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.
I have never seen an animal that their was not still room for improvement. But that's just my opinion.
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I can certainly agree with this statement, and I'm a firm believer in an outcross when you are linebreeding dogs. I've seen the effects of heavy linebreeding with no out crosses.
What I don't agree on is having to add to a line of dogs because they can't stop hogs, they don't have enough nose to get the job done, they're slow, and so on and so on. I'm all for perfecting a line of dogs, BUT there is a huge difference in perfecting something and then having to breed because said dog couldn't get the job done. Just my opinion, always room for improvement, No doubt, but there's a difference there that should be able to be distinguished from.
