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Date Posted: 06:14:52 11/23/09 Mon
Author: Jenny W
Subject: I'm obviously not making the point very well...
In reply to: Lee 's message, "simple...you can't have it both ways. Either dogs were selected for performance or they were not" on 20:07:31 11/22/09 Sun

Hi Lee
I'm obviously not making the point very well.

Up until 1983 when the dogs were bred for a purpose, the blue colour may well have existed in the breed from the many and varied breeds included to produce useful farm dogs. AFTER 1983 when the standard was adopted and the rules that shaped the breed were written, the blue colour was not mentioned and therefore was unpopular to the point that not many, if any, were registered through the appraisal system. I have no doubt that they were bred, but they were not "valued" in the same way as Reds, Fawns or Brindles as they were outside of the criteria written at the time.

Then came the huge breed popularity explosion of the late 80s and through the 90s when quite a few breeders bred Boerboels very commercially (and some still do today), keeping huge numbers of dogs and producing thousands of puppies. During this population explosion and in a lot of cases since, dogs weren't and aren't bred on performance value, purely appraisal value, so breed type and specific breed points like colour, became a lot more important in the race for high appraisal scores. Being the "wrong" colour lost points or was a cause of disqualification so breeders didn't keep or breed from them. The colour has now become more acceptable (again?) and although not terribly popular over here, (especially with the old school) it is seen from time to time, but the majority are sold as "pet quality" and therefore still do not get appraised or registered. The colour seems more popular overseas than it is here and the recent apparent increase may be more down to personal taste of some overseas breeders or maybe perceived rarity value than anything else.

I think I can see Rhodesian Ridgeback, Bullmastiff, English Mastiff, Great Dane and Staffordshire Bull Terrier in this breed and there have been rumours of Labrador, Boxer, Weimeraner, Pyrenean Mountain Dogs, St Bernards and others. We don't have Cane Corso or Neopolitan Mastiffs here in any numbers at all, possibly a handful, in fact I don't think we have any real populations of any Mastiff breeds other than OEM, BM and Boerboels.

DNA tests are available now in the USA to try to determine the breeds that went into the creation of other breeds and they are showing some interesting results in Boerboels! They are not very reliable yet, but the time will come when we can know for sure, exactly what went in to make our dogs what they are. Now that's going to be fun!

Jenny

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