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Our Breeding Program
Jango, a Nick II x Tica I son
PH I 395 CL
Diensthond Politie Twente
Geb datum: 11.06.2012
Inbreeding versus Line-breeding
A dedicated breeder’s sole objective is to progressively move forward, whilst still preserving the genotype (internally coded, inheritable information) and phenotype (outward, physical manifestation) within their bloodline. He is not persuaded by external influences, such as financial gain or religious beliefs; but only towards the desired objective, in a calculated breeding program.
Producing a bloodline is all about selection. The major benefit of inbreeding is that it exposes undesirable traits within that particular bloodline. This enables the breeder to eradicate those undesirable traits from that bloodline through prudent culling. By culling the offspring that have inherited the undesirable traits and continuing to inbreed from the most balanced females, the breeder will eventually remove the undesirable traits from that bloodline. Once they are removed, they will not remain dormant to reappear, generation after generation.
A family bloodline can only be produced through inbreeding, not out-crossing. Out-crossing dilutes desirable traits and does nothing to rectify the faults within that particular combination. It only masks the faults, which will reoccur in future generations. When a breeder inbreeds (father to daughter, son to mother or brother to sister) they are essentially compounding on the good and bad traits to expose them. After several generations of inbreeding, a breeder will begin to produce a family bloodline. This is the only proven method of re-producing desirable traits, with enough potency, to have a sufficient effect on successive generations.
If you would like to comprehend the level at which a family bloodline is considered isogenic (having the same or closely similar genotypes) this small paragraph from the worlds foremost laboratory the subject, will be very difficult for most canine breeders to accept.
Breeding Strategies for Maintaining Colonies of Laboratory Mice - author, JAX - The Jackson Laboratory,
Relatively Simple Breeding Schemes
In order for a trait to be present in the next generation, it needs to come from both parents. If the sire and dam both carry the same trait, it “may” be concentrated enough to carry onto the next generation. That is why, full brother-sister matings are the key to success; because both sire and dam carry many of the same hereditary traits. They may not be physically present, but they have a lot higher percentage of carrying onto the next generation.
If you would like to reproduce the desirable traits, a particular male possesses; do successive father-daughter matings. If you would like to reproduce the desirable traits, a particular female possesses; do successive son-mother matings. Then when you believe you have compounded on enough of those desirable traits; inbreed continuous brother-sister matings to lock in those desirable traits. It’s really that simple. When you see undesirable traits in the offspring, cull and continue forward. After several generations your bloodline will begin to become isogenic. It took me twenty years to fully understand this concept and for the first time, I am able to explain it to you in one simple little paragraph.
It is highly recommended that you produce a second family bloodline, to protect you’re initial family bloodline, from unforeseen complications. From the original dam you commenced your full brother-sister matings; inbreed a continuous father-daughter combination with an unrelated male. I recommend a triple father-daughter combination at a minimum. When you see uniformity, in both phenotype and genotype, begin the continuous brother-sister matings. It is very important that you keep the two independent bloodlines, completely separate from one another, until there is a clear indication that they are isogenic.
Regrettably, that is where almost every breeder fails. They cross the two independent bloodlines together and discontinue with the original bloodlines and create a hybrid vigor out-cross; because they "appear" to be better. But they never reproduce successfully, for their lack of consistency.
We endeavour to be the first KNPV Malinois breeder to replicate the breeding practices outlined above, from the world’s foremost laboratory the subject. I would like to say a very special thank you, to our friends in the Netherlands for making this possible.
Line-breeding versus Outcrossing
Without exception all breeds of dogs are the result of line-breeding. Line-breeding has either occurred through natural selection among a small isolated population (i.e. the dingo) or through the influence of man, breeding selected animals to derive specific traits. Either way intensive line-breeding is responsible for setting enough of the dominant traits that the resulting group breeds true to type. At which point a population of dogs can be said to be a breed.
Dogs actually have more genes than humans. Tens of thousands of genes interact to produce a single dog. All genes are inherited in pairs, one from the sire and one from the dam. If the inherited genes from both parents are identical they are said to be homozygous. If the pair of inherited genes are not similar, they are said to be heterozygous. The gene pairs that make a German Shorthair breed true to type are obviously homozygous. However, variable gene pairs like those that control coat color, size, scenting ability, etc. are still heterozygous within the breed as a whole.
