SALTY, YOU HAD THE CARDS STACKED AGAINST YOU FROM THE GET-GO. ALOT OF ITS JUST GOOD FUN,I THINK, RAZZIN BUT THE SPOTTED DOGS ARE THE UNGLY STEPCHILD HERE. I WAS A CATAHOULA MAN FOR OVER TEN YEARS MYSELF. CATAHOULAS, AND THEIR BREEDERS SEEM TO HAVE A STIGMA AS BREEDING FOR COLOR, AND ALOT OF THAT HAS MERIT. THEN YOU WERE EVASIVE ABOUT YOUR DOGS AND MORE BELLS WENT OFF. THEN PARTS OF YOUR FIRST POST IN THIS THREAD CAN BE TAKEN AS BREEDING WITHOUT MUCH ZEROING IN. THEN THE "CULL" WORD WAS USED AND THATS DYNAMITE AT A GAS STATION. IM CHAUKIN IT ALL UP AS A "LOST IN TRANSLATION" KIND OF DEAL. ?
Hi Ed, I don't mind some razzin', do a little myself. I give honor to the yellow dogman, if they give me honor. I do not care what another dogman says so much about his dogs so much as what his dogs say about themselves. Heck I probably trust a few yellowdog breeders better than some catahoula breeders I've run into. But I've seen some sorry yellow dog breeders, too. There is good and bad in all breeds. My take is a good dog needs to do what he's bred to do.
Example: I am color blind until I see all the traits I breed for expressed in the pups I keep. Now if both pups are equal so to speak, and I have to chose the best one, he may have color, or he might be the solid one--I do not care. My current litter, for instance, has 3 solids and 4 of the most drop dead gorgeous red leps you ever feasted your eyes on. I need a male and a female from this cross. Three of the leopards are sold off, and my pick of the litter is a SOLID liver male pup--so he's my new "prospect". He shows me what I'm looking for. One red lep female outshined the rest of the females in the litter, so she's my new "prospect". I could give a rat's behiney about the leps being prettier. Pretty to me is my catahoulas stretching a big boar 6-ways to Sunday. That's my favorite color.
Not zeroing in--just the opposite--that's why I have a breeding program. The "cull" word. We're big boys, no?
Evasive, maybe so it seems. I did not care for the atmosphere--I can smell a no win situation. Nuff said.
It's not my mission to "convert" anyone on my ideas or merch--I could care less. Some honestly are interested in what makes my kennel tick, and I'm fine to share my viewpoints. It's just my viewpoint. Thus this thread.
