"Fast Lane"?

[STA8541]

I started with an absolutely game, primo head dog ... from absolutely game stock ... that absolutely threw extreme percentages of gameness.

So I stuck with that

Good job, lol. You're talking about Poncho, right?

I have always kept only those dogs that I felt in my bones were extremely game.

This doesn't mean I beat my dogs half to death by doing crazy horrible things to them; it means I gave them reasonable and controlled tests and never saw a bad move.

It has been said that a seasoned dogman who says he "never saw a bad move" speaks volumes w/the phrase. Far more so than some amateur who bought a dog b/c it was the color of his wife's hair! And so I shall take you at your word. Hard-nosed selectivity is key w/any breeding program.

That is exactly right: I started with extremely game stock (Ch Hammer x Hollingsworth's only true 3/4 Lady In Red bitch, Trinx) that exhibited the style I liked.
Poncho had an all-controlling ear style; his two sisters Missy and Ruby had devastating face styles.
I have always kept and bred for this ever since.

I got it right! And knowing what you wanted, & that you could breed for it, w/out losing gameness, is obviously why you've gotten long-term consistency: you bred for it. Question: if a fellow preferred a hard-driving chest or shoulder dog as his favored combatant, could that guy breed for it? Using the exact same formula of always starting w/good game stock w/that style, then selecting for it as you go (using only the game dogs that come down)? It stands to reason that you could, but I was wondering what your thoughts were on it.

Only with The Gorilla did I start to breed for killer finish ... but I never spent the time refining it.

I am 100% positive I could have, had I kept a large yard, and kept selecting for it.

You like a head dog to finish in the throat, correct? Given your track record, I'm sure you could have bred that finish into them too.

Thank you.

Anytime.