Ability to perform VS ability to produce....know when to want which one

[Officially Retired]

I wouldn't breed to a dog that doesn't physically exhibit the traits I am looking for... unless of course I have decades of experience with the same exact dogs. I don't care if it has produced previously, that doesn't mean it will produce the same results when being bred to my bitch unless the previous females were bred vert similar to mine.

Just because a dog is good doesn't mean it will throw good genes ... and the last part = the strength of family breeding.

I also do not necessarily believe in breeding to the dog that produced the good dog over the good dog himself for the fact that the sire only provided that good dog with half of his genes. The good dog himself is the only animal that can give you 100% of his genes in the offspring.

Absolutely false.

Have you ever heard of recessive genes? Just because a dog doesn't "physically express" the trait itself, doesn't mean the trait isn't present, nor does it mean the trait can't be passed on ...

Little Tater was an average plug, yet he threw the great Gr Ch Buck.
Awesome Baby was a cold, useless bitch ... and yet she out-produced every single Champion bitch in the history of the sport, except Honeybunch, and Awesome Baby was not bred as much as Honeybunch.

his father only accounts for 50% of his genetic makeup. weather that 50% is dominate of not in the dog is another story.

True. And that works both ways.

This is just how I look at it if Looking for a dog or a stud, when you don't have the experience with those dogs. If you have extensive knowledge on the blood it changes everything. but if I don't know shit about those dogs then I want to see the traits I'm hoping will get passed.. so I'm looking for a performer.

Me personally, if I don't know shit about the blood, then I won't breed to that dog AT ALL ... regardless if he's good or bad.

Dogs that can fight are a dime a dozen. Dogs that can produce prepotently, and transgenerationally, are much rarer. There are a HELLUVA lot more Champions than there are ROMs ... let alone dogs that are prepotent enough to form core foundation stock ...

Only if I know the blood (or, at least, the percentage/styles of the animal itself, plus its littermates), and know that these dogs are truly strong genetically, would I ever consider adding that blood to what I am feeding.

Jack