What Do You Expect Out Of Your Strike Dog??

The very best dog I had I named Yeller and at 3 months old he was winding and trailing what I layed down for the pups. He always excelled and out done his siblings. He trailed way out in front of the pack and he was cold nosed. At 4 months when I turned him loose in the woods he made a big circle running with his head up and looking from side to side and and checking in every five or 10 minutes or so. He trailed pigs before 5 months old for short distances of a quarter mile or so. At 6 to 8 months he was doing some pretty outstanding things and this pup amazed me every time out...

We had a top strike dog named Smokie and he was giving Smokie some competition at 10 months and at a year they were about even. Yeller just kept getting better... He was just smarter than Smokie because he could line out a track way faster than Smokie and be bayed by time Smokie found the exit track.

When yeller got older and crippled up by big boars he slowed down but still out struck most dogs and I think it had to do with his intelligence and nose.

I have had quite a few good dogs since Yeller but not as great as him.

I tested all pups in the same manner and that strain of dogs basicly tested about the same as the next litter, and, the age was consistent with performance in each litter. The best pups usually tested a little better than their siblings.