Choosing The Right Pup

I believe at that age there is just no way you can pick which pup has the best hunting potential or breeding potential A dog has to prove his hunting potential first before he is considered breeding potential.jmo
  Like halfbreed says, just shut your eyes & pick one out. Other then picking out the physical traits that you personally like, there is just no way you can pick out the best pup. If they are bred right, the majority of the pups, should make good dogs. On another note there are some well bred pups, that do not get handled right, do not get the proper exposure to game or for one reason or another they do not get the chance. Then people blame the breeder when it is in fact owner error.
  Just to show you how you can take dogs from common ancestors & enviroment or different people breeding them how they can look totally different. My buddy & I were at Plott days & went to look at this guys plotts who were bred just like ours. I mean almost identical as far as great grandparents & back.His dogs were huge compared to ours & did not even look like they should be related. Now he lived in wisc. & we live down here in the south. I like a average size dog & bigger dogs seem to have a harder time getting thru our thickets. Did I change the size to smaller or did he breed his dogs bigger to get thru the snow. Selective breeding means alot.
  I picked a pup out of one of my litters a few years ago. She was smart as a whip, a escape artist who could figger out how to get out of anything. I culled her at 7 months. She had littermates who were running and baying & she was staying at my side. You never know.