First off, you have to keep in mind that everyone's expectations and likes/dislikes in a dog is a bit different. I'm always a bit leary of any breeder who claims to produce dogs that will suit everyone. What one person likes, another hates. For example...I enjoy hunting the dogs I breed and raise which are very independant, hunt for themselves, rangy type dogs. For others with smaller properties, or those who prefer to road their dogs they would hate the very qualities that I find desirable and demand from my breedings.
I've hunted with many people over the years who were very proud of their packs, yet they wouldn't necessarily fit my personal style of hunting. Having said that, If they're happy and catching hogs who am I to say they are doing it wrong.
Another analogy...just because I don't like Dodge trucks, doesn't mean I think they should quit making them. See where I'm coming from?
Now, when someone starts breeding dogs and representing them as something they are not in order to make a sale...that's when trouble arises.
very good post! and your dodge analogy makes perfect sense, this isn't directed at ANYONE in particular, it has been a re-occuring thing through the years and its something that I have always wondered about.
My personal outlook is pretty straightforward. I hunt with a very small group of people, I can name my regular hunting buddies on 1 hand and I can name the number of people I have hunted with in the last year on probly 2 hands. I tend to shy away from hunting much outside this core group because in the last couple years I have heard some horror stories regarding buddies being invited on hunts just to find out after the hunt.......possibly days or weeks later that the land they were invited to hunt wasn't legally hunted. Now with that said, If any of my close hunting partners ask my opinion on a dog I tell them my honest opinion, if they don't ask then I keep my mouth shut........talkin about a mans dogs can be as touchy as talkin about a mans or womans significant other and can end up bad in no time and I don't want to upset my buddies, I hunt with them because I like being in the woods with them and we have a good time pretty much everytime not because I need or have to hunt with em. Just wondering what angle other people take on the subject.