Line-breeding concentrates the genes of a specific ancestor or ancestors through their appearance multiple times in a pedigree. When a specific ancestor, appears more than once behind at least one ancestor on both the sire's side and yet another on the dam's side, homozygosity for that ancestor's traits is possible.
However, if this specific ancestor appears only through a particular offspring of the ancestor in question, then the breeder is actually breeding on the offspring of the ancestor, rather than on the ancestor itself. This is why having many "uncovered crosses" to a specific ancestor (those that come through different offspring of the specific ancestor) gives the breeder the greatest chance of making the desired traits, of the specific ancestor homozygous.
Homozygosity greatly improves the chances that the resulting pups, will in turn pass on the desired traits of the specific ancestor, to their pups. When selecting pups from a line-bred litter the breeder must choose pups that display the desired traits of the specific ancestor, or they have accomplished little. In fact, if these traits are not present in a line-bred pup, it is very likely that it inherited its genes from the remaining part of its pedigree and will be unable to reproduce the desired traits.
Line-breeding significantly increases homozygosity and therefore uniformity within a litter. One of the best methods of evaluating how successful a line-breeding has produced, is to gauge the similarity of the littermates as compared with pups of other litters, with similar pedigrees. Considerable similarity among littermates tells the breeder the genes have paired together as anticipated. The resulting pups will likely be able to pass those genes onto the next generation.
Undesirable recessive genes are always masked by a dominant gene. Through line-breeding, a rare recessive gene can be passed from a common ancestor, on both the sire and the dam's side, creating a homozygous recessive offspring. The resulting offspring actually displays the trait, neither of their parents displayed, even though both of them carried it.
Line-breeding does not cause good genes to somehow mutate - it only increases the likelihood that existing genes will be displayed - allowing the breeder the chance to eliminate what had previously been unseen in their particular line, although it was always present.
Too many breeders outcross as soon as an undesirable trait appears, blaming the problem on breeding "too close." Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact out-crossing insures that the undesirable trait will be carried, generation after generation, in a heterozygous recessive state; only to reappear again and again. Therefore the breeder who turns away from line-breeding, is simply passing a known problem onto successive generations and future breeders.
When an undesirable trait is exposed, the breeder who does his breed a real service, is the one that stays with his line long enough to rid it of the undesirable trait. By controlling which specimens within his line are used for breeding, he can eliminate the undesirable trait. Once the recessive gene is removed, it can no longer affect the breeder's line.
Novice breeders don't realize that individual dogs may share desirable traits, but inherit them differently. This is especially true of polygenic traits, such as ear set, bite, or length of forearm. Many breeders fail to understand that breeding dogs which are phenotypically similar, but genotypically unrelated, won't produce the desired traits in the current litter; and will actually reduce the chance of these traits being reproducible in successive generations.
Line-breeding must be made on a combination of performance, appearance and ancestry. If a breeder is going to be successful in solidifying a certain trait, they must rigorously select their breeding specimens, which display the desired trait. In doing so, the breeder has a chance of making this desired trait homozygous over time. This is the key to successful line-breeding that is most often missed by unsuccessful breeders.
The Mothersline
In all mammals the females are "X" "X" and males are "X" "Y" which means that only females carry the genetic code particular to the part of the gene string that is missing in all males. Horse Breeders refer to it the "X Factor" and have demonstrated that the gene responsible for the large heart so many great racing stallions have, can be traced back thru their mothersline, to a single mare that lived more than 100 years ago. If a stallion has an oversized heart - like Secretariat - this particular mare will show up in his mothersline. The mares themselves don't have the large heart, but they carry the gene for it on their “X” chromosome. Likewise the stallions do not throw the large heart themselves.
By the way, Einstein himself was the offspring of parents who were themselves first cousins and he married his first cousin. So much for the stories you heard in school about the effects of line-breeding.
