Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack
Quote Originally Posted by Bojacc357
Most of us have lines we favor. My point however is geared toward are you just buying dogs with the cross or dog you like in it the most times from anywhere? What is it you look for in a particular? Do you generalize that cross or line for what you expect to see or look at the program and individuals? Do you look for consistency and percentages or just buy the blood and say it's in the blood hoping it produces? Do you believe dogs are bred to produce? I asked this cause from the time I was a newbie till now has changed my outlook alot. I want to know what others have experienced chasing bloodlines and when did you realize you were. Did you get taking by pretty peds and not researching.
I don't believe in chasing bloodlines, I believe in building your own around some key dog (or dogs), and designing what you like best for yourself.

Everyone has to start out buying some dogs, and there's nothing wrong with that, but the idea is to see what you like best and to build around it. Know one knows what you like better than you do, so when you see something you really like (and it comes from high-percentages of dogs like that), drop anchor and develop your own dogs to your own specs.

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Exactly the answer I was looking for. I have a bloodline I like and have proven stock. I tried to get some more of the blood and really was amazed when given a price for a under 18mth old unproven bitch that had already been bred. There reasoning for the price being so high is her 8wk old offspring act good and ppl were buying her pups for $1000. Not that she was a proven producer or was proven herself. It's just showed me how much sells really meant and how much a bloodline influences that rather than actual performance.