I am currently in the middle of a Central Asian Shepherd project. I will update this with a generation by generation version when my project comes to a end!
The only criteria a dog needs to be bred is
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To breed you must go to the breeding center. There are two ways. First hover over your Kennel tab and select breeding center.
Seems simple, right? But there is more to it than just that. You want the best possible offspring for your lines correct? There are a ton of factors to consider when choosing the best pair including litter size, level, health genes, experience multiplier (XPM), stat boosters genes, phenotype and the number of times a female has been bred.
It is time consuming and could take anywhere from 10-15 generations to prefect. (around 3-7 months real time)
Lets start with a basic breeding guideline and how most experienced players create the perfect lines.
It is time consuming and could take anywhere from 10-15 generations to prefect. (around 3-7 months real time)
Lets start with a basic breeding guideline and how most experienced players create the perfect lines.
Keeping Record
The first step to breeding isn't breeding at all but keeping a good track of your dogs records. It is easiest to keep track by opening up a excel sheet on google. By lining up your dogs and their genes it makes finding mates so much easier. You can set it up however you want but this has been the easiest for me. Example below.
As you can see I laid out the breed, name, litter size gene, stat genes and health genes. Boys in blue, girls in pink. I have also marked the desirable traits in green shades and less desirable in red. Now they are laid out you can easily pick and choose what genes you want to be paired with who.
Litter Size
Stat Boost
Stat boost genes are the next two sets after the litter size gene. These genes do exactly what the name suggests. They boost the stats of the dog which determines what sport they will be good at. What stats depends on what they carry. If you have a adult, the stat being boosted by the genes is usually going to be your dogs highest stat. In litters, you will see a section called "Boost" showing what stat is being benefited by the gene.
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agi = Agility
cha = Charisma int = Intelligence spd = Speed stm = Stamina str = Strength |
This is important because a dog with two double sets in a stat will receive far more points than its single boosted litter mate. Double boosted meaning for example (chacha chacha) also called a 4X. Depending on what sports you want your dog in will be the stats you want to pick. I would suggest a stat that complements the breeds group as well as the trials you can train them for. This gives them a more advantageous run in shows if double trained. Offspring are more likely to have the proper stat set for shows you want as well. This is all user preference though. Feel free to play around with this as much as you like.
The set up I use when deciding boosts I focus on is to the left.
Furthermore you do not need to line up the stat boost gene like others. A agiint agispd paired with a agiint agispd has the chance of producing a agiagi agiagi!
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While you are picking out your (lala) dogs in the beginning, this should be a secondary consideration when finding a partner. Look for dogs with complimentary boosts you want in your kennel. This should be attainable within the first 4 generations!
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Bull-Type Terriers Agility Charisma Intelligence Strength
Dock Diving agix2 chax2 strx2 Musical Freestyle agix2 chax2 intx2 Obedience agix2 intx2 strx2 Show chax2 intx2 strx2 Companions Charisma Intelligence Speed Strength Rally-O chax2 spdx2 strx2 Scent Hurdles chax2 intx2 spdx2 Show chax2 intx2 strx2 Draught Agility Speed Stamina Strength Flyball agix2 spdx2 stmx2 Pulling agix2 stmx2 strx2 Sleddings spdx2 stmx2 strx2 Drovers Agility Intelligence Speed Stamina Agility agix2 intx2 spdx2 Flyball agix2 spdx2 stmx2 Herding agix2 intx2 stmx2 Tracking intx2 spdx2 stmx2 Flock Guardians Agility Intelligence Stamina Strength Herding agix2 intx2 stmx2 Obedience agix2 intx2 strx2 Pulling agix2 stmx2 strx2 Guardian Intelligence Speed Stamina Strength Schutzhund intx2 stmx2 strx2 Tracking intx2 spdx2 stmx2 Hunting Agility Charisma Intelligence Stamina Frisbee agix2 chax2 stmx2 Hunting Trials chax2 intx2 stmx2 Musical Freestyle agix2 chax2 intx2 Pointers/Setters Charisma Speed Stamina Strength Field Trials chax2 stmx2 strx2 Rally-O chax2 spdx2 strx2 Retrievers Agility Charisma Stamina Strength Dock Diving agix2 chax2 strx2 Field Trials chax2 stmx2 strx2 Frisbee agix2 chax2 stmx2 Pulling agix2 stmx2 strx2 Scent Hounds Charisma Intelligence Speed Stamina Scent Hurdles chax2 intx2 spdx2 Tracking intx2 spdx2 stmx2 Sight Hounds Agility Charisma Speed Stamina Flyball agix2 spdx2 stmx2 Frisbee agix2 chax2 stmx2 Racing chax2 spdx2 stmx2 Spaniels/Flushers Charisma Intelligence Stamina Strength Field Trials chax2 stmx2 strx2 Hunting Trials chax2 intx2 stmx2 Show chax2 intx2 strx2 Terriers Agility Intelligence Speed Strength Agility agix2 intx2 spdx2 Earthdog Trials intx2 spdx2 strx2 Obedience agix2 intx2 strx2 Versatile Agility Charisma Intelligence Speed Agility agix2 intx2 spdx2 Musical Freestyle agix2 chax2 intx2 Scent Hurdles chax2 intx2 spdx2 |
Health Genes
The health genes are all the H's you see in the dogs genetics. Health genes are broken up into four sets of six health genes for a total of 24. This controls their ears, eyes, hips and elbow score.
