john r. kincaid
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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: central illinois
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If all I had to judge a dog by what was on the pedigree only, I would not be breeding to it wether it had an all Grand ped. or not. If a breeder does not do his homework and hunt with the Sire and Dam enough to truly know the dogs he is doing himself, the pups and the breed a severe injustice. The breeder should also do his homework and learn as much as he can about the traits of littermates and ancestors. I can just about garauntee any true coonhunter knows someone in there geographical area that owns a nice dog, that would be more than willing to let them hunt with them however much they feel they need to to decide what kind of dog they are looking at. If they wont then they are hiding something anyway. As for as these stud owners that say the dog is too valuable to risk turning loose then that proves they are interested in the money more than coonhunting, its all about the money to them! If you have on your list two dogs that are of equal ability with dogs you know to be reproducers on there pedigree and one is an all gr. the other not, I would probably breed to the all gr. But if Jeo down the road has a dog that I really like and it is just a PR dog that has never been in a hunt, and I know this dog is from a long line of dogs that were coondogs that joe owned and raised himself, then the papers would not even be a factor to me. Way too many people are reading the adds and beleiving all the hype about all gr. and breeding females just because of the name or the titles. I would not even think about considering breeding to a dog only on the basis of owners name, winnings of dog or hearsay. If I was interested you can bet I would want to see the dog go personally and probably a lot more then once, and I would like to see pups go out of the dog. I would also do my homework and find out all I could about the ancestors of the dog.
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09-13-2006 07:04 PM
. The only better way to judge a dog is to hunt with it and its ancestors and in many cases this is just not possible.
