Keep it, kill it, or bring it back

quite a few folks don't appreciate the time, hard work, and the money it takes to produce a great line of dogs...I have given away 2 top pups to a man and a little over a year later I hunted with him and when I asked about the pups he never gave me an answer...but he probably places very little value in a dog...he never had a pack of his own...had the same happen a few other times...the best advice is never offer a pup unless they are true dog men/women.

the other day a lady was trying to place a nice pit bull bitch and I told her I would give her a good home if she was calm and made a good catch dog...she said she would but that she would like to come and see her or call about her every once in a while...I had to decline that offer...that has happened to me more than once...

for one person to hunt and breed a good line of dogs that person needs to keep at least 10 dogs...6 dogs to hunt at all times and one of those pregnant and at home at times, and 3 to 4 half grown pups to select from and replace one grown dog with one or 2 of those pups at any given time...that has to happen to keep improving and moving forward with the line/strain...

in order to keep less dogs at home and produce a good line of dogs then one must give away pups to folks who will hunt the right way and who appreciate a good dog...then you can breed back to the pup if it turns out exceptional...so agreements and handshakes to seal the deal have to be made...for me it is not about money, but there is going to be a free breeding or 2 involved because of that free pup...it is about producing better dogs and not about money...

the other option is to have 2 or more hunters/breeders involved in the breeding of a better line of dogs who basically have the same goals and can agree on what a good dog is...so all are sharing each others dogs for breeding...breeding better dogs and have consistency and overall improvement of said line...

seems like I got off subject but in reality most of these deals come about because we don't have the room or the money to feed extra dogs...so we get creative on how we can stay connected for the betterment of the strain...l