Breeding Better Dogs 101...

my 2 cents.... first what exactly do you want to produce from any breeding? to select 2 individuals for a breeding it sure helps to know about the dogs behind the dogs you plan to breed. and are you trying to use and keep a set line and if so why is this line so good? if you pick 2 individuals to breed because they are great at something , you might check to see if they were the only great or even good dogs in their litters or were their siblings equally talented. good chance if they were the only good dogs in their litters that they might not throw themselves at all. and an idea ive had for many years is typically dont breed to the superstar, breed to what produced the superstar. then as was stated by others here... ya can breed great to great and get doodoo and breed doodoo to doodoo and get great. not the way to breed but it does happen. in the end breeding can leave you scratchin your head. sadly most in any animal use arent able to keep many individuals and do many breedings to find out whats best. and if you get lucky and find a prepotent individual.. breed on it and keep finding and using the prepotent individuals from each breeding if you can. guess it was a quarter instead of 2 cents,lol.