I liken genetic manipulation in dog breeding to farming, in that you get out what you put in, you can't plant field corn and expect to harvest grade A sweet corn. Now if you take the sweetest field corn and plant from that continuously year after year you'll get sweeter corn in the end. Same with dogs but it takes longer with a higher cull rate. I just can't see breeding a mediocre dog for an out cross. Doesn't make sense.
x2...but I would rather breed to a below average dog from a long line of top hog dogs one time... and then select hard from that litter and to get me back on track that way...than to breed to a top notch dog that was a fluke ( a dog that comes from a long line of what I perceive to be average dogs)...because that breeding is a major setback to the program even though the selection process is a good one...
but as for me I already have been down this road once and now I am only doing it for a few good dogs...I bred a gritty mtn cur that is semi open to a total silent male from another breed...but the line is tight and known for hard hunting. the parker curs also have quite a bit of mtn cur in them but they are silent and already established as a breed...I will then breed a few pups from this cross back to the mtn cur...I want to retain grit, hunt, and hoping to silence the mtn cur a little when on track...also plan to have 2 or 3 mtn cur with about 1/4 pit...I know I will have culls but will do my best to retain the right pups...I am not going to turn over dogs quickly to clean up the gene pool...only interested in getting a few good dogs and slowly moving in the right direction but only when I need a replaement or two...
I am not saying this is the right way or the only way but this is how I see it and believe it is the best way for me...
