... but every day I'm lookin' for that "better" dog, be it a old line bred dog or a wild dog runnin' loose in the woods... I will hunt and incorporate into my program any dog I feel brings something to the table...
Another thing I might add, is people have to keep in mind when breeding that your not necessarily breeding the dog in front of you as much as you are breeding all that is behind that dog. You chances of taking a scatterbred dog, breeding it and having it reproduce itself with much consistancy are VERY slim. If that superstar dog comes from a line of so-so dogs, or if that dogs parents and it's littermates are just so-so dogs, good luck is all I'm going to say.
I'm also always on the prowl for better, but what interests me more than any particular dog is a particular line and I'm not speaking of a "registry" or "registered dogs" or anything like that. I want to know a dogs ancestry...how it's parents and grandparents hunted. What are it's littermates like? How tightly bred is the dog? Knowing this information will give you a lot better idea of what to expect.
I've said it before, but I'll breed a so-so dog from a bad to the bone, established, linebred line anyday before I'll breed to a scatterbred superstar. Just my $.02
x2 you about said it all right there.
