#there are dog breeds - working ones primarly - that function like this | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

fjordfolk · 3 months

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i don't even think one has to go as far as to unravel the whole idea of breed, registry and stud books, because i know for a fact that in other animals one has managed to have all of these things without going fckn batshit

#my ideal would be for something like the current outcross strategies to be the norm #there are dog breeds - working ones primarly - that function like this #some of the reindeer breeds come to mind #wherein you bring your dog to a specialist show and the breed specialist has a go at it and if he says hmm yep looks about right #congrats your dog is now in the stud book #makes it a lot easier for those breeding for a purpose to have access to a registry - accessibility and everything that comes with that #without having to make concessions for conformity #because i do believe very. very strongly in pedigrees in the same way i believe in health testing #not for the sake of blood purity so much as for known history #these are tools that can and should be used to the benefit of our dogs

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