BREEDING ADVICE by Dr E Fitch Daglish

from his article Breeding for the Future published Our Dogs Christmas Number 1964 Every mating should be regarded as representing a stage in a deliberate and progressive breeding programme, the aim of which is to build up a strain that may be relied on consistently to...

Eyes in Clumbers

This is a complicated issue, often ignored or misunderstood. This article is not complete, but gives some information which I will perhaps remember to add to later. HEALTHY EYES An excellent eye, firm but not tight rim, no sign of entropion or extropion, minimal sign...

Hips and Hindquarters in Clumbers

This is a complicated issue, often ignored or misunderstood. This article is not complete, but gives some information which I will perhaps remember to add to later. Try rating these x ray plates of Clumber hips yourself: plate one plate two plate three Check out these...

Bites (Occlusion) in Clumbers

This is a complicated issue, often ignored or misunderstood. This article is not complete, but gives some information which I will perhaps remember to add to later. A sample of a correct/scissor bite in the breed, although in breeding I lean for a full depth scissor...

Angulation

Are you only looking for angulation at the hock? Dogs have a pelvis, the upper thigh (femur) articulates with that and then at the knee/stifle the femur articulates with the lower thigh (tibia) which articulates with the hind cannon through the hock – you need...