EVERY Dexter Has Documented Non-Dexters On Their Pedigrees

[cascade]

We claim that dexters are a 200 year old breed.... or a 150 year old breed...  or a 120 year old breed...  Which is it?   Surely the radical purists have an exact year.

If we say dexters are a 150 years old breed, then that means that ABSOLUTELY PURE dexters MUST be able to trace ALL of their ancestors back to foundation animals ON THE PEDIGREE back to 1865.   If we say dexters are a 120 year old breed, then that would put us at 1895.

Yet, even the "purest" of Dexters have all sorts of blank spots on their pedigrees in the early 1900's up until the 1950's or 1960's

What do blank spots on pedigrees mean?   Blanks spots most always signify NON-DEXTERS on the pedigree.   We should just fill in those blanks with the words "Likely Non-Dexter, Possibly Polled"... yet sometimes we cheat and simply say "Foundation Animal"....  But a "Foundation Animal" in 1940??   Then that would mean that dexters are only a 75 year old breed.

Look at  these supposedly "Pure" dexters with blank spots on pedigrees in the 1960's, 1950's, 1940's, 1930's, 1920's.....  Those blank spots are almost certainly non-dexters 

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The hypocritical radical purists want to say that blank spots on THEIR old pedigrees are ok.... but blank spots on YOUR old pedigree is a problem.

100% of Dexters come from non-Dexters...   What makes dexters "DEXTERS" is continued selection for their amazing dexter traits.   So put down your ancient old pedigrees for a minute, and define a list of traits that make dexters "DEXTERS".... then select for those traits, generation after generation.   If you have terrific traditional animals that completely meet every point of the description, then you have a traditional dexter and the ancient old pedigrees with holes in them are historically interesting, but NOT important. 

[lonecowhand]

Don't fret, your breed was surreptitiously started in 1984.

[lakeportfarms]

Jun 10, 2015 15:37:53 GMT lonecowhand said:

Don't fret, your breed was surreptitiously started in 1984.

actually 1994....

[lakeportfarms]

Jun 10, 2015 19:28:59 GMT lakeportfarms said:

Jun 10, 2015 15:37:53 GMT lonecowhand said:

Don't fret, your breed was surreptitiously started in 1984.

actually 1994....

if we were talking about cars it wouldn't even qualify as a classic car yet

[cascade]

Jun 10, 2015 15:37:53 GMT lonecowhand said:

Don't fret, your breed was surreptitiously started in 1984.

There is no such thing as "full blood" dexters because so many non-dexters have crept into the breed over the past century.   Even the "legacy" american dexters don't have records going back to the supposed "foundation" of the breed in Ireland and they likely have some polled angus in them because the folks who brought them here, experimented with crossing them with Angus. 

But that is NOT a problem.  In fact, all those outcrossings coming into all dexters including "legacy" dexters, over time, has helped create our wonderful breed.  

Horns or Hornless... You gotta love Dexters.... they are terrific! 

 

 

[lonecowhand]

Cut and paste. what are you being compensated for this effort? Perhaps we can match it!

[cascade]

I notice you have Parndon Bullfinch and Limbury Fan on some of your pedigrees... They've got tons of of non-dexters on their pedigree and likely even has some polled ancestors. But those occasional outcrossings is what has created the wonderful dexter breed as we know it today. So as long as your outcrossed dexters are register-able by the ADCA, then you're ok.

Are your out-crossed Dexters registered by the ADCA?

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