Our Breeding Mission :
Aisling Mór Kennel was begun with the clear mission of breeding czechoslovakian vlcaks in a manner which would preserve the rarer bloodlines while improving temperament within the breed, by importing dogs which would be complimentary to those lines already in the country. A secondary mission is to promote the pragmatic usage of the Irish, Scots Gaelic, And Canadian Gaelic languages through the way we name our dogs. The kennel name Aisling Mór is itself an Irish language play on words:
“Big dream ” inasmuch as I have been dreaming of making this kennel happen for almost a decade now, and “big Aisling” because my founding female, Aisling, is larger than the minimum size for males within the breed. Of Course, the “big dream” will not be entirely fulfilled until I have been reunited with my first Vlcak, who remains missing under rather suspicious and altogether tragic circumstances ( more information can be found by clicking the hyperlink)
Our founding female is a Dwarfism carrier, so this limited stud selection choices substantially with her. As a result, our first few litters will balance her pedigree which is excellent for the USA genepool with stud-males which have been selected for great temperament and friendly personalities.
We plan to import more males and females as we expand and consistently balance good, lupine looks, friendly and confident personalities, genetic diversity, and good working ability.
On a technical level, our plans for breeding include linebreeding in the 3rd to 6th generation on dogs from Krotkovskeho Dvor, Rosikova, Ruskov Dvor, and a few other influential kennels from the late 80s and early 90s, while trying to combine the pedigrees in ways that maximize the number of unique ancestors and the number of unique pathways to the same original ancestors of the breed, in order to produce a low coefficient of inbreeding, without sacrificing important wolflike traits such as good pigmentation for natural camo, correct wild coat texture, which may not be as pleasant to the human touch but is more resillient to wet weather and other extremes, correct coat length, avoiding the long coat gene from the domestic dog, and focusing on a correct lupine proportion, with long legs, and a wolflike skeletal structure, a dog resembling a greyhound more than a mastiff, because wolves after all hunt their prey by out-running them and out-enduring them in long chases.
One consideration which is not really part of the original breed vision is that many of these dogs provide a unique benefit to neurodiverse humans, and thus we plan to breed with the intent of maximizing their ability to be used as working dogs for the benefit of said individuals, knowing that the failure rate will remain high but that a noble goal remains worthy of pursuit. We also understand that many of the dogs in this country will be pets or companions rather than working animals.
As a result, selection for good temperament, confident and intelligent dogs, erring on the side of not aloof enough rather than on the side of too shy, is an important aspect of our vision. We plan to maintain a list of what traits were planned for with each litter, in order to be transparent and help other breeders make sense of our work, as well as to help improve our own skill at selecting for those traits we intend. Litters in which there was more emphasis on Temperament or on Conserving rarer bloodlines than we usually put into our decisionmaking balance, will be clearly labeled as such for the world to see.