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.
Also remember that papers are only as good as the integrity of the person breeding the dogs.
an old saying that holds true = the further back you can see , makes the future more easily predicted .
I have both on my yard as I am not kennel blind and like the quote states predicting the future is made much easier by knowing the past . hand written or sent in to a registry is all the same . all the registry's do is allow a wider base of ancestors to be documented . it doesn't mean every pup will fart a hog track just like in undocumented dogs . you don't want an association documented dog don't buy one , go get you a crossed up 8 way cross from them jammed up dogs that were accidents at best . I like a cross dog and have a yard full of them . and I like a pedigreed dog to form the foundation of the crosses . just me and the way I like it .
I agree with both of you...
I myself like mt curs but I have had a real hard time finding exactly what I like...crossbreeding two different breeds of dogs and then breeding back to the mt cur is how I did the first time and am following the same process now Parker/kemmer and back to some of my old mt cur line which is kemmer and original...
I don't care about papers but papers sell...
