Interesting thoughts.. I had no punt or skin in that outcome. Reason for my reply is about breeders being fickle? Really? I'm not seeing that. I kind of look for and rarely find dogs that have sires with at least 30 starts and dams with at least 10 so I know they can hold up/have strength and can recover. That's almost non-existant these days. I can find a proven sire with more than 40 starts like Fernando as an example only but then goes with an unproven or 5 start bitch. If we're breeding for a resilient product I am not seeing it based on trends. You basically got firecracker sires (limited starts but good prizemoney) going with okay bitches or you got established sires with some decent track record going to limited or no start bitches. Hardly gives me any confidence when making a purchase.
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