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**skunkstripe** · 02-14-2009, 05:24 PM

LOL I started a thread on developing new breeds for medical purposes too.

http://www.dogforum.org/showthread.php?t=24347

**skunkstripe** · 02-14-2009, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by janie

but by crossing two breeds are you not then creating a new breed

No there is a LOT more to it than that. Mixing two purebreds does not create a new breed, far from it. Do please have a look at that other thread, I think it is better explained there.

janie · 02-14-2009, 05:29 PM

God my heads spinning now

Darcyin · 02-14-2009, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by janie

but by crossing two breeds are you not then creating a new breed

sorry, got my wires crossed again

but you could x two dogs and none of the pups could have the traits you required

barbiespoodle · 02-15-2009, 08:57 AM

Yikes, I opened a can of worms, but sure didn't mean too.

Now to try and get back to what I really wanted to know when I asked this.

How it all started was when I asked what a lurcher and a longdog are since these are not terms known in the states. If you look at the link I put in the start of this post, both are listed and both have a purpose to the cross that created them.

So in my curiousity, I was asked if crosses were made in the state to make a working dog that combines certain traits of the two breeds. For instance, if you look up longdogs in my link, it is said that the longdog cross of a deerhound and a greyhound appears to be the foundation of the American stagehound, which is used as a coyote dog. And this is actually a dog we need in the states since coyotes are now being seen in areas that are not known to be their natural habitat, including the back fields behind my house in northern Ohio, we now have a very active breeding population of coyotes and there have been attacks on humans in my area, granted they were rabid, but the fact still remains that coyotes are spreading fast in the states, thus the need for a dog that is made to hunt them.

Anyhow, I didn't want to get into discussions about crossing breeds for money or how to make a new breed, we do have other threads that cover those topics, I just wanted to know about a few select dogs bred to perform a special job and the reasons those breed were chosen, just like what my link said about lurchers and longdogs.

janie · 02-15-2009, 09:18 AM

See how that can of worms erupted Hee Hee

very passionate subject and some very different views but hey dont worry a few entertaining evenings had by all Im sure

I felt drunk after it all and not a drop of mothers ruin had passed my lips so cant be bad

agilityk9trainer · 02-15-2009, 03:08 PM

As I posted before, there are crosses that I know of in the US. The rough collie/shepherd mix is known to make a great farm dog, and people breed for that cross. And I believe there is a sled dog cross that is also popular, but cannot remember which breeds are crossed for it.

**skunkstripe** · 02-15-2009, 04:32 PM

There are people who have a sheep farm down the road from us who got themselves a BC/ Rough Collie mix to herd their sheep. Unforunately it didn't work out, Buddy couldn't be less interested in the sheep!

02-14-2009, 05:24 PM	#51
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02-15-2009, 08:57 AM	#55
barbiespoodle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 588 Rep: 27 Unique Rep: 11	Yikes, I opened a can of worms, but sure didn't mean too. Now to try and get back to what I really wanted to know when I asked this. How it all started was when I asked what a lurcher and a longdog are since these are not terms known in the states. If you look at the link I put in the start of this post, both are listed and both have a purpose to the cross that created them. So in my curiousity, I was asked if crosses were made in the state to make a working dog that combines certain traits of the two breeds. For instance, if you look up longdogs in my link, it is said that the longdog cross of a deerhound and a greyhound appears to be the foundation of the American stagehound, which is used as a coyote dog. And this is actually a dog we need in the states since coyotes are now being seen in areas that are not known to be their natural habitat, including the back fields behind my house in northern Ohio, we now have a very active breeding population of coyotes and there have been attacks on humans in my area, granted they were rabid, but the fact still remains that coyotes are spreading fast in the states, thus the need for a dog that is made to hunt them. Anyhow, I didn't want to get into discussions about crossing breeds for money or how to make a new breed, we do have other threads that cover those topics, I just wanted to know about a few select dogs bred to perform a special job and the reasons those breed were chosen, just like what my link said about lurchers and longdogs. __________________ I HAVE BEEN KISSED!! sheplovr...thanks honey "I've got the do you?" "I'm chillin' with the forum! "

02-15-2009, 03:08 PM	#57
agilityk9trainer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,050 Blog Entries: 27 Rep: 217 Unique Rep: 59	As I posted before, there are crosses that I know of in the US. The rough collie/shepherd mix is known to make a great farm dog, and people breed for that cross. And I believe there is a sled dog cross that is also popular, but cannot remember which breeds are crossed for it. __________________ MACH4 Aslan MXF, TQX, MXP, MJP, XFP, RAE, EAC, EJC, OCC, WV-O, TN-N, CD, TG-N, RS-N, JS-N, R2-CL, CGC, TDI, FFX-AG (10 year old sheltie) Jericho CD, RAE, OA, NAJ, CDX, NJS, NAS, R1-MCL, CGC, FFX-AP (9 year old hard of hearing sheltie) Laika NAJ, CGC (retired 15 year old American Eskimo) Asher MX, MXJ, MXF, RN, CGC (4 year sheltie)

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02-14-2009, 05:29 PM	#53
janie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: south west UK Posts: 1,622 Rep: 17 Unique Rep: 6	God my heads spinning now

02-15-2009, 09:18 AM	#56
janie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: south west UK Posts: 1,622 Rep: 17 Unique Rep: 6	See how that can of worms erupted Hee Hee very passionate subject and some very different views but hey dont worry a few entertaining evenings had by all Im sure I felt drunk after it all and not a drop of mothers ruin had passed my lips so cant be bad

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