What Percent Of Dogs Bred Make Top Class Workers

[oddser 79]

what percent of dogs bred make top class working dogs having had dogs for over 40 years I would say 10 percent you get plenty of ok dogs but the special ones

[NATACC 18]

About 20% of lurchers and terriers that are being bred within these last ten years are any good and worth kenneling the other % are shite and that statement is truth

[rob284 1,682]

Id say more than 10% will run well and strike when needed, given appropriate introduction. Most comes down to how much game theyve seen

[rob284 1,682]

Id say more than 10% will run well and strike when needed, given appropriate introduction. Most comes down to how much game theyve seen

but it depends on your standards. I wouldnt buy a dog off any old parents and say theyre working stock. Give yourself a bigger percentage with better parents.

[C Hall 552]

100% of them judging by the for sale section on here

[skycat 6,174]

No matter how well bred a litter is, very few will be given the correct rearing, training, and sufficient exposure to work to be able to say whether or not they make the grade, in which case, it would be impossible to judge them fairly.

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

About 20% of lurchers and terriers that are being bred within these last ten years are any good and worth kenneling the other % are shite and that statement is truth

 

And for that statement to be the truth you'd have to have seen all that have been bred....assessed them and basically kept records....

 

Dunno where you guys are getting the 10% or 20%....that just can't be backed up with fact.....

 

I honestly believe very few are given the chance to shine and develop....

 

You just need to look on here....time and again folk posting pics of "my bitch/dog for the season" only to see similar post from the same folk next season....or folk passing on saplings/adults.....

[oddser 79]

No matter how well bred a litter is, very few will be given the correct rearing, training, and sufficient exposure to work to be able to say whether or not they make the grade, in which case, it would be impossible to judge them fairly.

the good ones are good and always stand out from the rest I have seen people that couldn't train a budgie to whistle with a good dog its down to naturel ability that they are born with the best dog I ever had was reared with its mother running the streets eating out of dustbins I got her at 10 months old it had the naturel ability no amount of training can put it there we are talking about lurchers which are mongrels when it comes down to it not pure bred greyhounds

[nothernlite 18,260]

do you not think its alot to do with who has the dog and how its brought on

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

do you not think its alot to do with who has the dog and how its brought on

 

Mate, seriously it has everything to do with who has the dog and how it's reared, trained and entered....

 

You can give a proper dog man a mediocre bred pup and he'll make a decent freezer filler out of it....but on the other hand you can give a pup with the best breeding in the world to an asshole and he'll fecking ruin it.....seen it many times before....

[skycat 6,174]

 

No matter how well bred a litter is, very few will be given the correct rearing, training, and sufficient exposure to work to be able to say whether or not they make the grade, in which case, it would be impossible to judge them fairly.

the good ones are good and always stand out from the rest I have seen people that couldn't train a budgie to whistle with a good dog its down to naturel ability that they are born with the best dog I ever had was reared with its mother running the streets eating out of dustbins I got her at 10 months old it had the naturel ability no amount of training can put it there we are talking about lurchers which are mongrels when it comes down to it not pure bred greyhounds

 

I hear what you're saying, and agree to a certain extent. I've had dogs that stood out from day one, dogs that wanted it so bad that you couldn't stop them achieving their aims; dogs that even with a crap owner couldn't be held back from their purpose, but those, IMO, are not the norm at all. If you get one or two of those in a litter, then you are doing well. BUT there will be twice as many pups in a litter which might be able to become very good indeed given the right rearing etc. How many of those will succeed? Those are the dogs that need a good owner to fulfil their destiny.

[Westy76 546]

More to do with who's hands the pup falls into imo

[boyo 1,398]

one persons top class is anothers rubbish all down to each persons criteria and what they expect and want out of a dog . a lot of the top dogs get to the top because of the work and commitment they get given by their owners an example is some of the best coursing /lamping and ferreting dogs ever bred stand head and shoulders above and in front of their litter mates who are bred the same way .what I have found personally and with a few people my age is that we are far more easily pleased with a dog nowadays and don't expect so much of them ,but that's down to not doing so much with them as we used to when we were younger and more keen to be out every minute of every day with our mutts .

[Rabbiting man 1,192]

Why the need need to prove how well his or hers dogs work expressly how many dogs go missing today.

[nothernlite 18,260]

Why the need need to prove how well his or hers dogs work expressly how many dogs go missing today.

no need just a debate