Who bred your dogs?

He is a real scenario and I have seen it more than a few times...someone is advertising a line of registered dogs and has a kennel name...they will have 20 or more dogs at any given time...and when inquiring we find out they have 4 or 5 different bloodlines and it is normal for them to sell pups never really intending to create their own line it seems...we see the kennel name and we assume it is a strain or bloodline...

Another scenario and using a fictitious famous kennel name...

Joe Lyon passes away 25 years ago and he developed a superior line of cur dogs and they were known as the Lyonheart curs...he had that line of dogs for 40 years and 25 years after joe lyons passed away many folks will say they have the lyonheart cur bloodline...

There may be some dogs out there that are excellent lyonheart dogs and there just might be someone who took that bloodline and took it to a higher level...

But day in and day out many claiming that they have the bloodline in reality have it watered down...Joe Lyons was well known for a reason...he had an eye for a dog that had all the qualities of a great hunting dog and only bred the very best...he also had a knack for selecting the right pups and he put a lot of time and effort in producing the very best...

I also believe three generations of solid hunting dogs...dogs that are related and produce good hunting dogs...