EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I'm new to this board but I have a question does anybody have any of Larry Parkers curs? Just wondering how they hunt, would like to get some opinions. Thanks

First off, welcome to the board!

Although I don't own any of Larry's blood, I know Larry and know plenty about his dogs.  They are typically fairly rangy dogs, or as he and I would call them, "Dogs with a lot of hunting drive".

Larry is someone who has a VERY good grasp on what it takes to produce CONSISTANTLY good dogs, and as such his dogs are highly sought after and pups usually carry a pretty good pricetag.  I would say that probably 75% of people buying his pups are repeat "customers".  That speaks volumes.

 

Larry is the only person I know that sells all his pups before they hit the ground.  I've had a few.  They have a natural ability to roll out and go hunting.  They bay real good and are fast dogs.  Most are black brindle.  You rarely see any purebreds for sale unless they come from larry's yard.  Most being sold by other guys are crosses and they seem to cross well on anything.

never owend one put have heard alot of good things about his dogs.  He has a form on his web page that he is on all the time. get on there and im sure he will be more than happy to talk to you.

I have talked to Larry on and off for several years. His dogs seem to be what most guys have already posted: go yonder, wider hunting dogs than most other cur lines. The only bad thing I have heard said about them is, some don't handle well.
I mean they aren't good about coming to you when called or are hard to catch. At least that is what some of the guys are saying about them.
But everyone agrees they will go hunting and they will find hogs.
Larry has done a good job with his breeding in a short amount of time.
I told him if he ever gets a red or yellow pup out of his dogs to let me know. He used to get them but he likes the black/brindle dogs better so has bred more for that.

One of my best dogs was a parker gyp out of his old Rowdy dog.Awesome dogs will roll and have friends that will not own anything else.The only problem I had was like just said she was hard to catch.She was killed back in January,only about 45 pounds but thought she was a bulldog when she saw one.R.I.P. Patch.

I owned a couple and seen a few hunt and always heard good things, probally the most consistant breed out there for hunt in my opinion.

i have a year and half old parker cur and it has more hunt in him than any black mouth cur i have...and a word of advice if you do get a parker cur get a tracking system too they are long range dogs.

Thanks for for everbodys advice I have bought some pups out of Larry's old Rowdy dog we are headed out to get the Monday. We are coming to Texas from georgia to get them and we also picked up three started dogs for some guy that Larry knows, the man that is selling those started dogs lost his job has to sell them. Hope they will work out for us.Thanks

My expierence with them is limited, but the one I did have hated a hog more than my bulldogs.  They are rough!

Joey

Anyone got any contact info?

hoghunter was the guy from lousiana? I think i talked to him bout those dogs nearly got them.

parkercur.com ;D

Ellis,

You decide to stay in the game?

Joey

Nope, i just kept my parkerxmoody dog. I am thinking of teaching her to get shot over and i may just start baying and shooting ;D I sold my best dog and tracking system.

The link is actually:

http://www.parkercurdogs.com/ (http://www.parkercurdogs.com/)

I was trying to make it some what difficult for em to find the secret site ;). Thanks it is still early

Been a while since I talked to Dan.  I was gonna pick up a dog from him a few years back.  He has bout the same mixture of cur to hound that I am running now, but I never got a chance to hunt one of his dogs in person.  How do they hunt?

Joey

P.S.  Glad you didnt let those Wannabe's run u out! :)

Yep, I have hunted and talked to a few that have hunted from what i seen they are your typicall cur dog as far as hunt with a little more nose, i had one for a while that had some trigg in it that was his and now i got this pup that Des bred a moody female to his parker male and it put more hunt in them and man they are awsome. Now he took the dad to my female and breed back to a champion plott for the nose :o them dogs are gonna be dangerous ;D

I have a question regarding Parker curs.  It seems more often than not I read about someone having owned a Parker cur in the past tense. I take it to mean that they no longer own the Parker cur.   Why is this? Are they so rough they are short lived? Too long range?

might be because most of the "parker" curs werent parker curs........ :o


    Everyone says that they are rough as hell so maybe thats why.

I had 2 of them less than a yr old that were bad azz and they died from parvo i was sick to my stomach. Then owned another that i had for a little while and kevin lost a litter to parvo and i had the only one that made it so out of being nice i gave her to him, and she is still around but Kevin had the hardest hunting dog i ever seen in his parker female and he gave her to kevin in oklahoma so she could have more country to hunt, she was that good. And i have talked to others that owned them and either died of old age or killed by a hog or they just quit hunting to outcross breed cause they wwere that good. Yea they are a little rougher dog but i dont think they are any worse than a bmc or cat. They do tend to catch on ALOT faster than most cur dogs so by a yr old and less they are finding hogs and usually if they make it past the first yr they will be ok, but they tend to wanna get in there and getemsome when they are young. From what i have seen, however by outcrossin like Des has it is getting the best of both worlds, the hunting drive, and little less rougness and more nose. ;D

I was kind of wondering the same thing. Larry breeds dogs often and sells a lot of dogs, yet you rarely see one. Where do they all go? If the guys that bought them liked them that well, seems they would get another and breed them together to keep that line going for them.....just my thoughts.
I knew a guy in Ga that bought a male pup, turned out to be a typical Parker dog....wide hunting dog that would find hogs but a little hard to handle. He bought a female pup from Larry to go with him and she didn't turn out .
I don't care WHO it is, no one has a line of dogs where ALL the pups make top dogs, so not saying anything bad about the Parker dogs, just curious if more people have had experiences like that and we only hear about the ones that made good dogs?

