eally no more than an extension of Pedigree Research the technique,
first introduced into the canine
world by Margaret Osborne, has
long been established in the
equestrian world, and although
their original belief that these two
lines exerted greater influence over
successive generations has long been discredited it remain a valid means of assessing the influence of any animal. My own interest goes back to my earliest researches and it has long been my ambition to bring Miss Osborne’s work up to date.
The general tendency to use popular show-winning studs makes tracing the male line a comparative easy study, but bitch families have always been more problematic. Occasionally fragments of information appear which allow some educated guesses to the made, and in such cases I may embed HTML data files, which reproduce this information whilst requesting further help.
Line and Family traces of ones own collies can often make interesting conversation pieces, and although the one illustrated above requires an extraordinary amount of time and patience, chevron traces, which show both the male and female lines, are not only more easily produced they can also prompt engrossing discussions.
