Deeds Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-23/border-collie-muster-dog-liz-gives-birth-to-nine-puppies-monto/105072562 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Is she really a Border Collie? Yccch! Line breeding in hope of big $. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 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 .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mairead Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mairead Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) 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 March 24 by Mairead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asal Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaxonSlade Posted Wednesday at 12:27 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:27 PM Impressive! Those pups are bound to be amazing working dogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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