" I believe it is impossible to breed a dog that is great at all disciplines "
" I would think it impossible to breed a top-notch all around dog that excels at any given task. "
Well Sir's I respectfully disagree 100%, The men who trusted on the early BMC ( or Catahoulas for that fact ) demanded much to help them survive rough unsettled country and wouldn't/couldn't keep one string of cow dogs, one set of guard dogs, one set of tree dogs, one set of hog dogs ect. They kept very few dogs and those few were required to excel at many given task, perhaps we have lost sight of that and have bred the dogs down instead of up?
Here is a thought....
Back in the days when people were using dogs to help survive, they werent looking for a bmc or cat that would find hogs or bay cows...Pure bred dogs with papers were no where in their minds at that time....
How many of their dogs do you think they used on just hogs, cows, squirrels, etc..
What ever that dog went out and found/caught was usually dinner... trash breaking was no concern and would hinder what they needed/expected out of the dog....
In todays world, we dont rely on dogs as they did back then. And breed, papers, color, size, etc. are more sought after than drive, range, bottom for many buyers/breeders... Therfore, todays dogs are a hell of alot better looking, but the drive and hunt has been lost in most of them
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