I don't know how to explain it. I like competition. I like management and utilizing resources. In a way thats how I look at a yard. I probably spend to much time with the dogs to be completely objective with them. If the legal and social situation were like 1930 where winning stud dogs could be advertised in the sports illustrated of the day. I would be a more active dogman. Maybe there are places and people in the woods that you can still do things, but the heat seems to be more. There have been people doing this stuff on an industrial scale today and I don't know how they are still doing it. Some were in my birth state with large yards.

This person was independently wealthy. Like super wealthy. Had a large yard with the most expensive stud dogs. I would have a yard of 10 to 12. A largely closed population of related blood. My dogs would be fed and kept to the highest standard. They would stay worked and fed within a pound or two of their active weights. I wouldn't be able to call but a few weighs and I wouldn't push my prospects far in either direction.

I breed what I like to work. The dogs that work how I like I kept. The ones that haven't I got rid of and will keep getting rid of. I may pay a stud fee to a proven producer and cross or something that I saw if the owner would let me. What I wouldn't' do is have a yard of 50 dogs from lines that produce either phenoms, cold dogs or wall jumpers.

Just from my athletic days I know the greatest percentage of people don't do basics right in whatever you do. In dogs. Are they fed right, worked right, wormed, schooled in a way that doesn't break them mentally, is the weight right. I know from the way that were work and I feed I would be pound for pound strong and athletic compared to most near me. One person was feeding his dog rice, "to make em big." So you put on a bunch of simple carbs with no muscle. My worst dog would chew through them it doesn't matter what hard biting dog he was bred down from.

The dogs would be more of a side passion. Recent history shows me that the people who have gotten too successful or visible do not have good outcomes. Wildside, Tant, (a recent friend with some issues), STP, West Penn got robbed and killed the list goes on. A low profile. A dog here and there. Small circle of competitors. Until then I stay on workout and Ill breed as mental activity.

I like raising pups. Its labor intensive. I enjoy it. I spent a lot of time with the pups handling them and following this article about working dogs. During that time I knew their personalities. I could see who was smart and who wasn't. I think those things matter when making brood choices. My ideal dog would be a combination of these three

http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...p?dog_id=23387
http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...php?dog_id=735
http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum...php?dog_id=181

I have to know enough about breeding to make the dogs with gameness and wind, brains and finish, strength and durability. Can you ever get there? Maybe. Maybe not. its something to work towards. i like the whole game. Now i just limit myself to breeding and conditioning. Im not a puppy peddler. One or two litters a year and I make sure they are placed before the bitch gets stuck.

Hope that makes sense and doesn't ramble. I made myself slow down some. CYJ