Michael Jordan was cut as a junior in high school...geez...I would like to meet the trainer that can actually tell if a dog is good or not when a young pup. I suppose this is all based on a specific age. I agree that an unhealthy or deformed pup may need to be put down; however, to use a judgment based on anything else is not my style.[/QUOTEG
Good point and I certainly agree that you can't tell what kind of dog you have at that age. Serious health problems may be a reasonable time to put an animal down. Putting them down b/c they're not pointing before they're 6 months old seems ridiculous. Culling for better bloodlines shouldn't be necessary. There are homes willing to take the dogs that a breeder doesn't want to use for stock.
I agree there is a place for those dogs,
If any of you do alot of Elk hunting, you see alot of different bulls, some with beautiful racks and some with racks that are not symitrical, i am a meat hunter and if i get the chance i will take down the one with the bad horns, Why , same thing as dogs you want to breed the best to the best. you dont want that bull with the messed up rack breeding those genes to a bunch of cows, then you get a bunch of bulls looking the same way,
I had a breeder friend tell me once "Breeding is not for the faint of heart"