Cockadors?

[pontbeck]

I'm not enamoured with the thought of a heavily built dog on short legs but that's just me and beauty is in
the eye of the beholder.

Bill

[Bruneval3]

JMO, I would be more concerned that she was the only survivor! I don't get too involved with genetics and the likes, but something wasn't quite right. Good luck with whatever you do.

[Wozzy]

If both parents are working dogs and have proved themselves then I dont see what uncertainty there could be just because it's a crossbreed? There could be uncertainty in a pedigree litter.

Your certainly correct but with a cross bred litter you could have individuals that exhibit the best features of both breeds or conversely the worst traits.

Bill

Not being argumentative BTW, this is a genuine question, but what could their worst traits be? I understand if they werent working dogs and just pet bred or something then you could get some undesirable traits but I cant think of what would crop up if both dogs are working dogs.

[crackerd]

Not being argumentative BTW, this is a genuine question, but what could their worst traits be? I understand if they werent working dogs and just pet bred or something then you could get some undesirable traits but I cant think of what would crop up if both dogs are working dogs.

Not Bill, nor answering for him, but I don't think working Labs really have undesirable traits, unless it's the health risks such as PRA, CNM and latterly EIC (exercise-induced collapse) which is occurring outside N. America with greater frequency in the breed.

On the other hand, what Bill noted about a X-bred's appearance is valid, too - heavy-bodied dog on short legs, think bassett hound or even Sussex spaniel, and you've got the "embodiment" of the old saw "A camel is a horse designed by committee."

Oddly enough, there are some conspiracy theorists in the US who still swear that the AKC was in cahoots with the national Labrador Retriever Club some years ago at a "plantation" in Georgia in breeding Labs with cockers to get a smaller, more compact and "energetic" animal. About as believable as a breeding program as the Dr Who episodes featuring K-9.

Then again, there is the story - fairly factual - of Chesapeake Bay retrievers begetting the "mini-Chessies" known as Boykin spaniels.

MG

[crackerd]

Oh, and I almost forgot another "embodiment" of intentional breeding idiocy, based (where else?) in the US, of course:
http://jimtownkennels.com/bulladors.php

MG

[whistlehappy]

Roll out the ostrich.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjny7GRLJDw

[Qest12]

Is that you 'WhistleHappy'?

[whistlehappy]

Is that you 'WhistleHappy'?

That's me Q. The strings on my colleague's head are almost invisible are'nt they?

[farmboy]

"I think what we have here, is a failure, to communicate."

[trekmoor]

It's English but not as we know it !

Wullie