scatter bred v's line bred

[EWO]

Great posts. I think a lot of it can be done at home if the number of dogs is there and the quality of the dogs is there. One of the advantages of doing things away from home is the fact you do not have to have XXXXX amount of dogs and at then end of the day you only have to look after one dog. There are advantages and disadvantages both ways. I do agree mixing chicken shit with chicken salad just gets a larger pile of chicken shit. I knew a guy who never matched but a very few dogs but bred his share of dogs. He had a yard full of game dogs. He was hard on the dogs. Lots of his two year old dogs were sold, matched and won. We use to say if it is 2 years old at his house it is a bulldog in every sense of the word. He had top quality dogs and they consistently got better over the years. They won when matched just not by him. So once a person comes by his way he should believe in it and go with it. At the end of the day that is all that really matters ( but if you and your dogs are getting you asses handed to you, make a change...LOL..EWO

[Abe]

Just got schooled ! Great knowledge and education

[skipper]

This is what I like about dogs. Everybody have their own way of doing stuff, in the end it is you and only you who that need to be pleased. I too have seen multi winners that i would not feed. Make a plan and stick to it. Cull the ones you don't like and eventually you will end up with a decent stock. If one is satisfied with checking quality at home, that is great. I will do it different, but that doesn't automatically make my dogs any better than the guy who does it different.