Hi Cheril,

Welcome. Not too many hairies in NZ! I do know there have been a couple of
litters over there containing LHs in the past year or so, several were docked as
the breeder didn't know they would be longs. Longhairs don't have their tails
docked, as with that hair, there was no need. Shs, on the other hand, tend to
suffer a bit from whaking it on things, as we are discovering here in Australia
now that we have a docking ban.

A lh girl from Rifleman came across the ditch to a breeder in Tassie this year
(I think it was this year!) There has been only two now, I think, make up their
title in NZ, as they are shown against the sh, and I guess they never really
took off. There were actually longs there before they moved over here. They are
recognised in every country except the US and Canada, but I believe Canada is
officially recognising them soon.

About them, well they are wonderful. On the whole they tend to be a bit more
laid back than the regular ones, although there is always the exception. That is
my opinion, but I know there are others who feel the same.

The gene that produces them is a recessive one, and can be carried by smooths.
A lh to lh mating can only produce lhs, sh to sh that are not carriers of the
gene can only produce sh.

A mating of carrier to carrier can produced lhs, shs that are carriers, and sh
that are not carriers.

Carrier to lh can produced lh and carrier.

Carrier to sh non-carrier will produce all sh pups, they can be carriers or
not.

Any sh pup of a lh will be a carrier. There is a grid that can be used to look
at %, but of course that is worked out over 100 pups. As a breeder, you will
generally not get whatever it is that you want. VBG. Mendle (Mendal?) I believe
was the guy that worked out how recessive genes worked a very long time ago. And
I probably spelt his name wrong! He was the guy that used sweet peas. I learnt
about him in school and thought it was one of those things I would never use
again.

My website is down at the moment, but if you use the link at the bottom of this
email to go to the group homepage, go to 'links' on the left hand side of the
page, you will find links to many of the members sites. Most of us have lh and
shs, and you find members from all over the world.

Any questions you might have about lhs, fire away. This group has quite a brains
trust when it comes to hairies.

Nice to hear from you,

Regards,

Wendy




--- In Weimaraner_Longhaired@..., "Alex & Cheril Laplanche"
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> Hi Wendy,
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> I saw a LH Weim at a P/Nth (NZ) dog show on the wknd. Have never seen them &
was wondering if you could tell me a little more about them please, and do you
know any NZ breeders? LH v's SH? Do you have a web site? Got your e-mail addy
from Caron Hill, on a Weim web site. Cheers, Cheril
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