A really good friend of mine is one of the top greyhound people in the country. One day while picking his brain, I asked how he chose to pair his markings. What strategy did he use. He replied, well I have studied the winningest breeders over time. I studied them and the peds that tbey produced. No one approach is fail proof or right or wrong per say. Some of them definately ha e had better results though. One man in particular had the highest winning percentage by a good bit. He line bred for 3 generations and every 4th made an outcross. This was his approach to the line breeding theory. Of course then all the personal preferences and observations come into effect in breed worthy selections. As stated earlier, to each their own method and there's more than one way to skin a cat. I try to line breed and use the best to best theory along with it. I sure don't know it all and don't have the "best" families of dogs walking. What I do have are a family of curr type dogs and a family of catch dogs that "I" like, my flavor. Until it doesn't work I'm gonna keep on keeping on with what has been working.
Some more good stuff right here, one of my neighbors Charles Fasola breeds kemmer stock curs and has a pretty good track record in the competition squirrel hunts and maintains a line/family of dogs and once told me that he does the same as your greyhound friend, he breeds within his family 3 times and the outcrosses on the 4th, his dogs cross over to big game pretty successful as well, I 100% agree that no one has it completely figured out or ever will, we can only manipulate Mother Nature to certain extents, we share similar breeding practices also, Ive been and am trying to keep and maintain a line going as best as I can that suits ME, I’m not scared to add some outside blood that matches what I got already but brings what I’m looking to improve to the table...
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