Quote Originally Posted by ASAP View Post
Father/daughter or half bro/half sis when trying to double up on a key dog? The key dog is the father

I use breeding patterns to establish & maintain my line of dogs. So did allot of others.
2 examples of breeding in patterns. One is Hicks Bone Spur the other is Burt Sorrell's CH Uncle Bud.
If you were to follow how Sorrell's Red Jerry is bred in Uncle Bud pedigree & Follow how Hicks Crossfire is bred is Hicks Bone Spur you'll see a simular breeding pattern used by both breeders. This breeding pattern allows to maintain a certain % of a specific dog while adding new blood to same family.
You read pedigrees from left-right not right to left. You focus more on the patterns used not the name of the dogs. Do these things & you'll be amazed how you can better develop your family of dogs.

Example #1 http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com...&dog_id=575181

Example#2 http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com...ee&dog_id=6836.

Here's a 3rd Example . If you look @ Unlce Buds Sire you'll see one male bred to 3 females. Used 2 belly mates to get simular style of breeding.
I used 2 males instead of 1 to get & keep more Vigor.
Example#3 http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com...&dog_id=575184