The Hunting Trait...

many times we hear that the brother to the world champion is a better producer even though he is an average dog...the lesser dog may be an average hunting dog...so how many times can we breed these type of dogs before we lose performance in a line of dogs???once in a while is not a bad thing but practicing that on too regular of a basis and I just don't see how those types of breeding's will hold up...

I once lost the female I planned to breed and I had culled one earlier and the reason for culling was because she was too small and a light blonde color which I didn't like...She probably weighed 32 pounds but she was well bred from excellent dogs...She hunted hard and was a good strike dog and she started rolling out at 4 months on her own...I sent her to a friend and then I got her back because I needed a female to breed...bred her back to her grandsire and the smallest female she produced was 45 pounds and one of the best females I had...so breeding like that when one is backed in a corner is the right thing to do...it is by far the best thing to do rather than to bring a great female from a line that has no relations whatsoever...my belief is that we should stay away from that type of breeding when we can...