Breed for the breedpopulation not just for yourself

Anyone who owns a aboriginal typ of dog with a history spanning thousands of years has a responsibility to help the breed population survive genetically healthy. We can do this by having everyone who sits on dogs that constitute important genetic material in breed management think about how their dog can be bred to help ensure that we do not lose more genetic variation than necessary. It is also important that each breeder looks more broadly than just at their own mating combination. We need breeding associations that look together at the available breeding material, how the dogs are related to each other and what we can do together to find good combinations to preserve the breed population. How many unrelated bloodlines are there left of dogs with the correct breed type for function and physical work? 

Maybe the male I personally think is handsome is not the genetically best suited. We must also avoid that everyone uses the same male on all bitches from different bloodlines as this results in these offspring then being extremely limited in being able to mate with each other in the next generation. Breeding planning must be generationally planned, we must think several generations ahead. We also have to think about how other breeders can enjoy the material my own combination currently produces. Should I perhaps choose another male that makes the offspring more useful in the breeding work for more breeders as it benefits the population more? Is there a reason to lend a bitch for breeding who would otherwise leave no genetic material behind? It is important that every person who takes a litter of puppies or gives their male dog for breeding is responsible not only for that litter of puppies, but also for how it affects the population and future generations of breeding or opportunities for future genetically suitable combinations. Even if you just want to take a litter, you have a responsibility for the future of the breed population.

Above: An image that clearly shows how quickly the genetic variation ebbs out of a population due to the way we have been breeding in closed studbooks for the last 100 years.