Australia's Most Expensive Muster Dog Gives Birth to a Litter of Nine. ABC News 23/3/25

[Deeds]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-23/border-collie-muster-dog-liz-gives-birth-to-nine-puppies-monto/105072562

[sandgrubber]

Is she really a Border Collie?

 

Yccch!  Line breeding in hope of big $.  

[persephone]

4 hours ago, sandgrubber said:

Is she really a Border Collie?

 

Yccch!  Line breeding in hope of big $.  

I guess short hairs come in tri colour ....

[Mairead]

These dogs are something between livestock and a staff member so appearance doesn't count.

I would like to know how much they paid for the sire. Or maybe they already know he's an excellent worker which is why they paid so much for his half sister.

[Rebanne]

4 minutes ago, Mairead said:

These dogs are something between livestock and a staff member so appearance doesn't count.

I would like to know how much they paid for the sire. Or maybe they already know he's an excellent worker which is why they paid so much for his half sister.

$33000, it's in the article 

[Mairead]

Thanks, I read the original article a while ago on another site. I also read another article about how working dogs and horses have tax advantages but working cats do not. 

Edited Monday at 12:20 AM by Mairead

[asal]

On 24/03/2025 at 3:45 AM, sandgrubber said:

Is she really a Border Collie?

 

Yccch!  Line breeding in hope of big $.  

 

 

although line breeding  is so maligned, when there is a sound line the results can be very successful.

 

as well line breeding was used to dna profile long before the technology was developed  to find  dna markers .

 

 

[sandgrubber]

12 hours ago, asal said:

 

 

although line breeding  is so maligned, when there is a sound line the results can be very successful.

 

as well line breeding was used to dna profile long before the technology was developed  to find  dna markers .

 

 

But look what it did for Standard Poodles.  Maybe they did a careful analysis of problematic recessive genes that a half sibling mating might bring out, but I doubt it.