bmc bloodline

[Reuben]

How could you possibly hunt that many dogs, to know which ones to pick from?  is what im getting at.  

Good point, I wasn't thinking in my right mind last night.

I have heard some good things and some bad things about ladner bred curs.

He might of had a good system as far as picking good dogs for breeding but I just can't see it. For one thing how do you socialize 2 hundred dogs?

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

I spoke with Curtis Ladner a few weeks ago by email. He gets round 300 per pup and you have to be on a waiting list to get pup. I have no idea if he carries that many dogs on his yard or not. I have also heard very good things about his line. Only thing that bothered me about those dogs was the color issue. I saw red's and yeller's and even some with some white on their face. It doesn't change the price of tea in china for anything except I like to see good even color on family breeding. The same way with some of the other registered lines. I personally don't like bobtails in a yeller dog. But again this is my own personal preference on Yeller dogs. Either its Yeller or it aint. LOL But again I have heard very good things about both of these lines.   

[tnhillbilly]

L.H. must have been doin somethin right, to have such a good reputation for raising and breeding good dogs. 

Another reason i had wanted one was, that from most of the pics i had seen they were an even colored dog, yellow black masks. But guess, they are not now.

I agree with you on the color and tails 100%, but like you said that dont mean much, just personal preference, and I think we just plumb highjacked this thread. 

 

[make-em-squeel]

I think any one would be wise to find the line of dogs that suite your style of hunting, then make sure you are getting some tight bred pups b/c that obviously increases the % of reproduceability in their off spring. Unless you can raise the whole pack and cull, the tighter the breeding the better your odds are of reproduceability. Secondly my preference is to go back to a bigger cur for rank cattle or hogs, the ladners for example are originally bred as tree dogs and it shows alot of the time. Not saying I havent seen a good one just playing the odds...

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

You either have to pay the price on the advertised lines or you have to get in with someone that raises a good tight line. I hold firm the best lines are the ones getting hunted daily and have been passed on thru family members for generations whether they are cow or hog dog strains (And they usually aint for sale). You have to put your time into these men to prove you are not just a passer thru or looking to spur out and breed your own line off theirs for profit. I have been in this position multiple times in the past and have been burned. Hence I will not sell a line bred dog to strangers ever again. If they aint getting used or goin to a close friend, they get culled. I have sold a few dogs lately but have all been trial dogs from other lines that just don't fit my tastes. It makes alot of people mad that line breeders won't sell but you have to be on the other side of the coin to see their point. It just plain ol aint worth it to sell off your stock lines anymore.         

[weller44]

I guess I will find out how the ladner line fits with and my pack...I have been on the phone with curt a few times the last couple weeks and will have a female pup on the way in about 5 weeks... I am excited to see how she works out

[mjeane]

I have owned almost every line of  bm cur out their have been to LH place and id say 95 percent of dogs were brood dogs that havent been hunted.ID ask about how a certain dog hunts and all id get is a  dogs pedagree .dogs should be proven before breeding.I have owned 5 different ladners some were culls some were pretty good but all were very close hunting but it totally depends on the blood.and cross .My advice on blood is their is alot out their that wouldnt suit me cause ive owned really good dogs,most people that hog hunt think their dogs are good but...

[Reuben]

I have owned almost every line of  bm cur out their have been to LH place and id say 95 percent of dogs were brood dogs that havent been hunted.ID ask about how a certain dog hunts and all id get is a  dogs pedagree .dogs should be proven before breeding.I have owned 5 different ladners some were culls some were pretty good but all were very close hunting but it totally depends on the blood.and cross .My advice on blood is their is alot out their that wouldnt suit me cause ive owned really good dogs,most people that hog hunt think their dogs are good but...

That is why I don't hunt them. I am sure there are good ones out there but don't like the odds.