novicane65
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quote: Originally posted by Ron Moore
Sorry, I should have been more specific on what I meant by unproven. What I was referring to was being unproven in the woods. To put it in another way, if you had 8 pups in a litter and all were hunted with the exception of one and that one was bred because of just its pedigree or its siblings, then that would be, (to me) "unproven" as a coon dog. I'm not saying that said dog wouldn't produce good hounds but what if you actually did get to hunt that one "unproven" dog and it turned out to be a substandard dog (by my standards) then that could prove to be the one weak link that may pop up down the road in a breeding program. There are a lot of unknowns in breeding coon hounds, that's why I like to do as much as possible, making a cross, to bend the odds in my favor. Again, I'm not saying that one "unproven" dog couldn't or wouldn't produce a good coon dog, just saying it could prove to be a week link in your breeding program further down the road. This is just my pet peeve and by no means am I pushing it towards anyone else. If anyone wants to breed an "unproven dog in the woods" by all means, help yourself, I'm not doing it. Also, I'm not hear to argue a point because we all have our own opinions/ideas on breeding coon hounds and this is just my opinion.....Thanks, Ron.
There's a few different forms of "unproven" and your's a good one to choose. I agree on using the best female you can find just like you would a stud. Now there's also the "unproven" side on the paperwork side of things. There's always been and always will be dogs being titled and registered on false papers in all registries and kennel clubs.
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