Message #580442

[t-dog]

Consistency is the key to the whole crap shoot in my opinion. Being consistent in their performance is the first ingredient. Second, are the siblings to this consistent dog the same type of performers or is this particular dog an exception. If it’s the exception then likely you are going to raise subpar puppies out of it, not definite but probable. Are this dogs parents and grandparents quality? Most litters have a tendency to revert back to the grandparents more so than the parents (in my opinion) so this is a huge consideration in my breeding plans. When grandparents are related it seems to make things a lot easier in the sense of isolating genes. Example would be bite. If half the grandparents are super rough and half are super loose, then it’s hard to say what each pup is going to be. Likely you’ll have to keep more out of the litter to evaluate to be able to choose which ones have the qualities you’re wanting. But, if all or 3/4 of the grandparents are what you’re looking for then you stand a higher percentage of that the pups will be the same or very similar. There are exceptions to rule though, nothing is guaranteed. I talked to a buddy last night that had a dog. I knew all the dogs ancestors from great grandmother until present. I did not like a majority of the offspring out of one great grandsire but liked him as hog dog. The gyp he was bred to to get to the present dog was a cull in my opinion. You never knew from one hunt to the next what you were getting and even on a good day she wasn’t mind boggling. The rest of the pedigree is pretty solid. This particular dog though is a whirlwind when he’s on and all the way to the other end of the spectrum when he’s off. He’s so good when he’s on though that the people that don’t know the bad side of him are willing to take the chance on breeding him. That’s a major no-no to me. Not only does it break the consistency law I have but like I was taught, bad traits are no different than good traits in the sense that once you put it in there, it’s always there. You can breed away from it and it may not show up for a long time, but just as soon as you can ill afford for it to, that’s when it will show up. Plus you already don’t know what bad things are already laying dormant so you are just adding to it knowingly. Like I said right off, it’s a crap shoot. You can breed super stars together that are out of super stars and get a litter falling stars. There are no guarantees in raising dogs. If there were great ones would be plentiful. Some matings work and some don’t. Being consistent in every aspect is your best tool in my opinion. That’s the only way you are going to intentionally raise great dogs or great families of dogs.


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