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When the founders of the Riverhill kennel were scrutinizing the pedigrees
of all English champions and CC-winners, they came up with the system of Lines
and Families. The male Line is the top-level line in a full pedigree (of the sire). Or to put it in other words: it is the sire of the sire etc of any dog. The bottom line in a full pedigree (the dam of the dam etc) is called the Family-line or Family in short. |
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Lines
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Nowadays of the 7 Lines, only 2 exist worldwide: Chestnut Rainbow and Butcher Boy. This doesn't mean, however, the other foundation dogs don't have any descendants nowadays. It only means, they don't have any pure male-line descendants. |
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