Anyone who has bred dogs for any length of time and is past the novice stage will probably have had litters that didn't "nick" or parents that weren't super producers ( at least in one try). Most people when they discuss a sire or dam that produced well are referring to a dog that has produced offspring of superior quality WITH multiple titled offspring, not a dog that produced only one or even two or three titled offspring. We kind of expect a dog will at least produce that. The ones that get the label of great producer produce many offspring with conformation, coursing, racing, obedience etc. titles. I'm not discounting a superior dog out there that say produces one litter and half the litter titles or maybe all of it, but it's hard to consider a dog a great producer if it doesn't get a chance to produce more than once from my point of view. Dogs that are bred to different pedigrees and still produce competitive offspring are really the ones that a breeder holds near and dear to them.
Anyway,what is it that makes a great producer? Having one superior puppy in a litter? Having several across several litters? I know what my vote would be.
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Can't speak for anyone else, but I would consider a dog a great producer if within one litter there are several titled offspring, or if the dog consistently produces a high number of titled offspring when bred. I don't consider a dog to be a great producer if there are only one or two in the litter that are titled (this doesn't apply to litters where there are ONLY one or two puppies). As far as I am concerned, the same rule applies to bitches. One or two titled offspring per litter does not define her as a great producer.
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