Ben this Ben that.......

Whenever I see this topic I kind of laugh and cringe at the same time, but they are entertaining to read. All of the pros and cons seem to be the same, from hype to money, to blah blah blah, and it seems to come up a few times a month. Starting to wonder if the Mods should just pin it to the top so everyone doesn't have to keep posting the same things over and over again. lol.

To answer your question hogaholicswife, the percentages come from a breeder keeping track of their line breeding. For example, the parents of a dog may be 45% Ben on the mom, and 55% on the dad. This gives you 100% which you divide by 2. This makes the pup 50% Ben on line bred percentage. But it is also half of its parents, which means it is 50% mom, 50% dad, and 50% Ben. You can keep track of other dogs in the pedigree of a pup or dog by dividing out the dogs in their line and keeping track of the percentages. This is line bred percentage and not the actual genetic similarity, to get that you would have to DNA test the dogs against the DNA of the dog you are trying to line bred. With line breeding percentages it is easy to come up with numbers that when combined equal more than 100%. Hope that answers your question.
Anthony