Family Stick

A family tree, when diagrammed, should look like a broadleaf tree with lots of branches.

When is looks more like a pole or a stick than a tree, the breeder has been doing too much incestous breeding (inbreeding).

If you can read pedigrees check out this one from the terrierman site:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSR1yY3CWaef9sG5mVG7SjUJh-NkVOo3rjtiZcV0ZvDeBCKdKJi-vhdNQF54d5nhrC_K03EkmtX4h8tiMvl9H-6qvjV1rjlNN2ZIdsSEUNgb6-k1NC5UNGuYBVwSm0ML2aZhad0VhUa4SK/s1600-h/poodle-tree-eaton-from-canine-diversity-project.gif

I don't know if I should laugh or barf.

to get the bigger picture or see the poodle it refers to, go to
http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/
and in the archives (scroll way down),
find Feb, 15, 2009
and scroll down to the photo of the black poodle.