GYPS

when you know your line of dogs and one of the goals is to breed early starters...then as you test the pups from 7 weeks on up and you see one consistently excelling above the rest of the litter in all tests...and one of the bigger test is running off in the woods the first time she is dumped out in the woods with company following or without... even better...and then she is finding hogs and hunting hard before her first heat cycle then I will not hesitate to breed her on her first cycle...have done it regular enough to know it works and haven't had any issues with delivery...I see it like this...if she were running loose she would have been bred so why not take advantage of some good breeding...especially if you are needing a few pups or just cleaning up the gene pool...