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Author Topic: Training vs Genetics.  (Read 43518 times)
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« Reply #40 on: July 25, 2011, 03:54:08 pm »

Kessling kennels
I got a gyp I'll put against about any dog!
So u acting like just cause ppl get villa to train
Then they won't have hog dogs..
Well I have made few culls great dogs
One of my best was a catahoula who had no hunting
In his blood at all!

If he was a catahoula, then he had hunting in his blood...I think the question is redundant. Genetics are the key to everything. You can't train a dog to do anything unless it possesses the genetic potential to do so. Those arguing that training is more important are just arguing for genetics. If a dog hunts a mile out without ever being "trained" to hunt a mile out, this is genetic. If you were somehow able to "train" a dog to hunt a mile out, well then you were only able to do so because the dog had the genetic ability to hunt a mile out...On the other hand, you can't train dogs to fly...Maybe I'm looking at it wrong. Lots of variables to consider, but genetics and certain genetic traits are easier to control for/isolate when considering the determining factor for how/why a dog performs.
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