Today I was able to spend time in the field working dogs with some new friends. They were on the hunt for a new bird dog to be there hunting dog and companion. One that could be a companion during the off season, great with kids, and other dogs. But when hunting could be a dog that was aggressive in the field. They came to our facility with a positive out look and we showed them several different dogs from several different breeds. Through out the day one gentleman started to ask how important genetics where. He told the story of his father in law purchasing a dog in a wal-mart parking lot. His father in law was told that the dog would be as good as his training indicating that the dog would be a product of it’s training only. As he continued to tell the story he could tell with the smile on my face that I knew the end before he told it to me. Well this led to a great discussion about the importance of finding bird dogs with natural god given talent. Simply put you can be the best trainer in the country but if your pointing dog doesn’t point birds or your retrieving dog doesn’t retrieve birds it isn’t going to amount to much of a hunting dog. If this wasn’t a written blog on the internet you could see the fire in my eyes and here the passion in my voice at this point! We continued our discussion about the different dogs that we had run through out the day each one demonstrating there strengths and there faults. Each one showing there natural abilities. He was impressed how even a very young dog could be doing the same work as an experienced dog with many hours of training. This is the importants of genetics. If you take the time and spend the money to get the right dog you will save yourself hours and dollars in training and hunting. Do the research! One of our strengths here at Best Gun Dogs is we get to see all different kinds of breeds and Genetic lines. We get to compare and compete dogs with different breeds and with different blood lines. We get to see first hand who is the Best and who is average. Using what we have learned over the years helps us strength our breeding program it allows us to be breeding what we feel are the best dogs in the country. We are excited about the litters we have planned this year. So in your search for a new hunting dog this year make sure you take the time to find out which dogs are going to be the fit for your situation this year. At Best Gun Dogs we are passionate about helping you get one of the best hunting dogs you have ever owned.
