Breeding a Dog

If your breeding for your own use and what your doing is working for you, then who's to say whats right or wrong.

If your breeding just to sell pups....well most of those people are doing one thing and saying another anyhow.

The term "proven" is just a general term usually thrown around by people to sound like they know what they're saying. What does it really mean? That the dog will find hogs? ...does that make a dog proven?

Me personally, how an individual dog I'm considering breeding performs is important yes, but I put a lot more emphasis on how his/her lineage performs. I would breed a mediocre dog from a long line of greats way before I'd breed a scatter bred superstar I knew nothing about.