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« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2018, 06:15:29 am » |
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Brendan everyone has their own flavor. I completely understand what you are trying to accomplish. There are several ways to approach it also. In MY experiences, I have seen and owned dogs of dual purpose. While they would work cows and hogs both, I have found that usually, just like with people, they had a preference as to which one they liked best and that was most often the one they were best at. Over time other people started getting the dogs and as they used and bred them, they became a family that preferred cows over hogs or vice versa because of selective breeding. I say to say that I doubt that you experience anything different, depending on your standards of course. Some of your dogs will make better PP dogs while others are better catch dogs. You will have to decide if the lesser of their abilities is acceptable. You may end up with two families of dogs that start off with the same pedigree due to selective breeding. I don't personally know the first thing about PP, but I would sit down and list everything I expect and desire from the dog doing PP work and the dog doing catch work. Then I would evaluate the breeds you are wanting to use to create each and make any adjustments there. One thing that my dad always taught me, and he's one that has always been competitive with the best, was that no matter what you are raising, be it dogs, chickens, horses, etc., whatever you breed in is there for ever. Whether it's good or bad it's there. Breed away from the bad all you want. Sooner or later it show it's ugly head and it usually happens at the most inopportune time. Over the years I have found this to be great advice.
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