What is the meaning of "mothersline". The idea is too often confused by breeders with "motherside" or the bottom side of a pedigree. The mothersline is the whole of the bloodlines of all the mothers, including the father's mother and the other mothers on the father's side of the pedigree; but always the mothers.
The success of breeding on the mothersline comes from utilizing very important sex-linked genes, present only in the additional DNA of the X chromosomes of great producing females. Since a male canine has 76 paired chromosomes (plus an X and a Y chromosome) the only place a male can inherit those important sex-linked genes, is through his mother. Therefore, when that son becomes a father, only his resulting daughters (never his sons) get this valuable X chromosome back again, along with another X chromosome from their own mother.
In turn, when these resulting grand-daughters become mothers, the art of breeding lies in selecting the male offspring, that has inherited the valuable X chromosome. As these great-grandsons, will be able to pass the important sex-linked genes onto their offspring and transfers the influence of the particular female, through this valuable X chromosome, to the topside of the pedigree. Which dramatically improve the chance of reproducing great pups true to type, when a breeder breeds to quality females from the original female’s bloodline. The importance of having an unbroken mothersline on both sides of the pedigree is paramount.
Pedigrees only serve as a guide, to show what traits, may be carried by certain parent. Only through careful study of a particular parent’s offspring and intimate knowledge of its ancestors; can a breeder determine what traits, they actually carry. Furthermore, it is necessary to breed, on both bloodline and performance, to achieve success.
Thru line-breeding, a breeder can double-up on good and bad traits. Which gives the breeder an insight to what traits they are dealing with? When faults in the bloodline come to the surface, the breeder can eradicate those faults from his breeding program. By out-crossing, the breeder only covers-up the faults and reduces his knowledge of what to expect in subsequent litters. Anyone who condemns inbreeding must in turn condemn the detective, who exposes a crime.
Have a look at this pedigree and DNA comparison to give to an indication on how to produce a family bloodline.
Our Duco II Bloodline
Duco II (Dhr. R. Seegers, Stokkum)
BRN 60
PH I 428 CL
Geb datum: 26.05.1991
Duco II Seegers is considered by many as a legendary KNPV Malinois, the "Godfather" in many respects. Many exceptional KNPV dogs have Duco II in their pedigree. Some of his notable offspring were: Rico Hendrikx, Max Weber, Nick Verhoeven, Max Hermans, Kwinto Pekel, Rocco Roelofs, Buck Huijs, Rex Helmond, Rico Overbeek, Bico Tielen, Arno van Tricht, Rico Puts, Astor Seegers, Rino Reuvers and Beppie I Kamphuis.
Excuse my lame questions but his answers are whats important. - Chris Jones Kampfrieb Kennels in South Australia.
Hi Chris.
The most important dog that you have is the dog you train with. Duco is dead. When you want to breed dogs it is important to know the bloodline.
Q1. What was Duco like with strangers that came to his house? How would he greet them?
He didn't bark, he stood up and observed. Mostly he was in his kennel. The times that he was not in his Kennel he was "cool" to strangers, dominant, but not aggressive. Most people were impressed by his attitude. When he looked at other aggressive barking dogs, they stopped barking.
Q2. What was he like at biting? What type of biter was he?
He had a strong powerful bite. The longer he bites on a decoy man, the stonger his bite got. His bite was always without any noise.
Q3. What was his pain tollerance like? How hard would you have to puinsh him before he would let go of the decoy etc?
Unbelievable, I can't tell you how hard, because otherwise I have to go to jail. But seriously, the dog had trouble with giving up on all things because of his dominancy. With a kind of a dog that Duco was, you have to know things about behaviour in a psycologocal kind of way. But on the other hand sometimes you have to be hard to him but always remain calm yourself. When you are getting aggressive the dog will also be angry.
Q4. Was he a happy to please dog in obedience training?
No, he liked it when you talk to him and lay your hand on a pleasant way to him by stroking. But when you gave him a ball for instance he would tear it apart.
Q5. How old was he when he died and what did he die from?
He was 10 years and died on cancer.
Q6. What was he like as a young puppy? Did you know when you got him as a puppy that he would be so good, or was he slow to mature and show his true character?
