Not being ugly but what do you gain from pit x redbone = cross a then mnt cur x plott = cross b then the two together make cross c then you plan to breed back to the sire. Not sure if I got your method exactly right. ? For you I know pit was for grit red bone size and nose mnt cur probly for hunt and durability plott to ad back nose size and bottom Wouldn't it be faster to go to one pure breed that has all of those and tweeking a bit to your like or do you just like long projects. Like I said not being ugly just trying to understand your methods of thinking
You make a good point with your statement about getting purebred dogs that were already close to where you want. Now I don't know or pretend to know exactly what Reuben is looking for, and this is not directed at him but more as a general example but if you don't mind an open dog it seems to me like going out and getting some real rough plotts would be your faster path. I mean there are some real good rough plott lines out there already with most of the work already done for you. You got some really good old school Weems blood a lot of that tends to be rough depending on who you get it from, then you got Mike and Cajun Plotts who are definitely on the rough side and I have never heard anything but good things about his dogs and they have hunted world wide on all kind of game. Those are just some examples but I would go find a couple of sources where you have seen their dogs hunt and get you a few from each. Then you can selectively breed from there.
Just thinking out loud.
yes these are good points...I did try to get a cajun plott gyp or older female but none were available...Mike did offer to breed to one of my females but I did not have anything worthwhile...besides,I did not want full blooded plotts just wanted to breed to what I already have...
Like I already said earlier...I love the old style hard hunting, winding, trailing, cutting and slashing and finding game quick style of mt cur...but nowadays those are hard to find...so mixing plott with what I have will get me closer to what I want...
when it comes to breeding dogs I have spent many an hour and day deciding what to do and even months...so how to go about doing it is fairly simple to me...I make some sound comments and no one comments on them...but say something a little off and I get comments...makes me wonder if that is why we have so many culls out there...
actually, I was trying to locate some good dogs of what I liked and culled quite a few...even culled a top pedigreed pup out of some trail blazers...and as I was keeping some better dogs I wound up with these and I am happy with them...not the best but good enough...the plott gyp brought a lot to the table...so did the Kemmer gyp...so because I found myself here it is easy enough to go forward provided I get a female I want...
With the right female I should get quite a few good pups but all I will need is 2 or so from that litter by time I do the culling...culling does not mean the pup or pups won't work out...it just means not in my yard...
I like the idea of tweaking, changing and creating...and once there stay on track for the duration...
