If a dog does not pass muster, that does not mean it's a bad dog--it means the specimen will not work for what I need to breed back in to my program. Now that same dog might be just exactly what some one else likes in THEIR program. So place your pups.
However I have watched undesireable traits diminish and disappear with in MY lines, over the years. I have also watched desireable traits come on stronger and become more the rule than the exception within my dogs.
If you were to look at other dog breeds--let's say dobermans or rottweillers, or German Shepards, they have been breeding for desireable traits for 400 + years. Catahoulas are just beginning this genetic journey.
Ive tried to stay outta this but the above quotes raised some questions for me. Now i do not have a breeding program or a line of dogs per say. BUT... I know enough about breeding to know that if i dont have a "plan" so to speak i wont ha ve aline of consistant dogs. If you like loose dogs and the occasional rough one comes along and you pass it to someone else instead of culling then "your line" can still be bred and now there are rough dogs out of your line. It seems to me that if you culeld these and bred for genetic traits as you seems to say you do then your line would not vary so much. Not to sound insulting here but the above quotes are a little contradicting when you talk about breeding for genetics and not for "fro fro" dogs.
Seems to me your talkin in circles. and based on the posts you have posted are trying to convince people about your dogs. Since you were so intent on bringin up others dogs with the YOU comments ill tell ya. Ive got a couple out of different lines that i cant trace their genetics, I know what they can do and the few ive bred if the pups werent what was expected they got culled not passed down the road.
Not meant to be argumentative just point out the inconsitancies in your ONE post.
