Originally Posted by bulldoghistorian
This is a whole other can of worms, but I hear you, and I agree with you ... in a sense.
If you're looking to produce a multi-winning animal, many of them are the type to "blow things out of the water" ... however many of the greatest ever were NOT.
Robert T (a 9xW who beat two 4xWs and two Grand Champions) was a steady, distance animal.
Gr Ch Buck (a 7xW, who beat two Champions and a Gr Ch) was a steady, distance animal.
Gr Ch MelonHead (a 14xW, which is the most wins of any modern animal) was a steady, distance animal.
Oftentimes, the dog that CAN run over a lesser dog early canNOT do that to a truly tough, truly rounded animal ... and so winds up losing in the end.
To give you an idea of what I am talking about, when compared to humans, I prefer to breed a dog like Marvin Hagler, Julio Cesar Chavez, or Muhammad Ali.
None of these guys was known as a 1-punch KO artist. None of these guys swarmed their opponents.
And none of the awesome punchers in their weight class could just run out there and KO these guys either.
Hagler, Chavez, and Ali were too tough, too smart, and too good to let ANYone do that to them. Ever.
In fact (in their primes) ALL of these guys beat fighters who hit harder than they did by being superior ALL AROUND fighters, by pacing themselves, and by gradually INcreasing the pressure as the fight wore on ... rather than burning themselves up early. And they were ALL considered superior fighters to the heavier one-punch KO artists of their day. And they beat virtually all of them too.
That is the kind of dog I try to breed ... a dog you "can't" just blow out of the water, one that is too tough to do that to, and who has A LOT of skills to draw from, and the intelligence and absolute determination to get you at some point.
Jack
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