Message #451340

[BA-IV]

Well families had their origins from two dogs in the beginning that were most likely non-related.

Like I was told once, your once in a lifetime dog, well it was better then its parents so why was that? That throws a kink in the thought process right there. Don't get me wrong, I'm a firm believer in line breeding and in breeding, but at the end of the day, it's best to best and hope for the best. 

And this will ruffle a few feathers I'm sure.  But if you are having to breed your dogs to something else for this or that, was your dogs even that good to begin with, probably not. A hog dog doesn't need this or that, it needs a ride to the woods is all. I can ask that cuz I raise, feed, and hunt plenty of culls myself.