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Chow Chow Genetics and Colour

How to use genetics and colour to work for you in breeding the champion show winner of your dreams...
by Melite Kaajan.

What style (look) of chow chow would you like to represent your kennel?

Far too many breeders see a chow chow in the showring, or any other place for that matter, that impresses them or represents a line 
which they do not yet have, and without thinking and planning correctly, will immediately choose to use this chow chow in breeding.
This is a matter that one should give much thought to.

 Study both the pedigree of your chow chow & the potential mate. Weigh the stronger and weaker points of your own dogs, and make it
your business to know what lies in your dogs' bloodlines. Can you do the same for the potential mate? 
Just how compatible will the breeding really be?

CAPTURE THE LOOK OF YOUR KENNEL....AND EVEN IMPROVE ON IT !
* In likeness (style)
* In structure
* In expression

Use your knowledge of your dogs' lineages as a foundation to build your dreams!  At times, BE VERY BOLD AND BRAVE ...
.SOME TIMES BREED IN ... OR AT OTHER TIMES ... BREED OUT !!!   AT THE WORST... when you encounter bad genetic problems 
you can block off the line... OR WITH LUCK YOU MIGHT HAVE REACHED YOUR DREAMS !!!

Okzanna Chow Chows:

1st Generation  -  Bobby:
Silver Pyne C'hengtus
of Okzanna

2nd Generation - Lara:
Okzanna Snow Lara

3rd Generation - Glitzy:
Okzanna Glitzy Glamor of Taichichi

Breed for structure first:

Study the breed standard for build, structure and other neccessary qualities when selecting your Chows.

(See The Illustrated Breed Standard of the Chow Chow)

Select Chow Chows that capture the "essence" of the breed:

This "essence" is in effect a distillation of the myriad things included in a breed standard and in a breed's history -
those things which make a breed unique.

("Setting the Type" - by Rick Beauchamp)

Make sure all your Chow Chows are free of Hip Dysplasia (HD):

This group of heriditary diseases can only be decreased from your breed by careful and selective breeding from animals that are known to be hip dysplasia (HD) and elbow dysplasia (ED) free.

("Canine Hip & Elbow Dysplasia" -
by Dr. Larry van Niekerk BVSc(Hons), MmedVet(Chirg))

Have your Chow Chows tested for common eye disorders:

A.) Entropion
B.) Corneal dystrophy-endothelial
C.) Persistant pupillary membranes
D.) Glaucoma
E.) Cataracts

(See detailed descriptions of eye disorders specific to Chow Chows,
from Dr. Izak Venter (MMEDVET OPHTH),
Johannesburg Animal Eye Hospital.)

On the subject of Colour Genes:

Most surprising of all how colour has been underestimated in the past; so much that most former information on the subject tends to be inaccurate. There are only 5 basic colours in the Chow breed:
Black, Red, Blue, Cinnamon and Cream.

(See microscopic research done by Melite Kaajan)

Amazing new unsurpassed accuracy in DNA testing:

Canine genetics has advanced to the stage where the unique information contained in the DNA of individuals can be used to
confirm the parentage of the dog.

("Canine Chronicle's" article from the DNA Laboratory at the
ARC Animal Improvement Institute)

Technological advances in frozen and chilled semen:

New technology has made it possible to use some of the Great World Champions as sire of your puppies!
Prof. Nothling and his team at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, has made world renowned progress on this subject.

(See article about chilled semen - by Dr. Edmond Oettlé)

By using this most fascinating knowledge, you can indeed prove to breed better Chow Chows and set the look that your kennel represents.

- Melite Kaajan -

See the first Chow Chow puppies in South Africa bred from artificial insemination of frozen semen!

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