Genetic trends in hunting behaviour in the Finnish Hound
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Finnish Hound is the most popular dog breed in Finland, with 2 000 – 3 000 pups registered annually in the last years. The great majority of the Finnish Hounds are still used actively as working dogs, so the main breeding goal of the breed is to improve its behavioural abilities with respect to hunting traits. Hunting ability of individual dogs is judged in field trials, and selection of breeding animals is based mainly on dogs’ own test results or those of their progeny. From 1996 onwards the breed club has also estimated BLUP breeding values for the most important hunting traits based on the field trial results.
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