Line-Breeding Project

sliverton that is how we used to do it. about every third or fourth linebred/inbred breeding we would introduce something new. normally we tried to get a dog that was 25% related but not always. our criteria was that they had to be either 25% related and the 75% be wound up tight or a tightly bred dog. this was for us to even consider breeding to that dog or gyp. then we looked at the ablity level of the dog. did it have all the traits that our dogs had, if it did how did it measure up to our dogs ability level, then did this new dog have anything new to add, finally we looked at the parents, and grandparents of the dog. if the parents and grandparents weren't consistant producers then we didn't fool with the dog because you are introducing dogs that have a low % rate and that will weaken you line. we NEVER bred to freaks. freaks very seldom if ever reproduce themselves, so we didn't fool with them. we also looked at the production rate of the stud or the gyp. if they met all the above criteria but as an individual they weren't through high %'s then we didn't fool with them either. back then it was costing about a G to breed to great producing studs or to studs that had won alot. we didn't get caught up in the hoopla of bloodlines we made educated decisions and we were producing at really high rates because we were so picky about what we bred to. we had many people that starting hating on us because we wouldn't breed to their gyps or we would let their studs breed our gyps. we weren't about the money we were bout having consistant dogs and when people knew they had dogs that came off our yard they new they were getting top notch stuff, or better yet when they came up against one of our dogs they knew they were in for it....it's really not hard to do if you have people that an put egos aside and agree on breeding only the dogs that show the traits you want and not playing favorites with dogs...