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Off the top of my head I know of a couple of guys are are real good guys and know what they want in a hound and aren't afraid to do they're homework and spend some money trying to find what they are looking for. I just can't figure out why it seems they completely rule out some local dogs.
I'm not talking about overlooking some local mixed up or poorly bred dogs. These local dogs are bred as well as some of the other dogs they go out and buy or breed to. So I guess the guys with that local stock didn't neccessarily stay local either but there are a couple of guy that have got me thinking lately.
One of them has bred to some big name studs all over the country and has gotten some decent dogs out of those crosses yet none of those dogs met his standard but recently he mentioned a stud dog was is gaining a good reputation nationally and is from a good cross and his owned by a "big name" hunter and breeder. What gets me is that a guy less than 10 miles from him has a littermate to the same stud he considering driving across 3 states to breed to. I haven't hunted with either dog but IMO opinion the difference in the 2 dogs is that one is a Gr Nt owned by a big name hunter/breeder who advertises regularly and is located miles away, the other is a Nt Ch owned by a respected local hunter just down the road but the 2 dogs are littermates. I can't figure that one out.
Another guy has spent a boatload of money buying a bunch of young dogs out of a big name stud that is "too valuable to hunt" and is out one of the better crosses ever. Most of these dogs are very young but are showing a lot of promise. These young dogs are not All Grand but close. Yet, there are plenty of nice dogs and litters around that are breed just as well that he would never consider. Some dogs he has mentioned to buy aren't bred nearly as well as some of the local dogs but someone advertised them for sale in a magazine, I can't figure that one out either.
I guess I think I read it in Walk w/ Wick Vol 2, where Wick said something about some of the better dogs are right there in your backyard. He mentioned that when he was looking for breeding stock he may go out of state but he went there and asked around about what the local boys were hunting. He would track down that stock, hunt with it and when it worked out he would add it to his stock.
I guess this subject is just something that has had my gears turning lately. I'm not downgrading the dogs these guys chose, it works for them. Some of them are real nice dogs, but I don't think they are any better than some of the local dogs or dogs being brought to the local hunts.
We're not in Indiana where it seems there is a stud dog or 10 in every other zipcode, I guess if we were than there would be no excuse for leaving the state. LOL.
Any thoughts?
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