Hello Sandy, Thank you for your comment. Sandy wrote: >Since I've been breeding animals for 25 years (can't be),I feel a little >qualified to talk about it. I too was the dog breeder 20 years ago. >I just don't believe that getting one good one offsets all the poor >babies that end up with the bad genes. I think it makes your line >and stock much healthier and happier to use an outcross. Can you tell >I've had this discussion before? I've always done very well using >two unrelated parents with the qualities I wanted. Oh Yes. I understand about the Inbreeding. The Inbreeding is not good! All my ferrets never be the Inbreeding. I buy the ferret from many countries breeder to avoid the Inbreeding. My friend(Japanese breeder) tried the Inbreeding last year. And Unusual babies was born. I said to this friend "Stop the Inbreeding!". He does not try the Inbreeding this year. >Congratulations on all the new babies. What a thrill. Skeeter I just >want to say thank you, you have helped. You go fuzzy. Thank you very very much! Keiichi [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 2615]