By hassavant
Date 05.09.04 22:21 UTC
Has anybody any experience or knowledge of genetics regarding overshot mouths,should one not keep a puppy from that litter to show and potentically breed from ,if one of the litter of 9 has an overshot mouth,neither parents do themselves,and also both have excellent hip scores
I don't know enough about the genetics of what you are asking to reply in any detail but I do know that incorrect mouths can be very difficult to breed out.
Can you see the grandparents and any other siblings of either to see how often it has cropped up. If the pup you have chosen appears to meet the breed standard in all other respects then I would be tempted to keep it as you can't know where the overshot mouth has come from, just maybe avoid a close breeding in the future.