On Breeding Better Dogs

I have been to dog yards with 150 dogs and on down. I have found that a good dog man with 20 dogs has just as many good dogs as the guy with 60 or 80. That is because he had to really think thru any breeding he did. He would be keeping the majority cause he didn't believe in selling to the public. Those guys with so many dogs produced a lot of pups and many times just sold the a bunch to keep doing what they were doing. Not saying they didn't make good dogs you know some were bred because of paper. I myself have always kept a small yard, never more than a dozen and usually less and out of that only a couple of breeders. The rest were prospects so I know how hard it is to work with a small yard but thru the years I found a few good dogmen that thought like I did and I never had to pay for a pup or breeding I did. I also offered pups or breedings to these same folks in return. I was able to put out some very hi quality dogs but I definitely put a few culls and there were litters that did not work at all. On almost every breeding they were linebred with tightening up being the motivation!