Message #560905

[Reuben]

Breeding better dogs is more about common sense and knowing what a top Hog dog should be for starters...if we are lucky and start with a great line of dogs then we have saved ourselves many years of breeding to improve a line of dogs...

If you start with one top notch dog from a line of dogs from scatter bred dogs that produce plenty of culls and you think you can start a line off of him...well you will waste a lot of time trying to get a good percentage of quality pups...it will be many generations...

You start with a good line of dogs and test your pups and keep the ones that scored best and then select from those and you will be successful...have three or four generations of the very best and you will be at a good spot to produce good dogs...

Select for natural ability first...if you have to feed lots of tracks to make an average hunting dog you can expect the same from the pups and future generations...

When selecting the very best pups from great dogs then we are on track to produce great dogs...and each generation will give you a higher percentage of good pups...the reason why is because each generation that has been bred are great dogs...great dogs from a line of great dogs begets more of the same...if we expect and demand to have the very best then we won’t be talking about how and why breeding better dogs doesn’t work...

Great dogs from a long line of great dogs have the right genes in them...


What is a great dog? a  great dog is a dog that can be cast out after a decent pack of dogs has checked out a square mile or more of woods and didn’t find anything and this dog went behind those dogs and found and bayed hogs...this dog doesn’t need any help...he can wind, rig, track and be free casted...if there are hogs in the area you can bet your bottom dollar that he will find them...great dogs usually don’t have bad days...we can get a dog like this from known dogs that comes from a long line of great dogs...should we build a breeding program around this dog? Yes...I would...

A great dog looks good in any company...