I would agrue that breeding for color has had a negative effect on the BMCs as well, not just catahoula and lacy dogs. Dogs with yellow and black masks hung the moon as far as some peope are concerned and you can bet that "the look" gets priority when breeding allot of times, and ability takes a back seat. They forgot all about the other colors they come in; brindle, black, black and tan, red ect.
Waylon
Good point Waylon.
I remember a couple years ago there was a discussion about red dogs. And the theory that red dogs are not popular, hence the ones that end up being bred are typically "special" dogs. That they get bred in spite of their popularity, so there is a better chance of them making a dog.... Definitely lots of different angles to look at things when color comes into play. I have often joked that a man could get rich taking yellow dogs and dying a black muzzle on them.
