Brood dogs VS Hunting dogs

[hogtied]

I would not buy no pup from that feller having one brood gyp that dont necessarily hunt... mayb, but a whole line that dont hunt... hell no!!!  As a general rule, junk + junk= junk x2!!! but sometimes it depends on the pup itself, a good pup can come from junk and a bad one can come from good stock... a gyp should prove herself to show qualities that are desirable before she should be bred... NOT FOR HER LOOKS... breeding for looks is for the puppy mills

[dgdawsonBMCs]

Good point, I have heard this many times and I believe it with all my heart...

I would rather breed a crap dog from a good line of dogs that a great dog from a sorry line of dogs...One has to remember that you are not just breeding that dog when she comes into heat, you are breeding her line (if she has one)...

If you have to buy a puppy, the least money you will spend on that dog is to find someone who breeds the type of dogs you want, and that has proven it time and time again with their dogs...The dog may not be worth the time, but you will be way better off than just looking in the puppy adds and finding the first pups you can find for a 100 bucks....

Now again, the price of the pup may not mean anything at all, and should really be the least of your worries....Some pups are over priced, and some are under priced...some are given away at both ends of the sprectrum.....In life you have to do the research, and if you don't you will be taken more times than not..

[crackerc]

I agree with most of what was said on this post, as I never believed in breeding ANY unproven dog. If it doesn't perform in the woods and do  a good job...consistently, I won't breed it...ever. I have had dogs that lived for 14 years that I never bred as they may have been "okay" dogs but just didn't have what I was looking for.

On the other hand, I have hunted really good dogs too much, never took the time to give them a break and breed them, and have missed some really great chances at getting good pups.

My Dixie female is a prime example. I hunted her 3-4 nights a week year around PLUS she was with me 7 days a week at the ranch and if we saw a boar hog just the two of us could handle, he became a barr right then. I mean I hunted her whether she was in heat or not as there were no dogs except around for miles.

Problem was, when the ranch sold and I figured I better get some pups from her, I couldn't get her bred. She was about 7-8 years old and had cancer. Up until then I just never gave her the time off to raise a litter.

Now she is a "yard ornament" along with her brother. But, to me they earned their retirement. I would rather feed them until they die of old age than give them to someone who may not take as good of care of them as I do. That would be an injustice to do that to a dog that took care of you for so many years.

So my feed bill runs pretty high....At this time I have 9 cur dogs, three males, rest are females and only two of the females here have ever had a litter and they were both five years old (and hunted all their lives) before I bred either.

Monkey, my yellow male dog is 4 years old and has been bred twice in his life so far. Rock, who is 11 years old, was only bred 4 times in his life.

I don't believe in "brood" dogs. I prefer to breed good performing dogs to good performing dogs and hope for the best, but thats still a crap shoot. You just never can tell what the cross will produce until you hunt the offspring.

If you never hunt them, how do you know what traits the dog has or may produce??