Quote Originally Posted by Wise View Post
I've always maintained the opinion that they are two completely different things and shouldn't be intertwined in the minds of Dogmen. And I just read a different thread where Jack says the same thing basically. But what's funny is I always hear guys say they wanna breed to a ch or gr ch or the Gamest one on the planet instead of looking for a proven producer or taking an educated gamble on breeding to one that hasn't been bred as much and see if you can make something new happen.
I made dozens and dozens of "educated guesses" ... all throughout my breeding career ... based on what I KNEW about the dogs I was feeding, and their ancestors, over EVER breeding to some "famous Champion" (or producer) on somebody else's yard ... and I always got flack from so-called "hardcore dogmen" all over the place for not breeding to "proven winners."

And the funniest thing was, I *always* produced more winners per year, and better percentages per year, every year, than every nay-sayer who ever ran his mouth at me

Jack