Message #154183

[Hog Dog Mike]

I really did spend alot of time and money studying about breeding bird dogs. There was a bird dog man over in the south east named Thompson that did it this way.

He developed what is called a prepotency index. This was easy at the time because every bird dog that was registered  was listed in the American Field. What you could do with this information is this. You could find the number of winners produced per times bred. This is the true test.

In other words dog A might have produced 50 dogs that won 300 times. Dog B might have produced 50 dogs that won 300 times. However, dog A might have produced 1000 total dogs and dog B 100 dogs. The important number is how many winners compared to number of dogs produced.

Some dogs can produce good pups and some cannot. Just because a certain dog is a great dog does not mean that he can produce good dogs. Find a male that is a known good producer and breed to that dog.

I am of the opinion that the female is more important than the male. The horse guys agree. If you can find a really good producing female get you one of those pups. There are no guarantees but that is going to be as good as it gets.