I got him when he was seven months. The people where I got him from couldn't handle him and thought he was crazy and dangerous. But he was an intelligent dog, with a brave heart and a lot of courage. I knew from the beginning that it was a special dog, because his mother and father and his whole bloodline were giving very strong offspring.
Q7. Was he more police dog or more sport dog?
He was only police dog. How harder the circumstances, the better he was.
Q8. How many breedings did he have, and what are some of the problems you can get by breeding too close on him?
He bred about 130 times, with about 40 different female dogs. He has about 1100 offsprings. The problems you can get by breeding too close on him are menthal and physical problems. It works the same as by human and other animals.
Q9. How tall and heavy was he?
He was about 64cm tall and around 40kg. He was very heavy muscled.
Q10 Who were his strongest sons?
Quite a few, so to hard to say. Many good sons an daughters.
Kwinto (Dhr. G. Pekel, Maasdijk)
BRN 1754
PH I 436 CL
Diensthond
Geb datum: 01.02.1997
Kwinto was not as open and social, as other Duco II offspring - which may have been due to the fact that he was a security service dog, or that he inherited that trait form his dam. But his legendary status, as one of the best Duco II sons, still continues. Unfortunately, neither Duco II, nor any of his sons were collected, but we are very fortunate to have collected a very good Kwinto son in Holland. His frozen semen will be used on one of our tightly line-bred Duco II females in the near future.
Rico (Dhr. B. Hendrikx, Lage-Mierde)
BRN 2116
PH I 438 CL
Geb datum: 15.03.1995 († ??.09.2009)
Rico Hendrikx was a very famous Duco II son. He was an exceptional KNPV Malinois, an extreme dog that earned respect due to his appearance and excellent character. He had an outstanding pedigree and was a proven producer. The combination of Rico Hendrikx x Tessa Hendrikx was so successful, it was repeated four times. It was a line-breeding on Duco II (3 - 5) Rico died in September, 2009 at the age of 14 years, due to a gastric torsion. His semen would be worth its weight in gold today.
Nick (Dhr. C. Verhoeven, Siebengewald)
BRN 2441
PH I 423 CL
Diensthond Politie Nijmegen
Geb datum: 19.08.1999
Not only did Nick have a very good pedigree, Nick was a real police dog as well. He was mated many times to different females, but the police never made it public. After retirement, Nick was only used a few times because of his very dominant behaviour towards females, despite that he produced remarkably well and will be remembered as not only an excellent police dog, but an outstanding producer as well. We are very fortunate to own one of his last remaining daughters and frozen semen from one of his very good sons.
Biwi (Dhr. D. Krider, Seymour, Missouri, USA)
BRN 10705
IPO III, VPG III
Teilnahme Landesmeisterschaft in Schleswigholstein 2006
Geb datum: 10.062002 († 01.08.2015)
Biwi was an exceptionally well bred KNPV Malionois out of a full brother-sister combination, between two Duco II grandchildren Bono Peggie x Biene Pegge. Our friend purchased Biwi and he plans to use his frozen semen on Tica II in 2021. I guarantee you will not find anything this well bred on Duco II, thru Beppie I Kamphuis and Bono Pegge anywhere.
Max (Dhr. R. Weber, Deventer)
BRN 3737
PH I 425 CL
Obj. 312+24 C
Geb datum: 15.07.1998 († 25.03.2008)
Max Weber was also owned by Hennie Schreur, who titled him to object bewaken (object guard) Obj. 312+24 C. Max was an influential Duco II son, via his very popular son, Django Sommers.
Django (Dhr. T. van der Doelen, Velp)
BRN 4730
PH I 439 CL
PH II 454 CL
Geb datum: ??.??.???? († 00.05.2011)
Django Sommers was a Duco II grandson out of Max Weber x Cora Harmsen.
Nick II (Dhr. H.W. Schreur, Silvolde)
BRN 13265
Geb datum: 15.08.2005
Nick II Schreur was bred by Hennie Schueur from Silvolde, the Netherlands. He was a very well bred KNPV Malinois, that was linebred (2 - 4, 5) on Duco II. Nick II is a Max Weber son and Max Weber maternal great-grandson; a Django Sommers maternal-grandson and a Corrie Massop son.
