Papers!! Papers!!! Papers!!!!

A lil off topic but it does go with the papers issue. DSmith the labs of today are two different breeds. basicly Show dogs or hunting or field trial stock. I used to train & field trial dogs & like every other breed, there are a lot of sorry Labs out there.
Catahoulas are the same way. Most of the Registered Catahoulas are either Show dogs or baypen dogs.Very few can do both./(No hate mail please.) There are a select few people who are breeding top registered Cats.
For sure papers do not catch hogs & maybe it is easier for some to cross dogs to get their desired traits they want in a hogdog. To each their own & whatever makes them happy.
For myself in my plotts, I know what is in their background for 7 or 8 generations & I can pretty much tell how a paticular litter is going to turn out. Do I still get culls? Of course, but show me somebody who dosent. Do I feel like I am over charged for registering my dogs, I do. But I will continue to register my plotts as long as they make me happy.
My cur dogs that I used to have were never registered but at the time most were not back then.
Also remember that papers are only as good as the integrity of the person breeding the dogs.