Well, it is good to have a feeling like that.

The dog doesn't have to be a 9x winner to be able to produce. (The best producers in history usually are not.)

If you have that feeling about this animal, then you need to back that feeling with a lifetime of dedication to preserving what he has, lining-up bitches that nick, and "setting" those traits in your breeding efforts.

There have been plenty of great dogs, and even all-around good dogs, that COULD HAVE made a lasting imprint in the game.

What is rarest of all is dogMEN who will actually manage those good dogs, and their good traits, well enough (and long enough) to set those traits and develop an actual line with them.

Good luck to you.