To preserve the bloodline of Nick II, we bred Bowie BRN 24640 (a Nick II x Tica son) to his full sister Nicky BRN 24592 in 2016. We retained one very good male out of that combination. Rico BRN 31120.
Here is a video of Nick II doing some bitework.
PH I 422 CL
Diensthond Politie Breda
Geb datum: 28.08.2005
Rico (Dhr. E. Vergossen, Koningsbosch)
BRN 17064
Geb datum: 15.03.2007 († 21.05.2013)
Rico Vergossen, along with his most notable brothers Kwinto P. Sommers, Rico J. te Lindert, Jochie Ulrich (Race) and sister, Noa J. te Lindert are very well known for producing exceptional KNPV working dogs. Rico was an extreme dog and earned respect for his dominant and courageous character. He stood 67 cm and weighed 42 to 45kgs. Rico is also line-bred on Duco II (3 -5) and is well known for receiving the dominant Duco II/ Rico Hendrikx traits.
Duco II Grandsons via Frozen Semen
Duco (Dhr. G. Pekel, Veenoord)
BRN 30449
Geb datum: 02.01.2006
Duco’s sire is the exceptional Kwinto Pekel PH I 436 CL. His dam, Elza PH I 429 ½ CL is out of Dino te Pas and Laika, a Duco II daughter. If you know your old school KNPV lines, it doesn’t get much better. Duco is therefore linebred (3 - 4) on Duco II and is a perfect match for Tica, our linebred (3 - 4) Duco II granddaughter.
We would like to thank Gerrit Pekel and Kees Planken for allowing us to purchase frozen semen from Duco.
This is a photo of Kwinto x Elza’s litter, that was born on the 02.01.2006
Jochie (Dhr. C. Race, Crawfordville FL, USA)
BRN 15819
PH I 424 CL
Geb datum: 20.09.2008
“Jochie is a reasonable, social, one of a kind dog with perfect nerves and a well balanced character. A dominant dog with extreme working drives who handles pressure like no other dog. His biting on the KNPV suite as well as the IPO sleeve is hard and full, his attacks simply hard and solid. Jochie’s medical state is 100% (perfect teeth, X-rayed hips, elbows, back) like we’re used to from the Duco II line in general. …. Not the type of high ball-drive sport dog but for serious and experienced handlers.” - Royal Police Dogs
This is a video of Jochie’s PH I certification in the summer of 2011, Nieuw Dijk, the Netherlands.
Here are four videos of Jochie training.
Microchip No. 528219001020266
Weight:
DNA: Parentage
Hip: X-ray
Spine: X-ray
Elbow: X-ray
KNPV PH I: Certificate
KNPV PH II: Certificate
Object Bewakingshond: Certificate
Barkus (Dhr. C.L. Planken, Hardinxveld-Giessendam)
BRN 20604
PH I 400 C
Diensthond Politie USA
Geb datum: 08.04.2010
Barkus is a perfect blend of his sire and dam. He was a very serious male that was sold to a police officer in the USA, where he served as a police K9 until his retirement in 2019. Kees Planken from Kepa-Kennels was fortunate to use Nick Verhoeven twice and stated the combination between Nick x Puts, produced the best litter he ever bred. Unfortunately the female that Kees retained, tore a ligament in her knee and was subsequently put down.
Barkus' dam Puts van de Kepa-kennels PH I 419 CL was out of Luc x Tash, the most successful combination Jack Puts has produced to date. She was an outstanding female and complete in every way.
Microchip No. 528246002117581
Weight:
DNA: Parentage
Hip: X-ray
Spine: X-ray
Elbow: X-ray left
Elbow: X-ray right
KNPV PH I: Certificate
KNPV PH II: Certificate
Object Bewakingshond: Certificate
Rico (Dhr. D. Krider, Seymour, Missouri, USA)
BRN 31120
Geb datum: 09.06.2016
Rico is a reasonable size, open social male, that in not sharp or defensive. Out of drive, he is calm and quiet and therefore very easy to live with. Important traits, we believe, are necessary for a tactical K9. But when the work begins, Rico is very intense. His searching is calm and methodical, while his retrieving is unbelievably intense. Don’t take our word for it, have a look at his videos on our YouTube channel.
