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Berger Picard

Temperament: A true working shepherd's dog, the Berger Picard is lively, alert and confident, yet aloof with strangers.

Height: Male: 23.5 to 25.5 inches. Females 21.5 to 23.5 inches.

Weight: 50-70 lbs

Life Span: 12-13 years

Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.37

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.01

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.01

Last 10 Recently Added Public Dogs!

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	IOM Green Girl	F	0.31	0.05	0.06
2	IOM Pink Girl	F	0.45	-0.09	0.01
3	IOM Red Boy	M	0.36	0.08	-0.19
4	IOM Blue Boy	M	0.41	-0.01	-0.09
5	Sportingfields Eclipse I Am Groot	M	0.32	0.06	0.12
6	Idée Fixe That's A Keepah!	M	0.44	0.02	-0.07
7	Idée Fixe Ten More Minutes	M	0.45	0.05	-0.15
8	Idée Fixe Talk Nautical To Me	M	0.47	0.04	-0.30
9	Idée Fixe Tell Me What Y'Want, What Y'Rly Rly Want	F	0.48	-0.01	-0.02
10	Idée Fixe Tangled Up In Blue	F	0.47	0.04	-0.22

The indiginous sheep dog of the French agricultural region of Picardy, the breed was nearly extinct after two world wars. This breed is thought by some to be the oldest of the French pasture dogs, related to the French herders, the Briard and the Beauceron. In recent years this very rare breed has made a small comeback.

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Classic canine issues like hip dysplasia and PRA are found in the breed, and there is risking concern about autoimmune diseases and IBD.

The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.

DLA Haplotypes in the Breed

The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.

"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.

Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.

DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :

Class I Haplotype	Class II Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
1227	2067	89.29%
1052	2017	10.71%

DLA Frequencies :

Class	Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
Class I	1052	10.71%
Class I	1227	88.93%
Class II	2017	10.71%
Class II	2067	88.93%
Class I	1052	10.71%
Class I	1227	89.29%
Class II	2017	10.71%
Class II	2067	89.29%

