Breeding dogs...???

When I was running bird dogs I worked harder at this than lots of people did at work. When beeding close and it works it is line breeding and if it don't it is inbreeding. I have owned well over 200 bird dogs in my life.

Here is the deal and the bird dog guys, horse guys, and coon dog guys have pedigrees longer than my leg on dogs. All that does is tell you who was supposed to be bred to who.

There is a bird dog guy named Fred Thompson that hit the nail on the head. He came up with something called prepotentcy index. What this means is winners produced per number times bred. This is the way to look at it. Say you breed male A to 4 different females and wind up with 8 winners. Then you breed male B to 10 different females and wind up with 8 winners. Both dogs produced the same amount of good winners but dog A is much more potent.

The horse guys and myself agree that you look for the great producing female. In bird dog lingo that is a "Blue Hen". A friend of mine got a dog out of a female named Hot Haunches and she produced winners and several champions out of six different males. The Kansas Wind won over 10 open chamionships but never produced jack.

Breed the best to the best. You cannot make chicken salad out of chicken $&^%. If you know of a breeding that has produced good dogs go with that every time. Some say that dogs are more potent in their younger years.

If you breed some dogs and get what you like breed those dogs to similar dogs and your chances are good of getting some good pups. Also if you get a damn good female that throws good dogs every litter call me.