THE STUD DOG'S CARE 

 AND MANAGEMENT 



A— BASIC IMPORTANCE OF THE STUD DOG 



This booklet deals with a funda- 

 mental phase of the breeding of pure- 

 bred dogs. 



The male dog used for stud (mat- 

 ing) service with the bitch can stamp 

 his type quickly upon a substantial 

 portion of his breed. 



As set forth in the author's Prin- 

 ciples of Dog Breeding, the pillars of 

 the stud book or male line in any 

 breed are not many. One popular 

 stud, predominant in passing on his 

 qualities, can change a breed almost 

 within a decade. 



Influence of Dominant Stud 



Chow VIII appears far back in the 

 pedigrees of practically eighty per- 

 cent of all chows both in England and 

 America. 



Red Brucie appears two or more 

 times in the pedigrees (five genera- 

 tion) of at least sixty percent of all 

 American cockers. 



A stud dog of the bullterrier breed 

 (about the year 1860) who threw all- 

 white puppies changed the breed with- 

 in a few years so that all-white was 

 adopted as the only allowable color. 



A male does much winning at the 

 shows. Soon the owners of many ma- 

 trons breed to this dog even tho he 

 is not of the type which clicks with 

 the blood of the matron. Within two 

 or three years, perhaps one hundred 

 bitches have been ibred to him. They 

 in turn have produced five hundred 

 living puppies; i)erhaps one hundred 

 of these in turn have become sires 

 or dams of their own litters. 



Thus unthin twenty years, titere can 



be as many as 162,000 dogs that can 

 claim this one male as an ancestor, if 

 he be mated once a iveek for seven 

 years. 



The average bitch, on the other 

 hand, no matter how good she be, 

 may not have more than five htters 

 during her entire life, or a total of 

 approximately thirty puppies. Thus, 

 the influence of the bitch on the breed 

 in a few years is small in comparison, 

 whereas a stud within a few years 

 can stamp his imprint upon an entire 

 breed. However, over a long period, 

 one bitch, not thru herself but thru 

 her male offspring, can change type 

 materially. 



Stud Dogs Not Made 



A stud dog is born, not made. He 

 transmits zvhat has been given him by 

 his ancestors and he adds little of his 

 ozvn. Therefore, the correct method 

 of judging a stud is not so much by 

 his appearance but by the appearance 

 of his ancestors and of his get. 



A stud dog is his past and his fu- 

 ture. His present and its value are 

 judged by what has gone before and 

 more so by what unll come after. 



Patronize Others' Studs 



It is well that at this time we set 

 forth a common vice in dog breeding, 

 that of the kennel using its own stud 

 exclusively. 



Breeders go on year after year mat- 

 ing dogs, obtaining litters and won- 

 dering why their stock does not cap- 

 ture honors at the shows. If their 

 activities are investigated, it is found 



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