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These statistics are derived
from my own research on all the Australian Maremma sheepdogs registered
until May 2000.
These dogs are the foundation of the Australian maremma sheepdog.
(These figures
are of course for registered maremmas only)
| TOTAL MAREMMAS TO 2000 |
2414 |
| TOTAL DOGS |
1146 |
| TOTAL BITCHES |
1268 |
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| TOTAL ORIGINAL
IMPORTS |
17 |
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| NUMBERS
BORN EACH YEAR TO 2000 |
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| 1984 Australia's First breeder Charles and Sandra Curwen Hollinsdale Kennels |
1 |
| 1985 |
0 |
| 1986 |
15 |
| 1987 |
5 |
| 1988 |
16 |
| 1989 |
40 |
| 1990 |
106 |
| 1991 |
91 |
| 1992 |
115 |
| 1993 |
150 |
| 1994 |
224 |
| 1995 |
232 |
| 1996 |
378 |
| 1997 |
300 |
| 1998 |
351 |
| 1999 |
334 |
| 2000 |
34 |
It is plain to see how the
breed numbers jumped from 1990 onwards. But it should also be plain for
anyone to see that if there were only 17 original animals, and 77 bred
from them in the first 6 years, then the numbers begin to rise the way
they do, that the gene pool is in great trouble. Out of these 17 imports,
2 proved to be sterile. Interesting is also how those original 15 animals
were used in the breeding program.
There were 2 dogs and 1 bitch
in particular that became the greatest contributors to the overall breeding
population, and today nearly every maremma in Australia bears these animals
in their pedigree, many of our animal bear all 3 in their pedigree, and
many bear them multiple times.
| MAREMMANO
KNIGHT COMMANDER |
SIRED: 98 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 477 |
| SONYMER KYBER |
SIRED: 73 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 459 |
| LOLA |
BORE: 22 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 353 |
As you can see, just one generation
down, and a large percentage of our maremmas are related to these 3 original
animals. Even though Lola, being a bitch did not produce a huge amount
of direct offspring, her offspring are widely used.
Listed below are the statistics
on breedings from the other original imports
DOGS |
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. |
SONYMER
KARL |
SIRED: 56 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 155 |
ABRUZZO
ENRIKO DELPHINO |
SIRED: 16 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 69 |
CHARLIAN
ESCAPADE |
SIRED: 22 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 3 |
LURGENGLARE
BASILIO |
SIRED: 74 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 299 |
LURGENGLARE
DANIO |
STERILE |
. |
SONYMER
ICESTORM AT SUNSHOO |
SIRED: 5 |
GRANDSIRE
TO: 48 |
SUNSHOO
DAYTRIPPER |
STERILE |
. |
BITCHES |
. |
. |
LURGENGLARE
BERNITA |
BORE: 31 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 56 |
LURGENGLARE
DESMA |
BORE: 20 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 146 |
LURGENS
BARISSA |
BORE: 24 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 112 |
MAREMMANO
ELOQUENT GUARD |
BORE: 11 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 181 |
SONYMER
JOYFUL |
BORE: 23 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 105 |
SUNSHOO
DEVIL-INHERHEART |
BORE: 28 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 103 |
TAVOLIERE
ZECCA |
BORE: 9 |
GRANDDAM
TO: 14 |
So
we see that for our 17 imports, 2 of them were sterile, so only 15 actually
contributing to the gene pool, and some contributing far more than others.
Statistics from 2000 - 2011
It does not matter what the
quality of an animal is, you cannot continue to inbreed on that animal
endlessly without running into problems.
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