Top knotch dogs come from lesser parents?

THD, do you think that it was easier for those pit breeders to get what they were looking for versus someone breeding for sure enough strike dogs??

No the gameness trait is very elusive , very very hard to trap down to were you can get it consistent most the time. Ive seen great dogs crossed to great dogs and the whole liter does not turn out in many peoples amazement and some of the greatest bred game dogs in the world. Its just like with hog dogs you have to find that click that mixes with your bloodline this is a big key the cross. I would say the gamness trait is just as hard are even harder to come by than what you are looking for in a hog dog. This is why you have to breed familys once you get youe family right and can produce good dogs on a even bases then you can look to other familys of dogs to complement yours the cross and if all is right even add to the two both your family and outcross family.

Your family dogs need to produce consistent good dogs and some great dogs but once you get your family of dogs right then when you cross if the cross is right that is when the really super dogs should come. You then take those super dogs from the cross and go back into your family back to breeding again tighter and tighter looking for the one I was talking about in other post and producing great dogs all the way back down.

If you try the cross once and it dont work never go back are even breed to dogs with that cross in it no matter how little.