Upcoming Events:

Practical Genetics

A one day seminar for Sheltie and Collie Breeders
Presented by Kim Schive

Breeding good dogs is more than a matter of luck.
There are rules, and even your dogs follow them!

Should I inbreed, linebreed or outcross? What are the potential benefits and risks?
What breeding strategies can I use to improve structure and temperament or control size?
Why does that mediocre stud dog consistently sire puppies better then himself while my specialty winning bitch has yet to produce a puppy even close to her quality?
A genetic problem showed up in a dog of my breeding? What should I do now?

This seminar will answer these questions and more. It will provide you with the basic and advanced genetic concepts every breeder needs and will help you build the solid framework of genetic knowledge you need to get the breeding results you want.

Kim Schive of Foxglove Shelties is a prominent breeder, owner-handler and AKC approved judge. She has bred and owned Register of Merit winners in both sexes. She has taught statistics, experimental design and other subjects at Harvard, Boston University and Gallaudet, and she currently writes about health, science and medicine for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Kim also writes about breeding and genetics for the AKC Gazette and Shetland Sheepdog magazines.

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The Shetland Sheepdog Club of Western New York, Inc. is proud to announce that we are holding
Back to Back Specialties in Albion, NY, on:

Sat., Jun. 9, 2012
Judges:
Sweepstakes: Joyce Woolridge
Breed: Barbara B. Wright
Jr. Showmanship: Barbara B. Wright

Sun., Jun. 10, 2012
Judges:
Sweepstakes: Margaret Pratt
Breed: Kathy Ryan
Jr. Showmanship: Mrs. Stacey L. Restaino