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6. All else being equal,

choose a less-used sire
over a popular sire.

For one thing, who wants what everyone else has? In
addition, if you plan to breed subsequent generations,
your dogs will be more valuable to the breed if they
don’t carry the same genes that are swamping the
breed’s gene pool.

Because many hereditary

health problems are

inherited recessively, your
chances of healthier puppies

are greater with lower COIs

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