Question AND I"M NOT TRYING TO START A FIGHT!!!
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Guest
I have stated before , that I dont have anything I consider or would call branko in my pen at this time. I do have dogs that go back to the some old branko stuff. When anyone can turn out numerous champions and place in Canda and all over the U.S. from the nationals to small pack to large pack write an article because you have a hell of a good line and I will buy one from you also. I dont know what it is that turns people off to Branko bred dogs if you have had your bad luck with them I understand but man lay off the " the trashiest thing I ever saw statements" Just say they dont fit your bill. Anyone who is not willing to admit that the Krpans have left their mark on beagling is sorley mistaking. I dont even know the Krpans and have never spoke to them. But just take a stroll through some of the dogs placing all over Canada and the U.S. search some pedigree's and I think you will see what the Branko dogs have produced. I started getting registered dogs just over a year ago now. I started by going back through all the old Better Beagling Mag and others and seeing what lines produced what. I think I found what I was looking for. A lot of you will claim titles dont run rabbits and that is true. But I bet you drop down with one of Branko's own you better bring your best. Never seen one run but I bet they dont stand and pee on the truck tire.
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There is no doubt to the legacy Branko has left on the beagle world. Id venture to say that it will never be matched again. I have Branko blood in my kennel. It is one generation back. My blood is Truely Ky Mtn=Dexter Reffett and Pine Mt=Rufus Stewart. They are the people I give credit to.
As far as Branko direct goes it is all supply and demand. They sell pups for high dollars because their is a big demand for them.
Which brings me to the final conclusion on why the bloodline is under a microscope. They sell six week pups for $500+ and started dogs for $1000+ US. When someone pays that kind of money for a hound they expect them to automatically be World Beaters. There is not a dog anywhere that did not require work. Buying from them probably betters your chances of getting a good quality hound but there are no guarantees.
As far as Branko direct goes it is all supply and demand. They sell pups for high dollars because their is a big demand for them.
Which brings me to the final conclusion on why the bloodline is under a microscope. They sell six week pups for $500+ and started dogs for $1000+ US. When someone pays that kind of money for a hound they expect them to automatically be World Beaters. There is not a dog anywhere that did not require work. Buying from them probably betters your chances of getting a good quality hound but there are no guarantees.
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I have a lot of " Branko" bred dogs. I don't breed them because they have that word in their prefix. Although, I do breed for more specfic reasons, ie., I like big houndy looking, big boned, long bodied, hard hitting dogs, and it just happens that dogs with a lot of Branko in them have these traits. I've also found that Branko bred out-cross nicely with other strains, and when this is done I don't really consider that beagle, "Branko Bred". Could be Grannpy bred, or Little Ireland bred. Too bad to get real hungup on the Branko name. But I'll say that Branko does his home work, good or bad. JMHO
Well put, guest! A sensible and open-minded post. 
Ed, you mentioned something that I agree with. I've found this bloodline to cross very well with the cottontail lines. The males bring good things to the table if consideration has been used in selecting the bitch line and vice versa. Intelligence, desire and stamina are the 3 main traits I find to be the most prolific in this line. There are always exceptions, but that's where the responsibility of culling comes in to better the breed overall.
Ed, you mentioned something that I agree with. I've found this bloodline to cross very well with the cottontail lines. The males bring good things to the table if consideration has been used in selecting the bitch line and vice versa. Intelligence, desire and stamina are the 3 main traits I find to be the most prolific in this line. There are always exceptions, but that's where the responsibility of culling comes in to better the breed overall.
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Guest
Bev,
That is exactly what I mean. You have to cull when need be to better the bred! Putting pups out there, and leaving them out there when they have those bad traits is not doing us any good.
If when breeding, if people would cull, when need be that line wouldn't have so many variations in it.
Macmaster
That is exactly what I mean. You have to cull when need be to better the bred! Putting pups out there, and leaving them out there when they have those bad traits is not doing us any good.
If when breeding, if people would cull, when need be that line wouldn't have so many variations in it.
Macmaster
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Guest
I too have a female with branko breeding top and bottom from close call girl to jack of all trades with many more listed in her papers. not the best dog i have ever own but sure not the worst. she has not been run that much but i do some lots of improvement in her in the last 3 months that i have had her. just wished i get her out more.
I have a pen full hounds that have Branko as the breeder on the papers.I paid many a air-freight bills for do nothng hounds until I found out about Branko. I have been to Krpans many times and enjoyed myself each time. I listen , I watched and I ask questions and I learned some things. Nothing was gave these people and they have earned every thing by just plain old work. The Branko hounds must be run if you want them to be the best they can be. They are tight-twisted and stay ready to go. If you take control of them as young hounds and show them the running they need, I find most are very good hounds with lots of bottom. I enjoy mine on either Hare or Cottontail.