Another thread on line breeding teamed with a friend's recent loose line breeding of Maxx brought me to this questioning and wonder. If the intention of line breeding is to increase/amplify certain targeted/desired traits by utilizing the same dog multiple times in a pedigree, THEN WHAT FIELD PERFORMING TRAITS WOULD MAXX HIMSELF HOPEFULLY PASS ON TO HIS PROGENY? Everyone knows how well of a producer he was, but what about HIS actual traits in the field? Derby points, AA points, and titles don't lie, so what were some of the overwhelming traits that played a factor in getting to those FT points that Maxx possessed? Pin point marker, biddable, intelligent, trusting, courageous, intense, competitive, agile, etc etc??? If you have seen Maxx train, compete, or heard first hand accounts of his extreme abilities/traits please enlighten us. Would be very interesting to hear some history on a HOFer!
NOTE: I understand that we can look to plenty of Maxx's progeny to see what traits they have but in a breeding the dam contributes a lot as well, so this is targeted more at his traits and not the mixture.
NOTE: I understand that we can look to plenty of Maxx's progeny to see what traits they have but in a breeding the dam contributes a lot as well, so this is targeted more at his traits and not the mixture.
