You guys are confusing me. I can't afford to breed every sibling of every good dog I come across. I do understand what you saying about others from the cross being better reproducers but how do you go about finding this out? I will ALWAYS start by breeding the best dog from a particular cross and likely won't consider a mediocre dog at all. How do ya'll figure out which dog is the reproducer?
Agree about breeding the best, but what happens if that dog doesn't produce, do you try his brother or do you just keep breeding the one who doesn't produce? That is my question to you. You would always breed the best first no doubt but if he doesn't produce and he has a brother who is a good dog too, you wouldn't try him?