Well hopefully I can say more about Larry's dog's in a couple of months me and some buddy's just bought three started dogs and four puppies. The three started dogs were hunted today at Larry's house with him and two do really well the male got cut down pretty good but he is going to fine. So hope they all turn out. Thanks 

Yep a friend of mine that post on here some had a female that wouldnt bark at a hog, i dont thing there is any breed that is perfect by NO means just some that are more consistant than others ;D

Circle C,

I got my hands on a yr. old male that was out of some early NKC reg. litters.  The guy I got him from was a long time friend and coon hunting rival of Larry's named Bib Register.  I showed the dog a 250+ sow for the first time and he really got in her face and mixed it up.  I walked him into a couple of bays after that and he did the catching for me.  Dog was stolen from me before I had a chance to get anything done with him.  To answer your question of why you dont hear much about them is I believe that most homes they go to are folks that hunt for food and dont know how to use a computer.

Joey

That makes sense.

fella's  this is  parker ....95 %  of  the  people  that get  dogs  from me  don't  post  on the  computer .... most  are  people  that have  gotten  dogs  from me  before ......and  if anyone  gets a  dog  or pup  from me  and  says  it  would  not  bark  at a  hog  ask why they  did  not  bring  it  back  i guarantee  the  dogs  and  i  ( LOVE )  to  buy  dogs  back ....especially  after  they have  been  raised  up  to  about  9  months  old ....i  have  not  raised  one  here  that has  refused to  bay a  hog .......i  have  killed a  few  i didn't  like ....... got one  now  that will  bay  but humps  anything that  comes  by him .....the  other  evening  i had  him  tied  to  the fence  and  he  just  would  not  keep  his  mind  on the hog  he   was  crazy  wanting  to top another  dog ......i told  my  son  catch  him  by the  back  leggs and  i am  gonna  change  his  mind  for  him ..... if  this  don't  work  he  is  gonna  leave  here  out the  back gate .....but he will bay a hog ....... there's  lots  of  good  dogs  out there  that  doesn't  have  anything  to  do  with  mine ....... from line  breeding  i  do  have a  real  consistant  line  of  dogs ...... i don't try to breed for  dogs  to  catch  10  or  so  hogs  a  day .....  i try to  breed  for a  dog  that  you  can  find baying a hog  when  all  the  rest  is  back  at the  truck ........

good to hear from yea larry THANKS for the post

Welcome to the board and thanks for posting, Larry!

I hope you'll stay around and post up. 

I've always valued your opinion and knowledge.

Glad to have you here and I need to come down and meet with soon.

Joey Young

thanx  for the  welcome  fella's  ..........

Welcome Parker

Hope you stick around and post up some.

Would like to try one of your dogs some day as they seem to be the type of dog I like from what I hear, just to darn far away to get my hands on one.

actually  i  have  read  this  board  for  a  while ......very  nice  board ......

Thanks Larry, glad we got you fixed up yesterday. Welcome to the boards.

My buddy Russell has axcess to some pups that just hit the ground i think both parents are parker curs or high percentage any wase. Russell 214 668 4217 tell him Grant says howdy

Larry Parkers dogs are the real deal.  They hunt deep and hard.  They will outdo most curs and hounds.  They are great stop dogs and great strike dogs.  They are faster than most dogs.  He has bred a natural ability to roll out and go hunting.  You guys should help him keep his pure line going.  He cannot produce enough.  If I ever get my hands on any more they will not be for sale.  Larry lives to hunt and is a good person.  There is nothing better than hunting in louisiana with larry parker and those parker curs.  With boudin, cracklin, crawfish and all that good cajun food what else do you need.  

i  sure  like  you  ninja .......hahahahaha  who  is  you ? actually  i  get  short  fat ,tall, fast , slow, medium, long .......just  most  seem  to like a  hog ....

Well I am one of the fellows that bought some 3/4 parker pups from R. Eddings in Texas and we bought some started dogs from a guy in LA. that are 3/4 parker that were hunted at Larry this week and my buddy seems to be real happy with these dogs i will be hunting them here in Ga. I have talked to Larry on the phone he is a great guy to talk with about dogs I have always heard great things about his dogs I do not  own a full parker dog on my yard yet but hope to in the near future. But right now we have the closest  thing. Larry I sure wish I could have made the trip with Forrest and Brock maybe i'll make it there one day. They said ya'll got on a rough one I told you they were bad look! HAHA!! By the way this is Clint over in Ga.

I have a couple my old gyp is back at Larrys he is using her for a brood gyp her name is Snookie then I have a pup that is bred to his male and my snookie gyp . My best 2 dogs are out of my snookie gyp and my big yellow dog we call Batson that is from Dewayne Hart ( he isnt a Hart dog) both of my full blooded dogs started young and hunt hard little gyp is less than a year and will really mix it so have high hopes if she is as good as her mom will make a nother good brood gyp . M 2 good dogs are not the best but will go hunt with anyone and dont have to worry about hanging my head out of shame .

 I don't actually owned a Parker dog at the time.But I hunt with them all the time.My hunting buddy's have 4 Parker dogs . One is a old dog named Lewis that was ran over by a truck when it was a pup given up for dead.This dog is bout 8or9 yrs.old and is as good as they get a ,little ruff.The other old dog he is pretty  rangey he will get out on you ,I guess thats why he is called Ranger. The 2 young dogs are going to be the real deal.They get out and hunt not under your feet seems to be able to stop a hog and as of how not to ruff. Larry has got it going on with his dogs.

I hunt with Whiteoak and these same guys all the time.  The last time Lewis was on the ground was before turkey season here in AR...He hit a track and we followed him for 3 miles by GPS to the bay.  He has got alot of drive.  A dog is a dog, and they don't all come out hitting home runs, but I figure if they leave Larry's place they are legit and if they are not..He'll probably make it good.

Hey Parker, good to see you over here!  Now lets see some hunting stories!