That is a great letter and sounds like a really good ol timer. SOunds like the old man that got me going some 15 years back. I still ask him to this day what his blood line was and said any dog in his yard was considered a dog and they breed for hunting not selling. He has passed that onto me! There old currs when I'm asked!
Some say ( not me ) that its this kind of attitude that has caused some great lines of dogs to die with their breeders.
As mine will most likely die with me...
That letter says it all.... Single minded focus... maybe even obsession... what creates a superior animal, sometimes also ends it....
When a man puts that much thought and energy into an animal he wants to know that those that he chooses to allow to hunt what he's produced appreciate and
respect it...
I hesitate to even give a dog to a friend as I don't want them breeding and lettin' people that don't appreciate it get their hands on what I've worked so hard for and corrupt it... Easier to just keep it to yourself unless you bump into the rare man with some integrity...
Dog men can be a peculiar bunch from the outside...
