Quote Originally Posted by Cowboy666 View Post
Seen a cottingham bitch off Crews Rocky shy as shit. She was a bulldog through and through and also produced. I’ve heard the shyness is common in the cottingham stuff. I also have a pup off TGs Redboy showing good signs. Time will of course tell what she really is.
This probably depends on a lot of things. Someone told me that Boudreaux used to let the public have first pick out of litters he bred. In the end the shy dogs stayed. He worked them and succeeded with them and it got bred in the line. I breed for myself first. I place dogs with people close. Any man aggressive dog will get put down. Sometimes I put shyer pups in pet homes. I choose the pup that follows naturally. Keeps his or her tail high in the group. I think I end up with a confident pup. If you go to Garner maybe the pup was one of the last ones left. Sometimes shy is environment. From my short experience breeding the reserved pup has been smart and not balls to the wall. I cant deal much with the run from you and piss on themselves shy. For some reason this mix of reserved stubborn as hell and late started has equalled monster that doesn't panic and keeps their head as opposed to the run in a get killed aggression.

For some reason I bet I could ask Garner if he could reserve a confident female out of his Cottingham litter he would.