• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    They can be, respectable breeders will usually do it outside of their dog’s own gene pool (mating them with another owner’s dog that has the same desired qualities), but there are definitely breeders that keep it within the gene pool in order to maximize the desired genes being expressed.