[blutik72]

For you breeders, out of curiosity, which most traits do you think the pups would get the most out of? the sire?dam? Ive heard both,mostly from the sire , then some will argue the dam

 

[Deadeye410]

I think from the sire. JMO

 

[LtELmer]

I have seen it both ways and even stephen, I think it depends which gene pool is strongest. But on average the female may be stronger but it depends on stud.

 

[Marshall Rowley]

I've seen it go both ways...never a significant amount more for each..

 

[LtELmer]

ya that's even stephen lol

 

[Marshall Rowley]

Yeah...like Lt said....

Forgot to throw you in there lol

 

[LtELmer]

LOL Ya go ahead and throw me in

 

[TRK]

If you research this subject you can find genetic research to support any of the three answers. I guess if people who spent their whole life working in genetics can't agree then we don't have to either.

 

[TJRANGER]

Exactly TRK! It takes two to Tango😜

 

[Huntsman]

Most of us see traits from our mothers and traits from our fathers in ourselves. (At least I hope you do). Breeding is usually a blend from each side, although a strong producer can “stamp” puppies and mostly override the other side. This is why you want to breed to hounds that come from a linebred family. Linebreeding or inbreeding causes hounds to be more likely to reproduce that type. Always breed to a family, not to an individual.

 

[smokedawg]

I realize each parent is supposed to donate 50 percent, from my personal experience i have seen a female produce good dogs even when bred accidentally to a less than desireable male, but i’ve never seen a male produce good pups with a cull of a female, just my observation

 

[will messer]

females are dominate---taking about 70 percent to the breeding. In order to test a female or male---breed them to different dogs? see if they produced anything worthy. ~especially the male
just because the dog has FC or even NFC dont mean it will produce. NATURE has a way of throwing you a curve. I saw a national champion that was flawless---text book and made exceptionall few mistakes----bred multiple times---never reproduced his likeness ~ a freak of nature.

 

[mitch huguet]

I read in my H & H Magazine that Big Time Professional dogs breeders breed a good male and a good female together every single time.

You see that right there is exactly why I always order my all my pups from them.

They know this stuff backwards and forwards I promise you they do.

 

[B&M Beagles]

The definition of prepotency is a good explanation of this subject IMO.

 

[Huntsman]

Either side or (more likely) neither side can dominate. Even in children sometimes you see every child looking just like one of the parents. A good example of domination was FC Indian Hills Majer. When Majer pups were hitting the trials, you could pick them out by the way they looked. Dominant studs like Majer, Linesman, Boogie, Stub, Limbo, Pro can literally change the breed, and did, because of the numbers of hounds bred to them. Dominant females are possible too. Some hounds produce better females than males, or vice versa. Often behind a great female is a great male, or a great male behind a great female. Best hope for domination is to stick to a family instead of jumping around, and breed from the best individuals within that family. Good selection and maintaining a high average of good hounds within the family will naturally produce an occasional great individual for you.

 

[Foxxy]

The females, like Mr. Will said, 70% dominate from all of the breeding I have made with beagles and my bird dogs. JMO

 

[Huntsman]

The females, like Mr. Will said, 70% dominate from all of the breeding I have made with beagles and my bird dogs. JMO

Keep breeding, because the law of averages hasn’t caught up to you yet.

 

[Foxxy]

Its been 35 years and so far so good, thanks for the encouragement. LOL

 

[Huntsman]

There’s no logical reason to say females dominate 70% of the time, regardless of what you are breeding....hounds, cattle, pigeons, or even in human children. Now, you may have a superior producing female, what Bob Wehle called a “blue hen”, and she may dominate, but you could also have the same in a male. In most crosses, you will see traits of both parents, since neither is a dominant producer.

If the 70% female dominance was true, nobody would care what male they bred to because the female probably will dominate the offspring anyway. That’s dangerous thinking.

 

[will messer]

Keep breeding, because the law of averages hasn’t caught up to you yet.

~ I am 71 yo---fooled with dogs since i was 5-6 yo---ant caught up with me yet !!----people dont test their dogs before breeding----just because it has a good pedigree dont hake it worthy unless you know the dogs in its back ground a couple generations back and what they brought to the table---a worthy dog will produce their likeness with anything bred to them ~THOSE are what everybody is looking for-----A male hooked up with the rite genetically gyp produces awsomeness-----with other gyps not as good--EX~ i owned the jigs dog that was bred to nadine and produced big jon---national champ----Marcel reserve nat. champ and sunshine--triple challenge winner out of one litter---raised over 96 pups after them outta different gyps wit good rabbitdogs but no special dogs produced. without that gyp----your results will be mediocre at best