POSITION STATEMENTS
FDC Position Statements are intended to orient our group members and visitors to who we are and why we exist.
Position Statement: Outcrossing
The Functional Dog Collaborative (FDC) supports periodic outcrossing as a normal part of maintaining a purebred population. Genetic diversity is lost every generation in a closed population [Sources of variation - An Introduction to Genetic Analysis]. This means that...
Positon Statement: Cross-Breeding
The Functional Dog Collaborative (FDC) supports responsible cross-breeding of dogs. Many pet owners today are interested in acquiring a crossbred dog. While many of them do not have enough information to know what they’re getting (as is also true of many owners...
Position Statement: Genetic Diversity
The Functional Dog Collaborative (FDC) does not set a hard line at which genetic diversity for a particular breed is “too low.” We do encourage breeders and breed clubs to consider low genetic diversity as a potential contributor to breed-specific problems,...