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List of Public Dogs

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	AllStars Leonardo DiCaprio	M	0.51	-0.03	-0.23
2	Alpha Natura Nike Avec Picarboo	F	0.43	-0.17	0.26
3	Atengaflu's Anthon-Berg Himself	M	0.39	-0.11	0.13
4	BeauVol's B'Zinger	F	0.41	0.17	-0.52
5	BeauVol's Chocolat Stella	F	0.43	-0.07	0.02
6	BeauVol's I Am Bilbo Baggins	M	0.49	-0.12	-0.14
7	BeauVol's Magnificent Millie	F	0.54	-0.26	0.12
8	BeauVol's On The Nose	M	0.37	-0.07	-0.02
9	Blue Fawn F	F	0.31	0.13	-0.16
10	Blue Male	M	0.46	0.01	-0.18
11	Brindle M	M	0.46	-0.07	-0.01
12	Chalise Dixie	F	0.53	-0.14	0.02
13	Chico Dit Chacal Du Domaine De Bredenarde	M	0.37	-0.02	-0.02
14	DeerPark Finnigan Dasher	M	0.40	-0.03	0.00
15	Eclipse Battle Cry	M	0.27	0.04	0.09
16	Eclipse Etoile Du Nord	M	0.40	-0.02	-0.03
17	Eclipse Flying Solo	M	0.27	0.07	0.03
18	Eclipse Hive Talkin	M	0.41	-0.03	-0.15
19	Eclipse I'm Your Honey Bee	F	0.32	0.13	-0.27
20	Eclipse Jacks To Open Trips To Win	M	0.43	0.01	-0.21
21	Eclipse Lets Get Ready to Bumble	M	0.32	0.05	-0.11
22	Eclipse Lyras White Star	F	0.44	-0.15	0.31
23	Eclipse Mars Express Truly Precious	F	0.36	0.06	-0.11
24	Eclipse Maximum Impact @ Ides of March	M	0.29	0.01	0.24
25	Eclipse Mind on Fire v Domus	M	0.36	0.05	-0.05
26	Eclipse Moment So Rare	F	0.28	0.16	-0.11
27	Eclipse Mynni Me Busy Bee V Hylowe	F	0.34	0.05	-0.05
28	Eclipse Once In A Blue Moon	M	0.34	-0.02	0.07
29	Eclipse Scarborough Fair	F	0.36	-0.07	0.04
30	Eclipse Shake Your Honeymaker	M	0.32	0.03	0.06
31	Eclipse Sierra Casting Spells at Aragon	F	0.30	-0.03	0.33
32	Eclipse Sierra KarmaisaBitch	F	0.27	-0.04	0.26
33	Eclipse Sierra Oh No Mr. Magoo	F	0.35	0.03	0.01
34	Eclipse Sierra Whos on First	F	0.36	-0.01	0.07
35	Eclipse Turnin Sexy Up to 10	F	0.42	0.04	-0.20
36	Eclipse You're In My Spot	M	0.28	0.01	0.19
37	Eclipse's Busy Being Fabulous	F	0.43	-0.15	0.20
38	Eclipse's Dark Side of the Moon	F	0.38	0.02	-0.09
39	Eclipse's Grand Ami Des Petites Gens	M	0.34	0.15	-0.35
40	Eclipse's Over the Moon	F	0.33	-0.04	0.10
41	Fawn M	M	0.23	0.16	-0.05
42	Flywire Heavy Hitter At Green Acres	M	0.40	0.04	-0.10
43	Flywire Master Of Zen	F	0.48	-0.07	-0.20
44	Gioia Du Clos De La Sapineraie	F	0.42	-0.01	-0.09
45	Gold Female	F	0.30	-0.02	0.33
46	Gotham De La Jassette Du Cap Del Mas	M	0.28	0.20	-0.23
47	Green Female	F	0.28	0.03	0.19
48	Green Male	M	0.45	-0.09	0.03
49	Gribouille des Falaises d'Fort les Bans	M	0.46	0.02	-0.17
50	Iconic De La Picardie	M	0.32	0.02	0.07
51	Idée Fixe Talk Nautical To Me	M	0.47	0.04	-0.30
52	Idée Fixe Tangled Up In Blue	F	0.47	0.04	-0.22
53	Idée Fixe Tell Me What Y'Want, What Y'Rly Rly Want	F	0.48	-0.01	-0.02
54	Idée Fixe Ten More Minutes	M	0.45	0.05	-0.15
55	Idée Fixe That's A Keepah!	M	0.44	0.02	-0.07
56	Idée Fixe The Impossible Thing	M	0.43	0.02	-0.09
57	Ides of March DD More Than Meets The Eye	F	0.25	-0.04	0.19
58	Ides of March Natural Born Thriller	F	0.20	0.11	0.34
59	Ides Of March Next Big Thing	F	0.25	0.01	0.23
60	Ides of March Raining Somewhere Else	M	0.17	-0.01	0.31
61	Ides of March Ramble On Rose	F	0.24	-0.07	0.21
62	Ides of March Random Acts of Kindness	M	0.28	0.11	-0.15
63	Ides of March RBG	F	0.20	0.00	0.19
64	Ides of March Ready to Thrill	M	0.20	0.02	0.24
65	Ides of March Renaissance Man	M	0.22	0.05	0.04
66	Ides of March Rocky Coast	M	0.36	0.01	-0.01
67	Ides of March Rubicon	M	0.28	-0.04	0.08
68	Ides of March Runs With Scissors	F	0.27	-0.06	0.16
69	Ides Of March Take My Money	M	0.32	0.02	0.00
70	Igor du Domaine de Bredenarde	M	0.27	0.12	-0.15
