Quote Originally Posted by bstylekennels View Post
I think it does carry weight. I don't think it's a guarantee by no means but I do believe in percentages and more hot pups turn out to be good dogs be it box/brood or both than don't GRANTED he/she doesn't have an impatient/wreckless owner. I've seen it on my own yard and other fanciers yards. I feel a hot pup is like a hot head 16 yo athlete . They think they grown but they need maturing. There's been plenty young athletes on the professional level thought they were good but when they matured and listened to they "GOOD" coach they became great!
I don't think pups that act hot turn out to be better dogs personally, at least not strictly because they're hot. Two studs I had at one time always produced hot pups that grew into hot dogs. Another stud, I had at the same time, produced easy going pups all of the time. Pups that were easy enough you could leave them all in the pen for what seemed ages. They turned out to be completely opposite when grown. The hot pups, that turned into hot dogs, were hand over fist run off by the easy going pups that grew into easy going dogs. The difference simply was the one stud was a better producer than the other combined.

Genetics will determine such things.