Breeding Better Dogs 101...

some of the best dogs I have had showed me as pups that they were on track to be just that...

but having said that I have had pups that stayed out of the fights for pecking order and side stepped confrontations with their siblings...yet were almost like bull dogs on a hog by a little over a year...and the tough siblings backed up and bayed...yes it is a crap shoot more often than not but when I raise my own pups and I am observant then I can be right more often than not...of course I am talking about an established line of dogs...

when I talk about breeding dogs I am talking about an established line of dogs...

I do have one question I will go ahead and ask and then answer because I think this represents most anyone offered the opportunity...

If I went to a breeder to buy a pup that was selling 4 pups and I wanted the best one of these 6 month old pups and one particular pup looked and acted right and when they were turned out that one pup went and made a round and I observed a squirrel run up a tree...and the pup winded the squirrel that he could not see...and then he ran towards where the scent came from and he trailed to the tree and lets say the pup was excited and was working hard trying to locate the squirrel that he never found...and the 3 other pups are just hanging around for the ride and actually trying to get that pup to play instead...

so which of the 4 pups would I buy?

to me it is no brainer...the pup that showed natural hunting ability...

I like early starting dogs that reproduce more of the same...that is a goal to shoot for...