When was the last time you've heard of a brindle champion?
When was the last time you've heard of a brindle champion?
they make champion all the time, what's your point
Some breeders believe in "color traits."
If I am not mistaken, longtime breeder Bert Sorrells once said that all bulldog families known for gameness are either red or buckskin, while all families known for mouth are black.
While we can all think of "exceptions" to any rule, in general there seems to be some truth behind the association of traits with color.
It is a matter of genetic fact that black nose is a dominant trait, while red nose is recessive, and most people believe gameness to be a recessive trait
Hollingsworth, for example, would never breed to a black dog, because of his belief in the above.
Jack
We got some red dogs down here that can really really bite. Lots of game dogs from that same line. However, like Jack said, exceptions to everything.
Tons of Brindle winners.
While some of this stuff is very debatable and you can back or dismiss a ton of it with examples, I believe there are certain things associated with certain colors of certain lines. I use to never think like this, but over the long haul, as Jack has mentioned many times, if you have a line you "know", then you can almost pick the good ones by color, certain types of builds, etc. before they ever do a single thing.
While some of this stuff is very debatable and you can back or dismiss a ton of it with examples, I believe there are certain things associated with certain colors of certain lines. I use to never think like this, but over the long haul, as Jack has mentioned many times, if you have a line you "know", then you can almost pick the good ones by color, certain types of builds, etc. before they ever do a single thing.
So true!
And its funny Bert S said this because he had a brindle named Goober who was down from Red Jerry .Goober went on and produced Preacher who produced Joe Testament and Joe produced Uncle Bud.I believe he said it though Jack but he sure bred to a brindle named Goober and this is part of the family behind Uncle Bud..