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Sorry, I forgot to edit this to make sure you see the middle paragraph as Carole's ---------- > From: RON REYNOLDS <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: sorry > Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 12:39 > > No apologies are necessary, > I should have said that people tend to call black and white dogs "border > collies", and that causes the tendency to register them that way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ > this is what Carole said: > My own preference would be to do away with breed designations altogether > and have one big breed, the Working Collie. Then, each person could chose > the TYPE of Working Collie they liked best, whether it be a BC-type, an > AS-type, an ES-type, or an OFC-type, etc., whether in looks or working > style. Then we wouldn't be arguing all the time over whether some photo or > painting was one thing or another. That's how it was before the Victorians > invented breeds for show purposes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- > > I agree with this, but the existence of linebred populations or subbreeds > give us the homozygosity for > the traits we want and the hybrid vigor when we cross-breed, So this can > also be a good thing. Trying to arrive at the optimum mate for each dog, I > do not intend to confine myself to a single registry genepool. > Finding the dogs in the genepools that have the traits I want in all my > dogs, or just the correct traits to complement the particular dog I am > considering breeding is the main thing to me. > > The arguing helps to clarify what we mean by certain terms, so arguing can > be a good thing, too. > > Elaine Reynolds > [log in to unmask]