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With all the braggadocio that goes on in these dogs, could someone explain to me what is meant when a female is identified as "brood" or "haven't done much with her, selling her as brood"? I don't really understand the advocating of breeding anything other than first class animals or maybe a gyp that is a known last link to a specific well-known producer. To say that not much is done with her so you could use her for brood seems like the thought process' are going backwards instead of forwards. To my way of thinking, my coondawgs are my brood stock and my brood stock are my coondawgs. Is it acceptable to breed an unproven gyp because a single person, or collective group of persons, have failed to put any time into one to determine the dogs strengths and weaknesses? Are there well known producers that couldn't track a locomotive or tree a hunk of bark?

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Folks have bred some great dogs from untested or even well bred , but cull bitches ....

.. it's not a good idea and the odds are against you but as long as folks can get it to work now and then you can't rail against it and have much .

As much as we don't like it .... an untested or even cull gyp that is breed to the hilt can throw good pups and no amount of dislike for the practice will change it .

If there weren't folks buying them things ... we wouldnt' still be seeing them for sale .

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IF THEY ARE NOT A COON DOG OR AT LEAST MAKING A GOOD DOG WE DONT USE THEM IN OUR BREEDING PROGRAM.

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I'm with you Skyward....but...and there is always a but.


The first year the performance program paid out money, the dog that won the most money came out of a cross of a stud dog that was advertised and a female that could not have possibly treed a coon in a coon zoo....a brood female.

Matter of fact, as far as anyone knows, after the litter was weaned this female fell off the face of the earth....they wanted to repeat the cross, but nobody could locate the female. She was still registered in the original owners name....

I don't understand it....but it happens every day.

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It just means that pedigree is just as important or more important than performance .... there's power in the blood !!

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In my opinion, it is all about how the blood mixes and what is in there.I have seen young females bred and have good results, and good females bred to coondogs and get nothing close to either parent. It is all a guessing game.....

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Yes, it is true some cull females produce, but my question is how well do their offspring produce?

Yes, there are elements of the unknown in breeding dogs, but that is not enough reason for breeders to not do everything in their power to make better crosses through better selection.

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I agree, the old adage " Better to breed to a good family, than to a good dog" applies here somewhat. If its in the blood its gonna come out. Just like, Does making a hound a grand nite ch. make it a reproducer? It is gonna reproduce what its gonna reproduce, no matter if it is trained, a world champ or a nobody.

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I agree, the old adage " Better to breed to a good family, than to a good dog" applies here somewhat. If its in the blood its gonna come out. Just like, Does making a hound a grand nite ch. make it a reproducer? It is gonna reproduce what its gonna reproduce, no matter if it is trained, a world champ or a nobody.

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You have a couple WELL known breeders up your way....Might give them a call as they could explain to you a lot better than most of us can on here....Rob/Frank Giddings and Dave Dean.

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I do think it helps when it comes to a good family of dogs too, but believe in breeding good solid coondog crosses too & not just papers or because old so & so is in a pedigree X amount of times. Yes I have a good coondog that luckily reproduces, & only pick pups from good solid females & it hasn't let me down yet. I also think a reproducer is naturally born to reproduce & can over come many short comings that one or the other may have.I also think a SMART breeder knows when to cross to something to get what may be lacking or throwing the same strong points their linebred stock has. Some of the self proclaimed top linebreeders who talk about genetic makeup & such may not agree, but I also think that most breed to tight & bring out many faults that shouldn't be doubled up on simply because they wouldn't breed to someones dog because they don't like the owner or just to hardnosed to admit when they're lacking ability in their linebred stock .The old saying "If it aint broke don't fix it" doesn't always work in dogs. I personally think Joe House was the best there ever has been when it comes to consistent coondogs . I also think Red Eagle Dick breeding was the worst to see hip dysplasia show up in I ever saw & I steered clear of it& know he reproduced some top coondogs. Man I bet I'll get slammed for this, but oh well lol.

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Very smart top linebreeders & then there are those that claim to be because old so & so is in their dogs pedigree X amount of times. I truly respect some of the linebreeders breeding programs on this board because they can back it up with proof. Than there's the average guy out in the country that claims to be because old so & so is in their dogs pedigree X amount of times with no regards to consistent coondogs or overall health in their stock at all. No pun intended to anyone on this board. My hat's off to the smart ones with proof that breed coondogs only & reproduce coondogs so consistently.

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Elbert Vaughn, foundation breeder of Bluetick coonhounds from 1935 to 1984 made a statement one time that said" Never double up on a mediocre dog it will come back to haunt you". I personally have doubled on mediocre and the man was right , it haunts you. I feel the same way Elbert felt, there are so few dogs really worth doubling up on that a man is better off to breed a coon treeing gyp to a coon trring male.

Alot of the people doubling and tripling up on a certain hound, never knew first hand the hounds faults, or mouth, or hunting style etc., so they are trying to make a quesstimate of what should come out of the pups. But it dont always line up. and alot of times, I feel were prolly doubling up on faults, or at least not making an informed breeding desecion.

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GUYS MR ATHERTON AND LES HAS A LOT OF GOOD POINTS YOU BREED A SORRY DOG WITH A GOOD PED AND YOU MIGHT GET A TOP DOG OR TWO BUT INTHE NEXT GENERATION IT WILL START TO HAUNT YOU.
YOU CAN BREED SORRY IN BUT IT IS HARD TO BREED IT OUT.

