Unplanned litter

Derick,

The short answer is that I have no intentions of "breeding" hog dogs...if I have a litter, it is going to be for a replacement only. Not keeping many dogs as it is, and once I have the right pup out of her, I will not need to use her again. You know the dogs I am talking about and between me and a couple hunting buds we have the family of dogs to work with for several generations. I am not needing replacements often, so I would spay her, hunt the heck out of her, and work with her offspring to find a suitable mate down the road if and when a replacement might be needed.

I should also clarify that I am only talking about hog dogs here. If I found a great nick with the aussies then I would try to reproduce that litter. With the aussies a breeder has much more control of the litter and their ability to have registered offspring. A breeder can dictate that only dogs who are both trial and conformation champions be allowed to reproduce registered offspring. Mandi and I have a goal set with the aussies that has kept us from breeding them for almost two years and not intending to breed any for another year or two. That's a four year break from breeding in order to test our current dogs. How many people you reckon do that with the average hog dog?