Ditto Stopem. If I was younger, know what I know from past experience and the ways things are today. Would just do the extra serious keeps and one dog show pulls at a time. Lot less expensive, have time for some other hobbies and family. To many yard dogs can put a big ole target on your back and wear you out mentally and financial to boot. LOL

Lot easier to explain one dog or so than twenty or more. I have had as many as fifty dogs counting puppies. Was no family time,no vacation time and no weekends off. Something always to do every day. Worse than running a dairy farm, at least most dairy farms are profitable. LOL

Reckon I too was like H. Pac a glutton for punishment. LOL Cheers