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Originally Posted by sch1rot

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While you have your views on how you evaluate a breeding. I also have mine. I have to adamantly disagree on your statement regarding ancestors. I firmly believe they have everything to do with a breeding program. Why really ever look at a pedigree if the only consideration is how successful the sire & dam are in front & back end? I compared how my dogs matched with their pedigrees, not on initials in the front or back, but on actual what I know about each of the dog from personal interaction, input from others I respect that had hands on knowledge, and/or video research.

Ron...I think I was partly misunderstood here. The ancestors are VERY important to me, on both sides, and will always be. But my statement was that this is not a breeding of the ancestors, and each generation must stand on their own proven merits. The ancestors do not have everything to do with the breeding to me, or else it would just be a simple matter of breeding any offspring that the ancestors produced. I realize you have a lot of knowledge, and you seem upfront here, but I stand by my statement that each breeding should be from proven parents. I think it's difficult sometimes to make that happen before breeding, but I'm all for raising the bar for ALL of us.