Dog Breeding

[Bohogkiller]

What do y’all look for when selecting strike dogs to breed or cd’s


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[Judge peel]

Ton of things to look at. I like to narrow it down to the one most important trait then breed to that. All things are important so the most consistent traits will return the more you breed for them.


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[TheRednose]

The million dollar question! lol

Everybody has their own recipe and or standards. First I like breeding dogs of the same breed, preferably from the same family of dogs (line breeding). Crossbreeding can and does work, I just don't have any experience with it.

Then I look for these characteristics in this order:
1. Hunt (drive) without that nothing else matters
2. Intelligence
3. Overall Talent
4. Speed
5. Nose
6. Conformation
7. Feet

Also I believe you can only use the list above to help guide, you really need to look at the dogs you want to breed and make an honest assessment of them and make breeding's with dogs you feel will improve on what you have.

There is no absolute answer, just opinions. I have formed mine from the people that have mentored me. Good luck and have fun.

[Goose87]

NATURALS first, I won’t keep anything that’s not a natural and dang sure won’t breed one, aside from that I look at their prey drive ( how much they want to catch the game their after) and the next is intelligence, this in my opinion is one of the most overlooked things when breeding dogs, working dogs are no different from working men, there are some guys you can assign a task to and be assured that when you get back it’ll be done right, then there’s those guys that are great workers but have to be taught the same things over and over again and can’t get the job done if left to do it themselves, the latter individuals don’t have the intelligence to do their jobs, they may have all the heart in the world but don’t have it upstairs to be able to put together and utilize their skills, I’ve worked with a pile of different men from all walks of life from all around the planet and have owned countless dogs over the years and this seems to be a big correlation between the two, look at just about any profession and 95% of the people in leadership roles got there on their intelligence first and hard work second...


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[Goose87]

Nearly everybody breeds for something different so you have to figure out what you want in a dog and develop a plan to get there and start working towards it...


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