Breeding decisions...good and bad

like i said EVERY FIRST TIME BREEDING IS A CRAP SHOOT !! regardless of what who and where the dogs come from . all dogs i personally [ experiment ] with are sold on a first come first serve basis and all go with a 1 year garranty . i never pick and chose witch ones are kept till this past litter . of course starting young dogs and breeding better dogs is my passion . been at it a long time with scent hounds and roosters . have i had some that didn't work you betcha . have i bred one of my good huntin bitches to a buddy's good huntin male and did not like the cross ,yes . that is what it's all about to a breeder. will i ever buy a started dog or have to go find me a new strike dog off some other breeders yard absoloutly not !! it's all about hard knocks and accumulation of many years of trial and error and experimentation . and as far as horse racing they will breed a mare to a champion just because of the mares ancestry her having never ran a race .