sister vs. sister/brother vs.brother

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Very few people that are doing dogs care about the bloodlines they are going into in terms of trying to avoid a certain bloodline because of who bred what. You are clearly speaking from a breeders point of view and not a competitors pov. Those 2 perspevtives are different. If I made a breeding (just as a breeder) and 2 dogs from my breeding program were open at the same weight i would not want them to be matched into each other.

We agree.

On the other hand if I had a son off of mayday and someone who i didnt know or mind racing against had a littermate open at the same weight and everything lined up i wouldnt have the least bit of hesitation to hook into the littermate.

In this scenario, I also agree.

If you believe you have the best 40 and someone 2 states over believes his littermate bro is the best 40 in the world you are saying they should go into perhaps lesser dogs so they can avoid a loss?

Here is where you spiral down the drain.

There is no such thing as "the best 40-lb dog in the world."

There are too many 40-lb dogs on the planet to make that statement.

You can say you have the "winningest" 40-lb dog on the planet (if that's true), but winning 6 doesn't necessarily make the dog "the best" (just the winningest).

Therefore, if someone had the littermate brother to my badass dog, and he was a badass dog too, I would simply be rooting for that brother to win his matches, while I select other 40-lb dogs to beat with my dog.

As I said in paragraph 2 of my previous post, "To just 'match weights' with no regard for bloodline is to have zero loyalty to anything but 'dog fighting' ..."

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We agree.





In this scenario, I also agree.





Here is where you spiral down the drain.

There is no such thing as "the best 40-lb dog in the world."

There are too many 40-lb dogs on the planet to make that statement.

You can say you have the "winningest" 40-lb dog on the planet (if that's true), but winning 6 doesn't necessarily make the dog "the best" (just the winningest).

Therefore, if someone had the littermate brother to my badass dog, and he was a badass dog too, I would simply be rooting for that brother to win his matches, while I select other 40-lb dogs to beat with my dog.

As I said in paragraph 2 of my previous post, "To just 'match weights' with no regard for bloodline is to have zero loyalty to anything but 'dog fighting' ..."

So while you are rooting for their littermate bro they decide to give you a call and say "hey jack i see your male is open, lets set the date and weight." Your response to them would be what?

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So while you are rooting for their littermate bro they decide to give you a call and say "hey jack i see your male is open, lets set the date and weight." Your response to them would be what?

Simple: "WTF? I won't match into (my dog's) brother

"There are hundreds of x-lb dogs out there, good luck with matching into them."