I have talked to the owner of 'most' every dog I ever did. Sometimes I knew the bloodline, sometimes I did not, but seldom did I care. I was preparing my squad to beat one dog on one night. My concerns were always his/her weight and the wash. The what and who never factored. Mostly because the entire get together is illegal so I never really looked for, or expected Ward Cleaver or Mr. Rogers when I got there. We made those preparations as well.

With that said, I have been places where I felt like I matched up, and a few times I felt like we matched down. I have been cheated by 'not knowing'. We have even been 'set up' by going blind as well. With good results at times.

It boils down to perspective. Maybe even personal preference. I don't think choosing to match brothers is wrong no more than choosing to not match brothers is right. If two people decide they have two dogs and they simply want to know, more power to them.

One of the truisms in these dogs is "You feed yours, I'll feed mine".

EWO

I can see the point of eliminating the gene pool and not ever knowing which brother would be the producer. And the competition and perpetuation of a family. But it falls under perspective. Odds are if it were to happen, then the other brother would be the competition. And if it factors into breeding the dogs, then maybe I beat you and your dog, and take one out of your breeding program. That is a serious competitive blow to a program.