If our selection were made blindfolded, the odds in picking two peas which were pure and prepotent, RR, would be about 8 to 1, and that's a hell of a lot better than we'd ever get at Las Vegas. Figure 46 demonstrates this difference. Inbreeding takes over when they are related through more than one line on each side of the pedigree even if the intensity is less. We must put one foot in front of the other, step by step slowly. We are impatient.
Nature works slowly.
Linebreeding plans are many and varied and sometimes ingenious but none of them may be accomplished in a single step. Some examples may clarify the question. The first is Asta, who is linebred in the same strain as the notable sire, Axel, whose great nose, run and class we wish to bring to our pups. The second bitch, Baronessa, is outbred and presents a wide open pedigree. Asta should give us pups most like Axel, that is, from a purely linebred standpoint, this should be the best litter.