They look intimidating but it is rather simple. (H)'s are good genes (h)'s are bad genes. Luckily a (H) is dominant over a (h) so you have a better health score. The number of bad genes determines what health score your dog will receive.
They look intimidating but it is rather simple. (H)'s are good genes (h)'s are bad genes. Luckily a (H) is dominant over a (h) so you have a better health score. The number of bad genes determines what health score your dog will receive.
0 hh = Excellent
1-2 hh = Good 3-4 hh = Fair 5+ hh = Poor |
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<-- As you can see a Hh bred to a Hh will have a 25% chance of HH, 50% chance of Hh and a 25% chance of hh. Super easy right?
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Remember that excel sheet I suggested you make in the beginning? Do you see how it comes into play now?
HH on HH will guarantee that spot will be 100% HH. HH on Hh will give you a 50% chance of HH and 50% chance of Hh. HH on hh will be 100% Hh. Hh on Hh will give you 50% chance of Hh, 25% chance of HH, and 25% chance of hh This is a great way to build up that good gene count. Watch out for Hh on hh, That will give you a 75% chance of another hh being added to your offspring. Of course hh on hh will give you a 100% hh. Avoid red on red and red on white as much as possible.
In a past experiment, with careful breeding, I found this to be the case.
- Gen 1 - 1-3HH (mostly good and fair health)
- Gen 2 - 4-9HH (mostly good health)
- Gen 3 - 10-14HH (mostly good with a few excellent)
- Gen 4 - 15-18HH (mostly excellent with a good)
- Gen 5 - 19-24HH (mostly excellent)
- Gen 6 - 24HH (all excellent)
Waiting to breed; Level and XPM
By this stage you should be around Generation 6. All or at least most of the dogs you are working with should be at or around 24HH lala 4X. At this stage it is time to start taking showing seriously. Do not breed your genetically perfect dogs any more. It is time to focus on showing. Your pups should be leveling up fast now with these perfect genes.
When they reach the age of 100-120 days old there showing career is over and they are at the max level of there lives and peak breeding time. Your males will have a limited amount of litters they can produce. Females may have a litter every 12 days. But there are consequences to continually breeding your females. After every litter the quality goes down and with it the litters XPM of her offspring takes a dive. The best litter will always be your females first litter! XPM stands for experience multiplier. What this does is whatever score they get in shows is multiplied by that XPM number and your dog gains extra experience points, making them level faster. The XPM is found in your dogs career page under the level meter.
When they reach the age of 100-120 days old there showing career is over and they are at the max level of there lives and peak breeding time. Your males will have a limited amount of litters they can produce. Females may have a litter every 12 days. But there are consequences to continually breeding your females. After every litter the quality goes down and with it the litters XPM of her offspring takes a dive. The best litter will always be your females first litter! XPM stands for experience multiplier. What this does is whatever score they get in shows is multiplied by that XPM number and your dog gains extra experience points, making them level faster. The XPM is found in your dogs career page under the level meter.
As you show through the generations the retirement levels will climb. My average retirement level was as follows.
- Gen 7 - lvl 52
- Gen 8 - lvl 56
- Gen 9 - lvl 60
- Gen 10 - lvl 65
- Gen 11 - lvl 70
- Gen 12 - lvl 76
- Gen 13 - lvl 79
- Gen 14 - lvl 82
- Gen 15 - lvl 89
If spread sheets aren't your thing I found this awesome breeding calculator made by a FP member. Check it out and give her a big thanks for coding it! Link Below.