very excellent points uglydog...what i think everyone is missing here is that i stated if the two dogs aren't good quality dogs i would cull the whole litter. i agree that two dogs that aren't breeding quality dogs(mediocre) shouldn't be bred. i agree whole heartedly with what ya'll are saying here.
what i'm saying is if you have an unplanned litter out of two dogs that you WOULD breed why cull the litter if the two dogs are GOOD dogs that have the ability to produce GOOD dogs. i think ya'll gloss over that part of my posts. i'm saying in the scenario of two GOOD dogs gettting tied unplanned keep the litter and keep close tabs on them. if tow mediocre or even one good and one mediocre dog gets tied i would say to cull the litter just as you have stated.
i had a litter of pups that were linebred(didn't plan it but a half bro and a half sis got tied) i found happy homes for all 6 of the pups. one went to a janitor at my school that is training the pup for hunting and the other 5 went to kids i used to coach that are training them for hunting. 100% of the litter is at 6mos tracking drags and baying hogs. i feel that i've helped the hog dog world because i've brought five new people to the love of hog dogging. i've helped four young guys and one older guy(and his son) to get started that much faster and i've given them what i believe will be quality dogs down the road. both dogs are GOOD quality dogs, so i kept the litter.
just so happens that the dam of hoghunter979 is a full sister to my gyp. i will go on a limb and say that these pups will have just as good a chance as anyones plannd breeding to be above avg dogs. i base this off of my unplanned breeding and how well these dogs are turning out right now.
rocking p i would never question whether you work your dogs or not. if you say you do then i trust that. ive seen teh pics of your dogs and seen them in action through those pics. i actually was considering getting in contact wtih you down the road becasue i do like the make up of your dogs. but i have to buy some more land before i can do that...lol
