" lets see how mant hounds start comin out of the woodwork now! "
I want to make it clear again, I'm not bashing curs, Hell no body loves a yella dog more than me, except maybe yellowblackmask, I'm just defending hounds cause on ETHD they get slammed a lot unfairly . We all pretty much agree silent dogs rule for hogs, no one argues that point to often. But that mouth on a hound get him in more trouble on here than it really deserves, if he is fast ie July, running walker ect. that mouth is not as big a deal as some think. Hounds run open mouth behind every other animal on earth and do a fine job of catching them. Besides if a silent dog has a hog break bay do you really think that the hog stops and listens and say's to him self " Well I don't hear anything so I'll relax and go back to rooting " I hardly think so. These animals have had to out run bear, tigers over seas and every other killer beast all of which ran silent tracks, hell even stalked like the cats do and the hog gets away many times anyway.
Again i'm not saying silent isn't better but if your silent curs get to rangy then there hard to find and your depending on a garmin or the likes, with a hound all you do is find a hill and listen for that mouth. So it's not always so bad IMO.
Cur's are smarter dogs it seems, or at least not as hard headed maybe, either way that's the case. all these statements are " in general " certain lines have certain traits, they vary from one line to the next so much that despite looks there not even the same dogs.
I want the handle, brains, mouth of a cur with the bottom, nose, feet, looks and drive of a hound. But I want it all with the heart of a pit bull.
It's damn good to see the hound get a little respect on here for a change by the way - God Bless, Waylon
