As said by someone else it is not a cure all... Great dogs can still produce junk, junk dogs can produce great dogs, you mite raise the odds by line breeding and inbreeding but there's no guarantee and bout 90% of any dogs outcome is based on how it's trained and handled and what it's taught... I'm not saying that certain traits can't be bred for, and I line breed myself, but there is not much chance of reproducing the exact same dog everytime, alot of a dog is what u make it, and alot of line breeding is pride in the particular lines ;)Some do do better than others, possibly cuz someone proud of the bloodline puts more time and effort into the pup than someone that just has or gets a pup they had no pride in the breeding...the gyp I have outta the Winchester/tweety line is a prime example... She's been run with some jam up dogs and came out of a (proven) cross and line breeding and was started and trained by some top hands, but she is not hog dog material, doesn't mean her offspring wouldn't carry her range and other desirable traits, or they mite all turn out bad... She's a 2.5yr old long range help dog basically...
Linebreeding is to produce consistant dogs...which means consistantly as good as the ones you start with. Start with junk, you'll end up with junk. Everyone I've ever spoken with that has a pretty good program in place can quickly name the dog their line is based on, and the intent of their line is the reproduction of that particular dog.
So does that mean that just cuz my gyp is junk she can't throw offspring equal to the rest of her siblings? If I line breed her it will produce junk because she is not equivalent to the rest of the line? Explain that because she carries the same blood... But not the same level of dog... So if what Ur saying is accurate just because this one dog didn't turn out the dog shouldn't b bred no matter how good the dogs she came from are... Even tho she has the exact same blood as all the jam up proven dogs she came out of? I wanted to breed her into my stock for the range and fact that she's not rough, but if your theory is correct then she shouldn't b bred cuz she will produce junk despite her well renowned bloodlines...and wat about all the other good dogs that their lines were not recorded? I don't buy that.. Just my opinion but I believe line breeding is more of a pride and satisfaction thing than anything but certain lines are better for certain things and it raises the odds of having good dogs throughout the life of the breeding program but it's not a guarantee and not a (cure all) for having good dogs every time, that's why linebreeders cull so hard... Cuz all of them don't carry the characteristics of the blood.
