Boxer breed - that is, to produce Boxers with naturally short bobtails... the results of multiple crosses is interesting: bobtailboxers/genetics-can-be-fun
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:02:12 +0000