...GREAT DOGS make GREAT DOGMEN...

...Great dogs make great dogmen, great conditioners, great trainers and great handelers. This statement is a lot truer than most people even imagine.
I have seen classic examples of this several times in my life. You have probably seen it too, but didn't realize it at the time.
...Just thinking back over the years I can come up with several cases where a few great dogs instantly made an average dogman
into a "SUPER DOGMAN" and after a couple of years(when that bunch of great dogs are gone) they quietley reverted back into being just an average
dogman again.
...When a man or a combine of men is campaigning a great bunch of dogs on the major circuit and winning left and right, he or they are the focus of everyone attention. He is a winner, he is an in demand conditioner, a handler and breeder. everyone wants him/them to make their dogs into great winners. They seem to often overlook the fact that it is really these GREAT DOGS that are doing the winning, or at least more so than the man behind them.
...A man is lucky to ever make a breeding "NICK" that will produce even one bunch of truly GREAT DOGS in his LIFETIME. JUST ACQUIRING THE PARENT STOCK TO MATE TOGETHER DEFIES THE ODDS OF CHANCE. Having everything come together and produce a bunch of world beater class dogs is a dogmans dream come true. That is every dogmans goal and he will dream of it, plan for it, strive for it as long as he continues in the sport of ours and thats how it should be.
... I could mention to you several cases of GREAT DOGS that come to mind, when the man or men were just average dogmen, then they happened to get a great bunch of dogs and soared to the top winning all over the country for two or three years. Then just as quickly the folded back into being just regular dogmen again. Or they quit the game all together, but I wont do that as it serves no good purpose.
...How many matings can you think of that PRODUCED THREE GREAT DOGS? There are few but not that many. Even these GREAT PRODUCING
BREEDINGS were almost always just one time matings and never repeated. I suppose that the reason the matings were never repeated is that by the time they discovered the great litter of digs had been produced, one or both of the parents were gone or sterile. I have always wondered why there wasn't more repeat breedings than than there are?
...GREAT DOGS sure make you look good in action. Everyone will want to be your friend. everyone will want to back you or put up part in the bet.
Everyone will want to talk to you and try to learn how you condition those dogs, what kind of supplements and hormones(if used) that you used.
Or just what deep dark secret you have discovered. If you win some hard from behind battles, they will say "you sure had those DOGS in GREAT shape", "he sure is a good conditioner", "he sure could feed one to go the distance", "he sure could put the bite into a dog",etc,etc...
I think that you must give credit where credit is due....... to the dogs themselves! You can never get more out of a dog than what was bred into them. You can take his natural abilities away from him, but you cant put anything into him that wasn't there to begin with. A conditioners job is to "FINE TUNE" a dogs natural abilities and not take anything away from him in the process.
...A LOT OF DOGS WIN IN SPITE OF THEIR CONDITION AND NOT BECAUSE OF IT. They are just such GREAT DOGS that they WIN ANYWAY!
Maybe your next crop of DOGS will be that GREAT BUNCH? Who knows, never give up on it and breed best to the best and hope for the best!
...signed... Morris Mountain Kennels...
...YF&M circa late 90's...

 

Thanks for the read.