Message #586122

[The Old Man]

  Actually I had 10 (won't ever do that again), 4 of a litter I had raised here were the oldest, one of those didn't make the cut. She did everything well but was not tough enough, have one long hard day and was done for 5 more. Her sister got ran over a couple of weeks ago, so of those 4 I have the 2 males left.
  There were 4 younger ones from Alabama out of some females I'd sold several years ago, one of them bred to one of my males, the other bred to an outside male 3 of those didn't make the cut, I was very surprised but it is what it is. The one that has made it does quite well and he is off the outside male. The two out of my male were a big disappointment due to the fact their mama and daddy were both well above average and on paper looked like a potentially great cross.
  Then there is the 2 youngest ones that are stud fee pups I have started a little late due to just not being able to get to them often enough. The female looks really good at this point, the male looks good but not as sharp as the female, time will tell. There were 16 or 17 of these pups out of 2 females and by report as a whole they have done well. With so many of them little things matter.  I'm always looking for the top end of them.