Theprocessactuallybegan long before they were whelped, when in planningthebreeding you considered the characteristics of the sire and dam and their parents, siblings, andother relatives.
The second thing is: If you thought Chris and Ansel were a confederacy of dunces, get a load of Frank (Frank Hvam) and his friend Casper (Casper Christensen), the least great Danes ever whelped.