Breeding Better Dogs 101...

semmes...my beliefs and breeding philosophies were set before I ever came onto this forum or any forum and they have not changed...

I went this route not by choice but because it was available to me after culling many times...as a young man once I decided to breed my own line I developed a plan and I followed a system and stuck with it...the dog I wanted to reproduce was the sire, grandsire, great grandsire and great uncle etc to some of the pups...and yes I do believe in outcrossing to the right dog at some point and I also believe that if it nicks to keep one of those pups and breed that pup back in to just add a shot of new blood...and I feel like I have to explain myself that it needs to be a dog that brings improvement to the line or to at least maintain and that dog needs to be of a good line of dogs that resembles what we have...I for sure do not ever want to flood the line with that outside blood that took time to create...it would be a big step backwards...the more we are in to it the more it needs to be guarded...my personal opinions/theories...

what I have done this time is no secret and I have said more than a few times that I was taking my time and only wanted some good dogs...I also said that I would breed in the right direction and I am close to the point where I might be there when I am ready to take the next step...I have an eye on one of my pups at this time who is half plott, 1/4 kemmer and I owned that kemmer and have her papers filed away just in case if I want to see them, also 1/8th redbone and 1/8 pitbull and yes you are right...I only went by what I was told by a long time hog dog acquaintance...everything in this breeding is hunt and nose except for the pitbull who was also a RCD...

as I already said I am at a point where if and when I decide to breed pups again I will have to be very choosy and that is why I said it was a major point or place to be...because if it works out I will breed a daughter right back to the sire and have pups to supply my needs...that is my plan...he will be the hub...

but on linebreeding...

linebreeding can be most anything...we can have the best bred and proven plott and we can breed him to an old english sheepdog and to a chow and then get the best of the pups and breed them back to the plott...no one in their right mind would do that...so when we speak of linebreeding we take for granted that we are discussing dogs of the right type and breed...

or it can be the same plott bred to his daughter and his 1/2 sister of the same caliber of dogs...or it can be something else...

Oconee...I can not comment on the reasoning behind what I do when it comes to dogs...