Quote Originally Posted by redmistkennel
Thank you Jack.I only ask about her as a friend of mine is supposed to get her.I have heard mixed storiess on legacy.I have only heard good on Rusty but thought I could get better insight from you.
A friend of yours is supposed to get Legacy or Goddess?

Both of them are beautiful dogs, and there is nothing at all wrong with admiring dogs for their beauty. What is wrong, however, is trying to pass-off dogs as something they're not. Now I can't honestly comment on Goddess' ability, as I let her go before the age of maturity. But the truth of the matter is, if someone is looking to breed World Class Performance Dogs, these dogs are simply not the way to go.

And as for "hearing only good things" about Rusty, I heard the same things too. But what I saw off of him was pretty far from being what I would call "good." Admittedly, I have not seen Red Rusty go, but I have seen the dog in person, and he was not an athletic dog. Now then, I do not want to turn this forum into a bashing board, or to use it to slam other lines or other dogs, that is the last thing I want to do. I want to keep things positive, not negative.

However, the simple truth is, some dogs (and some bloodlines) are simply NOT able to compete in open competition, and being honest and truthful in saying so isn't being mean or unfair, it is only calling reality for what it is. Therefore, while I haven't seen Red Rusty for myself, what I do know is the fellow who had him has never bred a winner in his life, so take his "only good things to say" about Red Rusty with a pretty big grain of salt ...

The only time a man saying "only good things" counts is pretty much when there's a steady stream of excellence coming from his yard and program to back that up. If Fletcher Chavis had "only good things" to say about a prospect of his, that would carry some serious weight with me, because of the repeated and consistent success that continuously came from Chavis' program. But the same thing cannot be said for what's come out of the program headed by Rusty's owner ... and now that I know all of the facts surrounding these dogs, it is my sincere belief that the "only good things" that have been said about Red Rusty were over-exaggeration ... at best.

This is just my honest opinion,

Jack

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