Thanks for the info- I had no idea. Makes you wonder about breeders who worry about how much white is on the chest of a dog. Maybe you better look at the whole line to see what your odds are for that cropping up in the pups
Not that I care. But a lot of people make their breeding decisions like this, it would be good if they had accurate info.
And, as far as cloning being like BYB, I get the point in this case. Producing 5 lives seems excessive and likely to result in some (just as nice) shelter dogs not finding homes.
But, what about purpose bred dogs- police, service, SAR, detection, herding, etc. If we could clone the very best (and if this resulted in a higher percentage of workable adults) this would result in far fewer dogs produced. Right now the number of puppies produced far exceeds the number who end up being suitable for the task. All the excess flood the pet market or end up in shelters or euthanized. I think I'd be all for cloning in this case. What do you think? Any disadvantages?