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Mrs. Louisiana
That's exactly what Im saying. I put a lot of time and patients into my dogs. Sometimes years trying to bring out the dogs potential that I see in it. There comes a time when decisions must be made and time has proved the obvious, that the dog in question is not cut out for the job being asked of it. In this case Striking and Catching come hell or high water, stand in his or her guts hardness and still hold so I can get there to kill the hog and save the dog. Some of the dogs I try just don't have it when it comes right down to it. I'm trying to create a line of dogs with hunt drive, intelligence, and stand in the guts hardness. Bottom line when they don't meet those criteria I send them down the road and someone gets a pretty darn good dog.
I hear you, totally. I guess it really all boils down to personal beliefs. We don't let too many dogs leave our yard, but when they do, they go to hard working homes, where they will be put to the test. The rare times we do any breeding, we too have certain expectations for said offspring as they mature. We too put alot of work, time and money into our dogs. When the time comes, if a dog doesn't make the cut, I feel that being *I* created said dog with a purpose, it is my responsibility to cull them. Now, if there is a
special circumstance where maybe I feel said dog may do very well on another type of game, or in another terrain, I will attempt to place the dog with someone who can utilize the dog, but if I feel that the dog is a cull through and through, I will do what needs to be done. I find that as my responsibility. It all depends on the specific dog, and what it is or is not lacking. I'm just personally not a fan of passing on a dog that I consider a cull. I think the confusion/debate on the subject of culling stems from the fact that alot of folks have a different defination of the word "cull" and what it means exactley.
