On Breeding Better Dogs

Cajun thanks for chiming in.

I have not been into this long enough to have any opinions set in stone, I have a few books I've read and I've read through many old posts on ethd. I think I have a good idea how to produce good dogs but only time will tell. At the moment my older dogs are poor and my younger dogs are just getting started, but I've finally got my hands on the genetics I need to breed my own down the road. I do believe the breeder is the most important part of the equation, I know guys that have been breeding lines for 30 plus years and have not taken any of the pups offered me I've also seen guys buy cats from reputable breeders and out of a dozen dogs maybe one is a decent hogdog, out of the 8 pups I've bought here and there over the years only two are keepers and one is above average, more recently I've formed some relationships with a few hobby breeders and I can say for certain the best dogs I have were free and even though they are still young I know I have some above average hog dogs in the making, I'm sure I have some culls too. I really appreciate this opportunity to learn from all of y'all on this forum, I've bred plants and fish when I was younger and hog dogs are the most complex breeding project I've ever studied

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