We about wore this subject out but it has been very interesting and fun, here is my final input on this one....
Breeding in let's say some pit to plott and then the goal is to keep 25% pit to keep the grit level up to a desired level.
The idea is good but some of the problems I have observed have been that the plott may not have the grit or the plott has the grit but he was a fluke because the rest of his relatives were bay dogs that never laid a tooth on a hog. The right plott dog has to have the grit as well as the relatives so that we can possibly increase our chances of getting what we want. Then we line breed off the very best.
The pit should have the best qualities for catching,handling, stamina and dog friendly, and the other important traits should be to be built more for speed to compliment the plott so that the result should be RCD or strike dogs that can sure enough stop most any hog....
The other problem I have seen is that what some people think is a good hog dog the next breeder/hunter may consider the dog a cull. This is what makes the world go round and round....
