What are old bloodlines for, aside from historical value? Old bloodlines are not beautiful enough, and not good enough for today’s long knife competitions, but they have uncompromised gameness and extreme endurance which most new bloodlines lack. Why? Because these bloodlines were bred for the gaff, whereas our new bloodlines in the Philippines were bred for the long knife. So, maybe it wouldn’t hurt if from time to time you go breeding back to old reliable lines and give your lines the much needed dose of gameness and endurance. These two attributes are necessary in winning closely constested fights even in the LK. Another theory in favor of breeding back to the old reliable is that the genetic composition of these old bloodlines, are very much different from the new ones we have today. If we breed one new bloodline to another new bloodline the genetic make of the resulting offspring is not much different. On the other hand, breeding new to old will result in more genetic diversity. Breeders and geneticists would tell us that greater diversity in a gene pool is desirable. This increases the chances of a nick. Remember inbreeding and crossbreeding?
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 07:00:01 +0000
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