I am very particular with what I breed, I want a dog that excels at bloodtracking....they may be ok at hogs, cattle, etc. and thats fine by me, but they will only be given to certain individuals who will work them at other diciplins. As some have stated, if they dont work, they get culled. I want certain traits that may not be condusive to the guy hog hunting or looking for cattle. The way I see it, the better my dogs, the higher my success rate when tracking wounded deer. If my dogs are better than the next guy offering the service, well, I guess I will get called more often....same goes with folks utilizing dogs for finding cattle, hogs, etc. If you have and breed all around dogs who "excel" at different diciplins I commend you. I dont have those dogs, as that is not my overall goal.
There are breeds who promote "all around dogs", I have yet to see an all around dog from that particular breed! Maybe one day I will, and that is that I spent alot of time working and looking for one...
I guess in the end it all depends on opinion, someone may see a great dog in their blood tracking dog, where I only see an average dog. And yes, my dogs are average when it comes to others dogs..I seen it!! But every breeding I make, will be for the betterment of my dogs.
Jerryg
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