Pedigree dog breeds and the size of their gene-pools

Cherry Blossom

Does anyone have any idea where I would get this information other than researching each breed one by one? It's just as a matter of interest.

I know the size of pool of dogs used in the creation of breeds is a factor and other things e.g. the breeding ban in the UK during rationing would have a big impact on their native breeds unless well established in other countries.

My course is finished except for my work experience which will be over in a few weeks so I'm looking for something interesting to do :pac:

Springwell

Try the UK kennel club for info - they must have these stats somewhere as they calculate Coefficent of Inbreeding (COI) for all their registered breeds and for each dog individually

VonVix

This is more along the lines of "researching each breed individually" unless there's statistics on the website somewhere, but it was the only thing I could think of. http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/ It's mostly centred around GSDs, so LOTS of info on them. I can trace my boy's ancestry to the late 1800's along with pictures.

Cherry Blossom

Thanks guys, The inbreeding coefficient only uses info from when electronic records began so it goes back about 20 years only and it doesn't take into account the number of founding dogs etc it's only based on the most recent generations.

sillysmiles

There was breeding ban??

Cherry Blossom

Yes, food was for feeding people, not dogs. At least that was the Brittish governments view.

mosi

I'm not sure if this is any good to you as it's breed specific, but the Basenji is a breed where efforts have been made to broaden the gene pool in the US, by importing new foundation stock from Africa. The American Kennel Club has periodically allowed for the registration of dogs from remote areas in central and west Africa, who are chosen according to breed standard.

http://www.akc.org/press-center/press-releases/american-kennel-club-opens-basenji-stud-book/

https://www.basenji.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=98

This is currently ongoing. The Basenji gene pool in the West is historically quite small as only a small number of the dogs who were originally imported survived. Of course, most breeds don't have this option as they were man made. I still find it really interesting though that there are dogs in remote African villages today that are essentially the same as Kennel Club registered dogs...I'm admittedly a bit of a nerd for all things African mind!