nobody said the week pups wouldn't make good dogs I just said I wouldn't breed with them ....and I just don't save week pups ...maybe that's why I don't need to outcross ya'll ever thought of that ......I'm no scientist ...I just know what I have seen and my opinion is mine .....but one thing I do not do is pretend to know what I don't .....
I agree with Parker...we have to cull hard to have the best...in my original program/project I did just that and my culls were probably better than the average hog dog...when I say cull I mean it has no place at my home but will probably make an excellent dog for someone else...If I had three males that were close in all areas of hunt I would then go farther back and if one was an early starter I would breed that dog...I think everyone breeding dogs should demand the very best and nothing less...
if you have to do extra to keep pups alive that is ok...but this should count against the pup as a breeder...
having to feed lots of tracks to make a dog then you can expect the same if done often enough when breeding future generations...
breeding to the highest standard is the only way to produce that type of dog...and it starts before the pups are even born...
I even throw in an old sweaty T-Shirt in the whelping box by time the pups are 10 days old so they can smell me 24/7...
some folks say you can get a high percentage of hunting dogs out of a litter...but you can...by selecting the very best from a litter and keeping them related...if the need to outcross is there do it with a linebred dog that brings in little outside blood if possible...breed in an outside bred dog too often and the line of dogs is not yours...
linebreeding and inbreeding don't mean jack if your standards are set low...
