"Flatwood Hank" is a National Champion. That
means he won the 3 hour stake at Grand Junction, Tennessee,
the most prestigious bird dog trial in America. He is part of
my breeding program along with "Jerry's Runaway Bandit", one
of the winningest bitches in history. Experience is always the
best teacher, and after 40 years of breeding Pointers, I have
a much better idea of how to produce the finest dogs possible.
It's not magic, it just takes all of the proper tools like a
great "Quail Program" to evaluate your pups so that as a breeder
you can see if they have the qualities you are looking for.
I have many years of Field Trial experiences to learn what makes
great dogs. Most dogs that run in trials "don't" win so I wouldn't
want to breed to them. When breeding English Pointers you have
a definite advantage over other breeds simply because of the
way "The Pedigrees" are formatted. The Field Dog Stud Book pedigrees
are formatted indentical to thoroughbred race horses. These
pedigrees show the wins of the dogs, how many winners they have
sired or whelped, and how many wins those winners have produced.
No other pedigrees give you this important information. Of course,
if you're not familiar with these individual dogs and their
charactistics it becomes almost impossible to understand.
It's been said many times that the easiest way to get a good
pup is to pick the breeder. Here are the qualities I believe
a good breeder should have: 1) A good many years running dogs
in trials and "Winning"; 2) Good track record of producing winning
pups; and 3) A great "Quail Program" or access to lots of wild
birds to train on. A person with these tools will be the one
who will consistantly produce excellent pups. He will not tolerate
anything less than the best. Unless you just want to take a
chance, let him pick your pup for you. Tell him what you are
looking for in a dog and he will have a good idea which pup
out of a certain litter will most likely make you the best dog.
Otherwise, close your eyes and grab one, you may get lucky.
An example of my breeding program are 5 dogs shown within this
web site;
The Buckshot Bandit,
Charlie,
The
California Bandit,
Hank's Pairie
Bandit and
Willie. These
dogs are brothers from the same litter. My highly selective
breeding program produces consistant phenotype and genotype
bird dogs which is almost unheard of.
For more information on my Quail Program, pleases visit
www.quailprogramvideo.com.
I have a computer full of "Dogs" and "Quail" pictures for anyone
interested. I'm virus free with Norton Antivirus 2002 and it's
updated weekly. I'd love to hear from you no matter what kind
of dog you prefer.
Thanks,
Dale Davis
Dale Davis' Quail Program and Bird
Dogs
