I have played for a while and I always see these amazing lines so all you quality breeders.

How many pairs should I start out with?

When should I add new store dogs to my line?

How often should I breed?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

I am starting a new breed and I would like to make them amazing!

Thank you so much in advance.

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How many pairs should I start out with? I would say 2-4 at most.

When should I add new store dogs to my line? I add them whenever I don't have a matching pair from the pups/foals :)

How often should I breed? I usually do at ages 13 and 15... if you are planning on selling the back up at age 13.. (horses are ages 18 and 20.. sorry about that).

thank you so much!

No Problem :)

Same as insom but I like to try and look for pups/foals from other breeders to match to mine before getting stores. I also buy stores when my lines get down to a single pair.

I only keep 2 pairs of anything at a time. Right now I'm being super lame and only keeping one pair because my life just got a little wild. @_@

I add in stores as necissary just to keep it to two pairs. So I'm adding two stores every generation, if that makes sense.

And I only breed once. Most people breed twice, but there's no market for any of my breeds so I don't really care about having backups.

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When you get more comfortable with HP you can always add in more pairs to your lines then breed down with each generation. Somtimes I get tired of seeing the store lines in my animals so I go and buy like 8 or 10 pairs to train and then added them in with what I've already got xD

I only have 1 pair so i add in a store with every generation....cuz im lazy and i dont like training a ton, especially since i do a ton of private shows for mine...

Thank you all for the information / advice :)

I agree with everyone here, there's no real "set in stone" style you have to do - It's whatever you can do (by HPD or time) or what you want to do. Like Trig said, it's whatever you're more comfortable with here right now.

How Many Pairs Should I Start With? - Now, my AQH's were started off kinda random so I have two lines going at the moment - But when I first came back in June, I started off with a single store pair to train; but I kinda went into "hoarding mode" and now I have two lined AQH's (A 2nd Gen mare and a 4th Gen stally) along with my starters (HP hoarding has caught me xD), but a single pair is what's usually ideal for those restarting the game to get reaquainted with how everything works.

When Should I Added Stores? - Since store animals are infinite and will always be around, I would honestly say buy them after every breeding you do to build up your own pedigree. You could import lined animals if your really comfortable or have a well-known breed, but in almost all cases, store animals are your friend when doing lines (especially rare breeds).

How Often Should I Breed? - This both depends on the popularity of your breed/how many babies you want. Like Chaotic said, many people breed twice to have one for themselves and one backup. If you're doing a rare breed or you don't have time for a huge crop of pups, I'd suggest breeding only once until you're more settled in.