“As soon as the litter is sufficiently grown so enough can be told about them to make a fairly safe selection (and this varies amongst different breeds), we try to pick the best bitch puppy. Let us presume that we find one resembling her sire more than the dam, as we have planned and hoped for.”[i]
Hopefully that bitch puppy resembles her outstanding sire more than the dam. If she resembles the bitch that has weaknesses; when she has puppies, she may pass on those similar weaknesses to her offspring.
Limit one’s interest in keeping male puppies! They take up space, time and resources. You can always breed to the outstanding studs outside your kennel. Mediocre males are just as expensive to keep and maintain as outstanding males. In fact, one could argue that they are more expense since the mediocre male will generate little or no income to the kennel through stud fees.
It should further be mentioned, the Brackett encouraged “culling relentlessly” the average, ordinary bitches in one’s kennel as more correctly structured ones are bred into one’s own program. Culling simply means to remove the average, ordinary bitch from one’s kennel by selling her or placing her into a good, nurturing pet/companion environment.
It is best to keep two bitch puppies (if they are close in structure, temperament and movement) until the breeder can be certain that the pick bitch puppy has matured properly with good ears, full dentition, etc.
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