Reinventing the wheel?

[devildawg86]

I have heard alot of good things about the deutsche draathar as a multiple purpose game and terrain hunting dog. Could we produce a better dog if it were hunted in different terrain etc,.

[jdt]

son , you can't beleive everything you read 

[Reuben]

I have heard alot of good things about the deutsche draathar as a multiple purpose game and terrain hunting dog. Could we produce a better dog if it were hunted in different terrain etc,.

the Europeans bred a few breeds for multipurpose  dogs including the draathar...

my idea as a multipurpose dog is one like the "Iron Man Triathlete"...not the fastest and not the strongest but the best all around athlete...or like the middle linebacker on a football team...an all around athlete as well...in my minds eye that as just about how I see it...usually a little cross breeding is necessary to produce a dog of that type...or at least breed in that direction...that is the goal I shoot for...

[devildawg86]

son , you can't beleive everything you read 

sounds like i've heard that a time or two.  When dogs were keep for a purpose, how many people could keep 10 or 15 dogs. That dog had to.earn its keep. One or two dogs depending on the quarry . 

[jdt]

yessir , but that was a long time ago when them dogs were being used . and proven before they were bred .