Getting our dogs out there!!!

If you have good dogs that hunt the way you like and you are proud of them, breed for yourself and don't let your bloodline slip away.

When you have good dogs, it doesn't mean that they will pass it on to their offspring. After breeding them and raising the pups and you find that they do pass their good traits to the pups, there is no guarantee that the offspring will pass along these traits. And if they do, usually only a very select few pups out of each litter will turn out good. So then, if you sell a few of these pups that turn out good to someone. Your name goes with that dog. So then the new owner is so proud of this good dog that he bought from you, he breeds it to his buddies dog out of who knows what. The pups all turn out like crap. But he sells them to the general public with your name attached to them. So some one is hunting one day and they say, hey where did that sorry, no hunting dog come from?....... and BAM, your name gets thrown out there.

Take my advice, breed for yourself and keep COMPLETE control of your blood. Give pups to family and close friends with the agreement that if the pup doesn't work out, you get it back or it gets culled. Period.

Now that's just my opinion. Good luck with your own line of dogs.