by Functional Dog Collaborative | Feb 18, 2021 | Podcast, Shelter/Rescue
Joyce Briggs: What the State of Shelter Adoptions Today Means for Breeders Jessica Hekman: Welcome to the Functional Breeding Podcast. I’m Jessica Hekman, and I’m here interviewing folks about how to breed dogs for function and for health: behavioral and...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Sep 23, 2020 | Physical Health/Disease, Podcast, Working Dogs
Eldin Leighton, PhD (pt. 2): The International Working Dog Registry Jessica Hekman: Welcome to the Functional Breeding Podcast. I’m Jessica Hekman, and I’m here interviewing folks about how to breed dogs for function and for health: behavioral and...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Sep 17, 2020 | Genetics Research, Physical Health/Disease, Podcast, Working Dogs
Eldin Leighton, PhD (pt 1): The Science of Animal Breeding Jessica Hekman: Welcome to the Functional Breeding Podcast. I’m Jessica Hekman, and I’m here interviewing folks about how to breed dogs for function and for health: behavioral and physical. This...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Sep 10, 2020 | Podcast, Reproduction, Working Dogs
Marina Phillips: Breeding Cooperatives Jessica Hekman: Welcome to the Functional Breeding Podcast. I’m Jessica Hekman, and I’m here interviewing folks about how to breed dogs for function and for health: behavioral and physical. This podcast is brought to...
by Functional Dog Collaborative | Sep 1, 2020 | Position Statements, Uncategorized
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...