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If we are throwing clinches out there, how about this tried and true one?

"You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear."

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why should dog breeding be any differant than any other animal i have bred many differant animals and have used littermates and horses that were bred exactly as the best horses around in there time and produced many better than the famous full siblings the reason for this i couldn't afford the top horses but could afford the full sibligs that werent as good training has a lot to do with making or breaking an individual animal but the gene pool is the same in full siblings. a one time i bought stallion that was a full brother to 3 world champions i paid 1500 for this stallion where his siblings were bringing big money this stallion produced better than any of his siblings.
my point i'm making you never know what an animal can and will produce but you stand a better chance sticking with proven bloodlines

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"the gene pool is the same in full siblings" if this was in fact true then the following "this stallion produced better than any of his siblings," would not happen.

If they had the same gene pool, they should have all produced equally.

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LOL!!

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A cull and an ace can have the same pedigree ... but all those sayings and opinions are just words ..

.. in the real world , folks breed culls and untested stock all the time and sometimes it works.

Comparison is part of it .... 99% of the folks breeding dogs are so in the dark that in their judgement and methods that their results make our good practices look bad and the whole coondog world is just a mess .

If more folks were on the right page like with livestock and such .... the guys that were out of line would stick out like a sore thumb ... but , as it is .... they fit right in .

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"the gene pool is the same in full siblings" if this was in fact true then the following "this stallion produced better than any of his siblings," would not happen.

If they had the same gene pool, they should have all produced equally.

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Talk about horse sence now that hit the donkey on the tail right there lol

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My definition of "brood female" would be a female that
~female that has reproduced, or very capable of reproducing
still.
~registered
~not titled for whatever reason
~coon dog now, or was in her day

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I don't claim to be a top breeder, but I'm able to keep myself in a dog that I like to hunt and I have stayed with the same line of dogs for several years. I have 2 simple rules I try to follow, I don't believe you can build a condo on a stick foundation, and I never breed unless I would be happy if my pups acted like mother or father. I don't think alot of breedings would take place if their owner's had to hunt them. just my opinon.~~~~~Jeff

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I raised Checkered Giant show rabbits for 25 years and the same thing was done in them as our hounds as far as brood females go. I was showed and taught by a man that is in the Checkered Giant hall of fame on how to breed ,select and cull them. He was very successful at it as I was also. There was a man from iowa who was as a very well known show Judge and top breeder that was totally against the way I was taught what to keep for BROOD STOCK, he proclaimed in order to make the breed stronger you could only use marked animals that would only be able to be shown under the breed standard and be registered free of disqualifications same as our hound standards are, I in return was taught that some of the strongest genes were in the rabbit that could not be registered or shown but still was and is able to be put on the pedigree that being a SPORT or SELF being of a solid color either blue or black. Many times they grew faster were larger and had better type and color. By breeding the self to the marked rabbit it produces some or all either marked or self. And almost always produced a deeper richer color which made the markings stand out with more contrast to them. Well I proceeded to breed these selfsto my marked show rabbits and produced 5 rabbits that was judged by him at the National rabbit Convention in Columbus Ohio in 1992, I not only place but won 2 classes placed all 5 had Best Black, Best 6/8 class BOS opposite Show, Best Blue , Best Sr, Best Opposite Blue. All of these out of Brood stock that he claimed were the weak link of the breed because you could not show or register them. He than went on to buy 4 different rabbits from me over the years to breed to his animals to in his rabbit herd.He still preaches about the marked rabbits being the only ones to use but now you tell me why he bred that BLOOD back into his herd????? I have seen the same in hounds as i have raised them for 35 years I have never raised a world Champion in them but I have not pushed for it either as I do not have the money for it, but I have raised a few that money couldn't buy and they were not out the best hounds i have ever hunted with either, All dogs are different just like all people, I have 3 boys all are different all have the same BLOOD!!!!! I would not cull them!! They are now reproducing also and neither of my grandsons look alike or act alike but they come back to my BLOOD!!!! And believe me I'm not the PRETTIEST, SMARTEST , STRONGEST but I do know a good hound when I see it and I do know it is all in the BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Stop the presses. I tend to agree with this statement. Genetics don't change. They are what they are when they are born. Training them, hunting them, campaigning them does not change what they were born with. It simply provides us a look at what they are. Larry brings up a good point in questioning what their offspring will produce. They are what will carry the flag forward. When I used to be an active breeder, it was not uncommon to design a breeding with the next 2 generations planned based on it. Adding an unknown gyp really can turn the teeter totter upside down. The lone exception, in my opinion, would be if say someone like Joe N. would utilize one like has been described. He is well versed in genetics and what constitutes his gene pool. He has also minimized the amount of crosses in his pedigrees in the last 3-4 generations. I would think that his risk-benefit ratio would be much more minimal than others. It would be someone like this that I could comfortably take a gamble with raising a pup from a breeding like this. He has already insured that his variances will be minimal. I guess this is one of those things that seperates breeders from one another. Justin I agree that power is in the blood, but ...I gotta go cliche on ya.....the dog makes the papers, not the other way around. How cheesy was that?! lol

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If they had the same gene pool, they should have all produced equally.

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