Nothing is ever 100% guaranteed, most people know that. It's all about percentages and if you want to make the most of your time and efforts to get a high percentage of good hogdogs then it's all about genetics and breeding a line, and CULLING ....
We all know of a stray dog someone found somewhere or one that came wandering up in your yard that made a decent dog but like I said before don't expect to breed the dog and get a bunch of hogdogs.
Also when I say hogdog I don't mean a dog that will bark at a hog or run ten minutes or go to another dog thats barking. I can "train" about 99 out of 100 of the dogs I raise to do that..
good point, dont expect to breed a bunch of stray dogs and end up with all hog dogs, but theres a chance u will have a couple good dogs out the bunch... same as genetically sound dogs, not all of them make it there are still culls...so where do the culls come from in a good line and where do the good ones come from in a bad line?

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