Breeding Dogs Discussion

linebreeiding...many folks assume that the pups are well bred because they are line bred...it depends on the breeder...if he or she keep and follow a high standard for a good all around hunting dog then I would agree...

we can breed a wiener dog to a long line of greyhounds and these dogs could be considered line bred...I used that as an example just so we can look a little harder into a line bred line of dogs...

Puppy selection...lots of times if we pay attention to the pups we can learn quite a bit about them...some will wind naturally and find easily and they can be consistently the best every time they are tested...simple, simple tests...let your imagination be your guide...at 4 months take them to the woods and one or two pups just might surprise you and roll out and make a loop...an internal genetic yearning to make that loop was calling and the pup adhered to the calling...look for natural instincts in a pup...most of the time if not all the time these pups will grow up to do what they were doing as little pups only better and usually better than their siblings...so why not breed these types...natural ability begets more natural ability...

some folks will say line breeding doesn't work and some even say that the breeding was a failure...most of the time when breeding to a high standard we will get a higher average of good dogs per litter and at the minimum a decent average...I believe that with each generation we are cleaning up the gene pool through proper selection...