71	IOM Blue Boy	M	0.41	-0.01	-0.09
72	IOM Brindle Girl	F	0.24	-0.03	0.25
73	IOM Fawn Boy	M	0.27	-0.03	0.15
74	IOM Fawn Girl	F	0.32	0.06	-0.06
75	IOM Green Girl	F	0.31	0.05	0.06
76	IOM Pink Girl	F	0.45	-0.09	0.01
77	IOM Red Boy	M	0.36	0.08	-0.19
78	James-Joriques D'Ered Luin	M	0.57	-0.28	0.26
79	Kelyn's Lovett Here I Am	M	0.47	-0.14	0.13
80	Kulana Eclipse Figure it Out	F	0.37	0.04	-0.21
81	Kulana Eclipse Penny4urthought	F	0.22	0.06	0.16
82	Lambda Let's Stay Together	F	0.31	0.09	-0.03
83	Levon Des Garous D'Ebene	M	0.32	-0.04	0.09
84	Lucienne Rose De La Foret De Garou	F	0.51	-0.06	-0.13
85	Malou de la Vallee des Maix	F	0.64	-0.21	-0.03
86	Marquis De La Vie en Rose	M	0.41	-0.04	0.11
87	Maya De La Vallee De Creve Coeur Avec Picarboo	F	0.42	-0.03	-0.16
88	Millicent de la Vie en Rose	F	0.37	-0.07	0.21
89	Mordha Glenn's Onora de Ballerine	F	0.46	-0.09	-0.24
90	Morel des Montagnes	M	0.46	-0.02	-0.24
91	Murray D'Ered Luin Avec Picarboo	M	0.51	-0.14	0.01
92	Nemesis De Haute Crete	F	0.34	0.12	-0.35
93	Nike Juste Ne Pas Faire Il De Haute Crete	F	0.27	0.03	0.12
94	Nikolaus Marius Du Clos de La Sapineraie	M	0.57	-0.10	-0.24
95	Noble Ballad Rose of Xanadu's Aria	F	0.40	-0.02	0.02
96	Noblepicard's Take A Number RI RATN	F	0.44	-0.19	0.11
97	Noggle Of The Midlands	M	0.26	0.06	0.17
98	Nutmeg of Shropshire avec Picarenzo	F	0.33	0.07	-0.10
99	Nyx L'Esprit De Violet De Haute Crete	F	0.32	0.11	-0.15
100	O'Monet De LaColline De Gaia	F	0.46	-0.01	-0.08
101	Oiseau Des Montagnes	F	0.37	0.09	-0.10
102	Olivier de la Vie en Rose	M	0.40	-0.01	0.04
103	Orange Boy Collar	M	0.37	-0.01	-0.03
104	Orange Fawn F	F	0.36	-0.02	-0.02
105	Orange Female	F	0.25	0.06	0.05
106	Orange Male	M	0.36	-0.02	0.10
107	Orange Park Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs	M	0.50	-0.15	0.03
108	Owen D'Ered Luin	M	0.59	-0.19	-0.08
109	Pascale	M	0.42	-0.13	0.20
110	PERLE RARE DES FORGES DE CAMELIE	F	0.32	0.02	0.19
111	Phish de la Jassette du Cap del Mas	M	0.42	0.11	-0.31
112	Pic d'Arlee Nelson avec Bergerpicard	M	0.39	0.10	-0.34
113	Picardiers Opportunity Knocks	M	0.36	0.01	0.03
114	Pierre de La Vie en Rose	M	0.52	-0.08	-0.04
115	Pilar De Lann Guic	F	0.37	-0.11	0.30
116	Pink Fawn F	F	0.18	0.13	0.09
117	Pink Female	F	0.39	-0.01	0.05
118	Pollux des Montagnes	M	0.42	-0.13	0.23
119	Purple Female	F	0.26	0.11	0.05
120	Ratatat Outstanding at Pickraafts	F	0.33	0.02	0.13
121	Roserock's PetraOriana des Montagnes	F	0.32	-0.05	0.39
122	Sketchbook It's 5 O'clock Somewhere	M	0.38	0.05	-0.08
123	Sketchbook Ma Cher Amio	F	0.49	-0.16	0.08
124	Sketchbook Nobody Else But Ewe	F	0.59	-0.11	-0.23
125	Sketchbook Prolific Prophecy	F	0.49	-0.12	0.11
126	Solo's Belle of the Bayou	F	0.33	0.01	0.19
127	Solo's Come Hell or High Water	F	0.37	0.01	0.02
128	Solo's Hot Mess	F	0.36	-0.05	0.17
129	Songbird Ready Set Go	F	0.33	-0.01	-0.03
130	Sporting Fields Eclipse Honor Flight	M	0.34	0.00	0.08
131	Sportingfields Eclipse Fly Effortlessly	M	0.42	0.09	-0.20
132	Sportingfields Eclipse Hear my Echo	F	0.33	0.06	-0.02
133	Sportingfields Eclipse I Am Groot	M	0.32	0.06	0.12
134	Stargazer Talisman	M	0.60	-0.17	-0.06
135	Steinerhaus Fearless Gladiator	M	0.47	-0.15	-0.01
136	Toucha Make It So	M	0.26	0.06	0.10
137	Toucha OOH LA LA at Rhythm Rock	F	0.35	0.08	-0.25
138	Troubadour One Shining Star	M	0.41	-0.03	-0.02
139	Yellow Brindle F	F	0.25	0.01	0.14
140	Yellow Female	F	0.27	0.13	0.01
141	Yellow Female	F	0.39	-0.04	0.24

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Kennel	Website	State or Province	Country
Eclipse Kennels	Website	Minnesota	United States