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I did take it as your catch dogs are only proven out by getting cut down to near death. I'm glad that I misinterpreted it. I have been fortunate in the sense of how I grew up. I grew up around performance horses, both rodeo and some race horses. I also grew up with game chickens and dogs. My father has always been one that was an overachiever so to speak. Extremely self disciplined which was hard at times to grow up with, but a very beneficial tool in my life now. Him being that way, he pushed himself and anyone in his circle to be their best. He surrounded himself with the best. He said your only as good as the people you surround yourself with and that your name doesn't matter, if your good enough everyone wants you on their team. Because of this I had an inside seat to learn from very successful people in these fields. I learned to see things in animals early on that a lot of grown people never picked up on. Sometimes it might be a change in mannerisms or it could be the way they traveled, or maybe just that look in their eye. My point in this rant is this, if you know your animal on his average day from head to toe, inside and out, you can pick up on certain things before they happen. I have learned to trust my gut in these situations. Not everytime, but a VERY high percentage of times, I can tell you when a dog I'm hunting is gonna leave me high and dry before it happens. I don't care how game an animal is, you can make any of them quit just like you can make any dog bite. Again, style for me plays a role. There is a difference in the style of a dog that tries catching smart and a dog that is catching scared. It's also another reason that I like dogs out of working lines. Yes some JYD's make awesome catch dogs. But you don't know anything about what to expect or what's behind them. In a family of well bred dogs for your purpose, you know what to expect physically, mentally, statistically, etc. It's not a guarantee but it's a head start and a tremendous indicator. For example, my buddy bought a "finished catch dog". The first hog he caught with him folded one of his big K9's back between his lip and gum. He started baying and wouldn't catch again. Not a very big hog either. I had a gyp out of my family out for her 2nd or 3rd hunt. It was one find dog, one catch dog and myself self. The find dog was a loose baying not gonna put much teeth if any on a hog type. When I got to her bay, she had a baby elephant. I sent the catch dog. That hog give her a serious butt whooping. Not once did she shy away but seemed to get madder. She would ear up and he would knock her off on a tree. That one ear, what was left of it, was in ribbons. She switched to the other ear and the hog had fought out onto a trail where I was able to get up close and get his attention and gave her the chance to get leverage. I got ahold and threw and tied him. Wound up being a barr hog that I had to call 3 others to come out and help me load in the trailer. It was all the 4 of us could do to pick him up 18'' to put him in the dog trailer. While I was praising the dogs, I noticed the catch dogs mouth bleeding quite a bit. That hog completely knocked 2 K9's out and broke both of the other 2 off at the gum line. She had no thought of quitting. I didn't expect her to either. Her ancestors had shown over time that they had the grit. If it sounds like I'm trying to say I have the greatest I apologize. My dogs suit me, they may not be squat to anyone else. This was just the best and first example I could think of. This thread is about breeding dogs. IN MY OPINION, the first most important ingredient are goals and knowing what you want and expect. The second most important is starting off with something that is at least somewhat in the neighborhood of those goals and expectations. If you chose to start a family of catch dogs with a bad a$$ Yorkie, then you are gonna be in for a long hard road. Obviously there a ton of theories and methods to get good dogs. Or person has success with one method and another person another way. They are convinced because of their progress and success that their way is right way. IN MY OPINION, the best are the ones that stand the test of time.
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