Rico is linebred 10 x times Duco II (5, 5, 6, 6, 7 - 5, 5, 6, 6, 7)
Our Mothers Line
Bico (Dhr. M.W.C. Tielen, Egchel)
BRN 3686
Geb datum: 05.03.1997
Diensthond Politie Breda. Her dam Cora Tielen was an Arras Derks daughter and her sire was Duco II Seegers. Bico is the maternal granddam of our foundation breeding female Tica.
Corrie (Dhr. A.R.L. Massop, Lievelde)
BRN 8135
PH I 421 CL
Geb datum: 16.04.2004
Corrie Massop was an exceptionally well bred female. Not only was she a daughter of Django Sommers, Corrie was also line-bred on Duco II Seegers (4 - 3) and Duco II’s sire Arno te Brake (5 - 4, 5). To add to that, Corrie was then bred to a direct Duco II son, Max Weber the sire of Django Sommers, to produce Nick II Schreur. Corrie was also very good at searching and retrieving.
Bonky BRN 25086, PH I 434, Diensthond Politie is the most accomplished Corrie Massop grandson. Bonky was a qualified police tracking K9 by 18 months of age. As you will see in the videos below, Bonky is an exceptional biting as well.
Cilke (Dhr. M.W.C. Tielen, Egchel)
BRN 11261
Geb datum: ??.??.????
Cilke Tielen has Duco II as her maternal grandsire and is a direct daughter out Bico Tielen x Cody Huijs PH I 435 ½ CL. Cilke was bred to Nick Verhoeven, PH I 423 CL Diensthond Politie Nijmegen to produce our foundation breeding female Tica.
Tessa (Dhr. B. Hendrikx, Lage-Miede)
BRN 14265
Geb datum: ??.??.????
Tessa was bred four times to the legendary Rico Hendrikx. Those four litters produced Kwinto P. Sommers, Rico E. Vergossen, Rico J. te Lindert, Jochie Ulrich (Race) and sisters, Noa J. te Lindert and Kim, just to mention a few. Her offspring are considered by many to be of outstanding quality and exceptional producers in their own right, as well.
Here are two videos of Noa and Kim, just to give you an example of how well this mothers-line is bred.
Tica (Dhr. D. Krider, Seymour, Missouri, USA)
BRN 20784
Geb datum: 22.07.2009
Tica is a large, dominant female, with very intense prey and possession. Tica is linebred (3 - 4) on Duco II and one of the last remaining daughters out of Nick Verhoeven, PH I 423 CL Diensthond Politie Nijme in our opinion the best Duco II son. They just don’t breed them like this anymore. To add to that, Tica's maternal grandsire is Cody Huijs PH I 435 ½ CL.
Cody was line-bred (2 - 4) on Ludo Jaanen PH I 429 CL, Diensthond Polite NTC and is therefore a half brother to Pico Jaanen, which came 4th in the 1995 PH I Championships. Coby's dam Becky van Och PH I 434 CL was out of Pico Jaanen x Tosca Embrechts, a triple-bred Oscar "Jalk" Berkelaar grand-daughter. His owner Ben Huijs has stated that Cody was the best dog he ever owned. Cody was born on the 20.02.1998 and died due to being hit by a car on the 22.11.2010.
Here is a video of Tica III's brother Iron, mantrailing at 7 months of age. This was one track, with considerable wind on the day.
Nick II (Dhr. H.W. Schreur, Silvolde)
BRN 13265
Geb datum: 15.08.2005
Kaiser BRN 42319 x Noa BRN 41849 - due November 2022
Bono BRN 21367 x Tica III BRN 37148 - due November 2021
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Price for Mexico $1500 USD @ 8 weeks
Price for USA $2500 USD @ 16 weeks
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All our pups come with a full two year replacement guarantee, which covers both structural and genetic defects and also guarantees their working ability. In addition, they will be rigorously temperament tested and evaluated before they leave our premises. If you are not satisfied, simply return it to our location (at your expense) and it will be replaced with another pup from our next available litter.