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Just a thought about genetics after sorting thru this thread:
Genes can express themselves differently amongst siblings...that's why linebred and inbred dogs can still show differences in a variety of ways. A certain sibling may show more traits of a certain dog in it's pedigree than the others. Yes, they have the same stacked genes, but they are expressing themselves differently amongst the siblings. Hence the reason your gonna have culls in every litter. The other thing with inbreeding is your also doubling up on the bad genes (hence the culls). Because of this, inbreeding can be used as a tool to attempt to rid yourself of the unwanted chit in your dogs.
Also as a side note: when I think of training in the way that some are mentioning it here...I would expect more involvement from the human for it to be actual "training". If all I have to do is kennel a young dog with an older finished dog, then turn them loose in the woods together and I get the desired results...I don't consider that training at all. It required almost zero effort on my part. How do you (the human) actually train a dog to bay (A dog that won't bay with another dog in or out of a pen)? Do you get in the pen and bay the hog to show the dog what's expected?
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