The American Beagler Forum

i am thinking about going to the pound and buying a beagle. after that i am going to breed it to a bramlett dog. my question is if i really hope and wish and pray real hard can i call this my very own line. i have been very interested in starting my own line and i heard this is the best way to do it (most experts do it this way). what are yalls opinions?

in my opinion ur a wanna be anyhow so go ahead!

dont you have anything better to do than try and stir the sh*t?

Nevermind!!!!

MY OPINION IS, YOU NEED TO CONFRONT BD & GET YOUR PROBLEMS
OVER WITH ONCE & FOR ALL.
MIKE

Your half right, you could start with the Bramlett line but the pound puppy would not be the best choice for the other. Take two well established, long bred lines that complement each other and cross them, then, take the best of those offspring that meet your standard and cross them back together. This is the start of "your line".
The traits set and the consistency established already in the two lines will save you much time in getting to where you want to be...
Best of luck ...Patch

Not really sure how it works JoJo, but I think the Blackdirt beagles fellow can point you in the right direction to my understanding he started his line that way about 5-6 breedings ago ,so he is the man or line starting God.Good luck.

Pitiful.........

its easy to hide behind a screen name and post crap, but if anyone really wanted to get ahold of me, MY contact info is easily found on at least 5 sites. anyone is welcome to run most any weekend now that im back to work... just give me a couple days notice.

I'm up for a run. Figure that is a good way to see some good dogs and meet some nice people.

Pete

Pete.........Where are you at in Indiana?

Live outside of Marion WrongSide. Up by the Mississinewa Res.

Seriously though how long after starting a breeding program would it be before you can say they are your own line, not "these beagles are out of FCH ********* bells and whistles and shiny brass"????

Thunderbelly
In my opinion, A person breeds to better the breed and the rabbit hunters and field trialers will let the breeder know when they have their our line. You will not have to toot your own horn. Your breeding program will do it for you.
If a breeder has to spend a lot of money on advertisement then I say they do not have their own line. They still have to rely on the hounds of the past in the pedigree to speak for their hounds of today. Only a opinion.

The time it takes to have your own line depends on how your pups from the breedings you choose ttturn out performance wise.

If they do real well, everyones line your females are out of and and the studs line you chose to bred to will claim its because of their line your pups are doing great.

If your choice of breedings produces pups that are duds, then they all are a product of your line and no one will want to claim them.

So, its much easier to establish your own line with duds to start with and then improve that line to winners after everyone kicks them than to start off with great pups.