| Every family has their "black sheep"---some---have certifiable nutcases.
The Maid might come from a great family---but to ignore the individual, in favor of the family, is, IMO where your "gold-diggers" (you know---those who have alterier motives or less than honorable intentions or.....just don't have a clue) are fooled.
I've seen beautiful dogs with very sound temperaments come from nothing (or even GARBAGE....Kimbertal comes to mind.....believe it or not; even THEY have produced some good looking dogs that don't die of some genetic defect or another by the age of 2.) but-----does that mean he/she should be reproduced? Nope......sure doesn't.
By the same token-----
I've seen some pretty darn nice pedigrees---produce some real trash.
The individual, who lacks character and temperament....which is out of the breed standard.....not just in "looks" either....well; breeding to him/her only serves to pass on the very traits that a breeder should be hoping to eliminate.
Stud dogs and brood bitches aren't magicians. Neither is a good pedigree.
Some faults are minor; and some faults should never be looked past. Character and temperament is the foundation. Reproducing it only asks for cracks in the progeny's foundation from the whelp.
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A pedigree indicates what your dog should be. Conformation indicates what your dog appears to be. Performance, personality and character indicates what your dog actually *IS*. |