Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Northwest Georgia
Posts: 1584

Sorry, I thought we were talking about a balanced hound?

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Registered: Feb 2012
Location: airville,pa
Posts: 2067

Unfortunately balanced hounds are not what is winning the bigger hunts. They are extreme in most cases.
Extreme deep hunters
Extreme babblers or extreme silent
Extreme fast
Extreme loud
Extreme independent
Extreme tree
Extreme accurate
Even Extreme attitude all to often
Most competition hunters breed there hounds for a box of chocolates. The reason is because they want Extreme traits not balance.
I do feel a breeding program should strive for balance. Natural ability being at the top of list.
Out crosses should be introduced improve traits that get to stagnant.

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