About six years ago I raised a litter of pups that I put my all into , took them into the woods every day , started them on pigs at three months . Still wound up with only one pup that shined all the time ,named him TIGER ,at three months would try to kill a pig his size by himself . This pup would hit the woods hunting with or without the other pups at six months old. SAD PART is I lost him to parvo at seven months even after three rounds of shots . Most of the other six pups turned out ok but none with his drive. Took we awhile to even bother with breeding any more . Have raised and started two or three litters since , still looking for that drive !!!!
when you look for that awesome pup within a good line of dogs and focus on breeding these pups then that line of dogs will eventually produce better hunting dogs...the cream rises to the top...select for natural ability....
