It has always been that way.

What we tend to do is take a nostalgic look back into the past always wearing rose colored glasses.

Even one of the greats down in Louisiana said the dog will throw what the dog is going to throw regardless of age.

But there are two trains of thought:

1. The guy has bred six-seven-eight generations of the same family of dogs. He has some insight. If he has selected for the same traits and he has been getting those traits consistently then sees them in a younger dog, he is on a better path than......

2. Then there is the guy who buys two dogs and he has zero input into their pedigree and breeds them at a year partly in the hopes of grandeur and partly to get his money back and partly to make a few dollars.

But this is no different than the paper hangers, crooks and thieves we look back on so fondly.

EWO