Message #451452

[Cajun]

Their is a lot of truth in most of the statements posted. Most of the successful strains of dogs out there, that have held up over the years are linebred.jmo  Does this mean you cannot get good dogs from crossing two unrelated dogs. Of course not.
  Most of the linebred strains will focus on one particular dog that is outstanding. They will stack a pedigree around him. Now if things go right he has a son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter that is outstanding so they will start stacking the pedigree around that dog. It goes on from there. Now here is the problem. All lines will start falling back towards the average without relentless culling & sooner or later, you have to make a outcross for hybrid vigor. Most of the time, when you make that outcross is when a superstar will rise to the top & then the focus will be on linebreeding that dog.
  None of these methods are guaranteed unless the dogs have all the qualities you like & their is still no guarantee the pups will come out like you want.lol
  I have had the most success with linebreeding & I still have dogs that do not meet my standard. Just the way it is. But, on the crosses that I make I can predict fairly accurate what the pups will be like. Like all litters some will be better then others.
  If it was easy, we would all be hunting superstars.