Breeding dogs...???

Probably the best male cur dog I ever hunted with was a dog named BJ. He could wind off the box, take a cold track like a hound, would leave and go hunting if cast into woods, would catch smaller hogs, bay bigger hogs and catch with a catch dog. Good nose, good handle, loud bay bark..just no holes in him. He was always hunted alone and found hogs all over my area. When someone had a hog they couldn't catch, this is the guy and dog they called. And most times, he would catch them.

I mean this was a TOP dog in anyones kennel. Problem was he must have been bred 50-60 times over 10 years and never produced one pup worth feeding.....I mean he was bred to some good dogs too, hog dogs, cow dogs, and a few birddogs. Just nothing seemed to click .........

So even breeding a jam up dog to a good dog can be a crap shoot.........the prepotentcy thing is what we are all looking for. A dog that can produce dogs as good, or better than he or she is. There are just very few of them out there......