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Other than the dog trader/selling out scenario, I think the idea of selling out is relative to how vested you are in your current pack.
In my situation, I could have "sold out" earlier this year. Haven't been hunting as much, I started team roping which has taken a huge amount of my time, and I have been doing some home remodeling. All things that have kept me away from hog dogging. If I was not vested in a few of the dogs, I could have put up an ad that said I was selling out. Not because anything was wrong with the dogs, and not because I am a dog trader, but because other things were taking priority, and I would rather see my dogs in the woods hunted than sitting on chains or in kennels. Due to the fact that I am vested in a few dogs, and I would like to continue hunting when time allows, I sent a couple dogs to friends to be hunted, while my attention was elsewhere. I also sold the young dogs/pups that would not be started if I kept them in my kennels, and I sold my catch dogs, as they are not necessary for me to find hogs with. Now I would gladly give out contact info to anyone wanting to inquire about the dogs I sold, to see if the purchaser thought I passed on some of my "junk".... You will likely find that they were pleased with their purchase, and the dogs are exactly as they were presented.
I typed all that to basically say, Don't just assume that because someone is "selling out", that it is to pass on junk. As it certainly was not the case in my situation. If I wasn't vested in the few dogs I kept, I would have sold out everything, and it still would have been a fair deal for anyone looking to purchase some dogs. Just because some is selling out, does not mean they are misrepresenting anything...
Kinda like Mike has mentioned so many times... hunt it before you buy it. If you like the dog, who gives a damn what the circumstances are behind selling.
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