Posts by Natalie Green Tessier

Breeder Spotlight #3 – Blazingstar Flat-coated Retrievers

  What first sparked your passion for purebred dogs? As a teenager, I had a beagle that I showed and...

Breed summaries – Akitas!

  The Akita originated in Japan, however there are two distinct breeds of Akita that have come from the original...

Real life stories – our unique help for breeders

Here’s a real life example of how BetterBred offers unique information you can’t get elsewhere. I’m going to number those...

Black Russian Terrier Test breeding demonstration!

Test breeding demonstration! For each breed we work with, we try to make custom test breeding demonstrations to help breeders...

Why do we care about genetic outliers?

As of the time of this post,  UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab has tested 7,297 dogs using Dr. Niels Pedersen’s...

Bonus Breed – Samoyeds!

The Samoyed is a breed developed for use by the Nenets (Samoyede) peoples of Northwest Russia and Siberia. The modern day...

Buyer beware – or at least do the homework.

Over two years ago, I wrote about the downsides of large panel disease gene tests. I was thinking about how...

Red Star Kennel – Black Russian Terriers!

The Black Russian Terrier was developed in Russia by the Red Star Kennel for military purposes post WWII.  Many breeds...

DLA- All Breeds

Wonder if the DLA type your dog has is shared with other breeds, or know a breed related to yours...

Breeder Spotlight #2 Tiara Poodles

 

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