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Birds of a feather flock together. When a person has established and bred a line of good hunting dogs he isn't just the run of the mill backyard breeder. He has a network of people involved with the program. If not then he is gonna have a ton of dogs on his yard and so many dogs that there would just be no feasible way to hunt them enough to find the best to breed to. You would just essential tally be breeding on looks.
Guys that are truely line breeding good hunting dogs aren't going at it alone. Just the hobbiest isn't who I am referring to but I think that's who you are referring to Mr. Parker. The guys truely line breeding hunting dogs have connections to other guys doing the same thing around the country or the world. The guys that are doing this have no problem getting access to a good outcross to another line of dogs comparable to his own. At this level of breeding, a dog half way around the world or in a different country or other side of this country is still a viable option as an outcross. Good breeders of good hunting lines of dogs realize that you don't get out of your dogs what you don't put into them. If you are of the mindset that a dog is to far away to breed to, then your road will be a lot longer without the dog, time, effort, money etc will be increased also. If you don't have connections like this when you are a line breeder I'm sure your line will surely show it in one way or another. I venture to say, what ever your level of breeding, there are dogs out there you can cross to that are comparable to yours. If you are a breeder of hunting dogs and don't have connections like this or are unaware that birds of a feather flock together then maybe it's an ego problem that keeps you out of the flock or from making good connections.
I'm not saying anyone needs to outcross but if a breeder did want to, it's pretty egotistical to think there is not a suitable line of dogs to do so with that would result in setting your own line back. If your a halfxxx breeder then your connections probably are about the same. Goes back to what I said about the birds of a feather. If your an advanced line breeding super guy, you probably have same like minded connections.
Of your are just a back yard breeder, then why even speak of line breeding?
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