I think Mayfield would be a good person to sit on the porch with. People act like he was crazy, but he makes perfect sense to me.
Fletcher Chavis is another I'd like to talk to. I think he is an underappreciated breeder. To me his breeding with Yellow John and the Jocko crosses laid the foundations for a lot of the good dogs today.
Holligsworth would be another good one. To me he had a plan in his head of the dog he wanted to build. Focused on a few key breedings from Pat Patricks yard and made a concentration.
I cant find the guys name or the video. People make fun of him like he was a methed out trailer guy. He spoke some wise works. "The thing about dogs is truth. The squared circle doesn't lie. It doesn't lie here. It doesn't lie in Russia. Everybody has opinions like everybody's got an asshole. Put em down in the squared circle and the truth rises to the top." I'm not active but there's life philosophy in this stuff. In a lot of areas in life I apply that philosophy. Fuck your grades, fuck what he or she said. What exactly is the job I need done and can the person do it if I get out their way. I would argue with him over percentages and paper. He'd bring it right back down to reality. I'd take the opinion and incorporate some of it no matter how much he pissed me off.
Waccamaw. They established a solid family by sticking to a few foundation breedings and culling within it. I like people who do more with less. I don't think you need a thousand outcrosses or gator mouth to be successful. I may want a slightly different dog but their family breeding techniques have stood time without breeding outside their yard much. Rattler was a 7x from a line family breeding. not the battlecross that everybody says you have to have to be successful.
Cottingham. Another guy that looks like he had a small yard. Had a high percentage of good dogs.
Carl Crews. He runs a few different line on his yard. I'm interested in his rocky dogs. I may get stud service from a Rocky cottingham cross he has. He has been in there a long time. I have read his journal interview a few times. I like to sit on the porch with him and find some form of alcohol.
Carl Mims. He's been in the game a long time. Some of his mix may be different from what I use but you could learn a lot from him.
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