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Ancestor success - parents and grandparents through the pedigree tree are examined for their relative success
Sibling success - likewise brothers and sisters are reviewed for their progress and any patterns of health or temperamental problems identified and often compensated through choice of stud.
Alert review - we have a system of alerts placed on many of our breeding stock that highlight, when planning matings, information that is likely to be important in deciding a pairing. Often the alert contains specific advice regarding hereditary disease control and other health issues and/or temperamental traits of note in either the subject dog, it's siblings, progeny and/or ancestors
Stud Dog Availability - selection of a given stud will, of course, be influenced by his own health status and availability e.g. he may have been selected to be mated with another bitch around the same time.
These are just some of the involved and detailed considerations when planning every mating at the breeding centre. Even then, we find that sometimes, due to health problems or other availability problems, we have to make a late switch of stud. Frantic work then ensues to ensure we are able to select a suitable, equally compatible and hopefully, available stud.
Then all that remains is to make it happen in practice (using the 'human dating agency' analogy again, I'm afraid it is often on the first date!) If only each brood and stud knew how much effort had gone into developing their 'relationship'!
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