Quote Originally Posted by gabbagabbahey View Post
I was wrong in saying great bulldogs. Some were rated very highly & if they were around today then the blood would be sought after. It is not all lost,which is good.
The two Gr Ch staffords were around at a time that most lads were moving across to the bulldogs so were not used in a breeding programme unfortunately. Duke was bred to a very good Ch stafford female but the offspring were not as hoped. He produced several match dogs when bred to a bulldog. The last watered down blood would be coming through a female called Dutch.
Rocky was only bred once,to a bulldog. Produced at least one match dog which lost to a bulldog..
If theere was frozen semen of either dog today then the stafford fanciers would be queueing up.
Interesting anecdote.

It's sad that, although Duke was bred to a good Staffordsire bitch, it didn't produce very well ... but it's even sadder that they didn't breed the offspring back to Duke. People who really understand breeding know that "ability" can skip a generation, same as nose color or many other traits.

A lot of people "abandon ship" WAY too early in their breeding program, and lose their good blood, because they're not patient/knowledgeable enough to realize that, with a few minor breeding adjustments, you can get the world class ability right back out of your average dogs again ... if world class ability is "in there."

Jack