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Date Posted: 11:08:48 05/14/09 Thu
Author: Norman Epstein
Subject: Re: Degrading the breed?
In reply to: Sara R 's message, "Re: Degrading the breed?" on 09:56:48 05/13/09 Wed

Sara wrote in part:
“Anyway my point was all about the size of the property someone is working on and if it's reasonable to take the horses and dogs out minus horse trailer etc... then by all means... But if not, the majority of ranchers I know use the trailer to get to the gathering spot because it'd take a day just to get there on horseback”.

Agreed, but how many Boerboels today can follow a horse for a few miles then work/push cows most of the day and then have the necessary phenotype and or work ethic to follow that rancher back home. That is what a correctly bred Boerboel should be able to do if called upon. It is not IMO what a squat, short legged, wide-bodied Boerboel with its chest dragging the ground can do. So rather than breeding for a balanced healthy conformation, it is easier to change the function of the breed i.e., waddling around my 100 foot by 100 foot back yard barking at strangers.

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