Thread: Hunting dogs vs pedigree dogs

i'll put it in plain english.

Parent/offspring: 25%
Full sibling: 25%
Grandparent/grandchild: 12.5%
Half sibling: 12.5%
Great grandparents/great grandchild: 6.25%
First cousin: 6.25%

a first cross hybrid is 0....it does not mean you will have a healthier dog, wolves and greyhounds have VERY high COI
but millions of pedigree dogs have that score... to lock in the traits required for working breeds means the homozygous genes need to bred for, for diversity and to keep the COI at a level that will keep the 'experts' happy heterozygous genes offer the diversity, of the same breed or by breeding mutts....like the wolves and greyhounds your natural selection or cull rate will be higher than an average line bred working litter of pedigree dogs.... kennel registration allows max of 12.5%



hybrid vigour works well for livestock......never seen it in dogs myself