When do you call it quits?

I can usually tell if a dog is going to suit me within about 10-12 hunts. I don’t like lazy or slow learners at all, I’m looking for a natural easy starting dog. I’m not super hard on one, but I do require some get up and go whether it’s being trashy, being curious, going to a dog barking, or baying something around the house. I know I’ve culled a bunch through the years that would have started and made good dogs, and then I’ll keep one every once in awhile and it’ll remind me why I don’t like late starters.

Here’s my deal though, the dog might make a top dog, but he’s going to reproduce late starters or lazy starting dogs, so why keep him if you don’t plan on breeding to him, OR If you do breed to it, you have to change your whole philosophy on starting dogs, cuz more times than not, he’s gonna reproduce pups that start just like him, and you’re back to square one.