IF IT'S NOT
ISSR
REGISTERED...
IT IS NOT
A REGISTERED SHILOH SHEPHERD......
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IF IT'S NOT
ISSR
REGISTERED... |
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The
ISSR
(International Shiloh Shepherd Registry) is the ORIGINAL and only
registry recognized by the
SSDCA,
Inc. |
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What does this mean? |
It means that until the gene pool is large enough and all progeny are producing specific traits, on occasion, an outcross (unrelated line or breed) that has been carefully researched and selected based on certain traits is added to create the desired outcome. |
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Why is owning an ISSR registered Shiloh so important? |
Many other generic registries have come and gone over the years and each one has randomly chosen dogs to add as outcrosses. Choosing many different outcross dogs adds a larger gene pool, but ultimately things such as genetic faults and diseases can NOT ever be tracked accurately because you will NEVER know which dog brought the problem in or where it is coming from. It also allows for too many temperament variations and a large number of dogs that do NOT fit the breed standard. The ISSR carefully monitors all litters produced by an outcross and experimental breedings are done to weed out health and temperament issues and to lock in the aspects that are needed, thus the reason that in the past two decades, only three outcrosses have been used. |
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| What happens to puppies that do have defects? |
These pups are placed appropriately often for much less money or even for free in forever homes as pets and the dogs that carry the defect carry a "breed warning" letting other ISSR breeders know not to breed them to certain lines. All dogs carry some recessive (hidden) defects. Good breeders carefully select dogs to slowly weed these problems out by breeding to dogs that hopefully do not carry the same defect in their recessives. Due to lack of communication between so many of the various home made registries, this important data is not shared or is hidden, not to mention the many different outcross lines each registry has added without a lot of research. To date, over the past two years alone there are at least five different dogs, and this is an absolute fact although possibly many other undocumented dogs have been used. So what you get is a mish mash of a dog that may in fact be a genetic or temperamental time bomb. Pure bred dogs are not cheap and the ISSR is, as far as registries go, like the AKC, only much more comprehensive. |
| Think about this: |
If you buy an AKC German Shepherd and pay $1000 dollars for it, would you breed it to your neighbor's unpapered German Shepherd dog (even if it is theoretically a purebred which they never bothered to register)? Genetically these may be pure German shepherds, but the pups can NEVER get papers, so basically, the litter would be considered NON purebred by the AKC. Do you follow this? The break away Shiloh registries (sometimes called splinters - which simply means a piece shaved off of the original and that is only a tiny part of the whole piece of wood) have done exactly this. Although "some" of their dogs may have been Shilohs genetically, they are no longer registerable and yet they are sold for thousands of dollars. Would you pay thousands for a non papered dog from unregistered AKC line parents? Probably not. You can get one for free from your local rescue. You can get a Shiloh look alike from many GSD rescues too! Although you will not have the LMX/LMI documentation that is only available from the ISSR. Then why would you pay thousands for a non-ISSR Shiloh? Seems very silly huh? |
| It's that simple. |
Also specific paper work MUST be completed to receive your adult ISSR registrations, and if this is not done, then the dog not only cannot be shown and bred, but also is a huge loss to the gene pool and specific tracking done by the ISSR. The ISSR uses an unaffiliated company to keep their registration records, while other registries are independently owned by one breeder who makes the rules and changes them at will. The ISSR registry records are accurately stored and maintained by the private company. No one breeder makes up rules and changes them. |
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So remember |
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For more in-depth details, please
visit some of the websites listed below: |
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I would like to say a special thanks to Laura who worked so hard putting this together for us!! ;-) |
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| Last Modified: March 22, 2006 |
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