First of all, I would have bought Miss Trinx a year previous to when I did. I would have also bought Molly, the sister to Dolly. Those would have been my two foundation (¾-Lady In Red) bitches.

And finally, I would have bought the double-Lady In Red male Dr. Savage, instead of Truman, and utilized this trio to build my foundation.

If I would have got those 3 dogs from North Carolina, I could have interbred the best, most competitive "pure Hollingsworth" dogs possible.

Then, here, in CA, I would have bred to these 2 males, exclusively: Ch Hammer and Rambo for my Eli + Carver "crosses."

And finally, I also would have also bought Bolio Jr. and Mars, when I had the chance, to keep the same basic Hollingsworth blood "pure" ... but through different, exceptional, local resources.

Jack

PS: It's kinda similar to what happened, historically, ... but I think it would have been better, and more concentrated.