have a breeding question

LOL... I knew that would get you to typing.... Now lets think about this.... Would it be possible, and how feasible would it be to recover your line after making the breeding to the heavy bred female only to find out two or three generations down, you have inadvertently watered your dogs down? Or do you cull and start from scratch?

Would it be possible through strict line breeding to the male side, in hopes that performance (hopefully dominant) traits resurface? I would guess you would have to cull particulary, should the undesired traits appear (that being said, if you are even able to recognize them).

Or.....

By actually starting to cull un-apprehensively you are starting over to try and create the uniformity that you had before the doomed breeding.

Either way, I can see that one dumb breeding could possibly set you back for years. And to be honest, with dominant and recessive genes playing a factor, there might be a chance that once you go off the beaten path, you can never recover. There are just so many variables. Maintain consistency in your breeding from the begining (performance to performance) as you said, is probably the best advice More food for thought...