I agree Old man.....I guess I should have said it better. What I meant was I have seen great great dogs in their like of work come in all shapes and forms. I've seen pups that look like crap turn into specimans of dogs as they aged.
I agree with a u said there on crossed, hybred , inbred and so on.
So at what ages are you culling pups from a litter, when you're choosing breeding stock? Do you keep the whole litter til a year? Til two years after you have hunted them a bit? Keep your most promising pups at six months? I know this subject has been talked about a lot on here, I'm interested in what you think