Message #410456

[kerreydw]

back in the 50,60,70s my grandfather did lots of coonhunting he had mainly walker dogs had tons of pics of some fine hounds threw the years they were mainly the walker dogs but in some of the pics there were some triggs,blackandtans,plots etc. asked him why mainly walkers? said they fit his hunting style and at the time and the area he was in they seemd to be the best. he culled real hard i know he bought differnt dogs and differnt bread dogs. i never remember him talking about selling any dogs if they were good dogs they were not for sale,my uncle told me that if it was a different dog than a walker and he was on the oldmans yard he was top notch i dont remember him talking about breeding lots of pups he liked to buy them around the 6mounth age.i remember him talking about getting most of his walker dogs from two different men the others came from hunting comp.he said that there were good dogs in all the old familys alot of the good bread hounds back in the day you couldnt buy from the people if you werent in there group you couldnt buy a dog from them period. Now everyone has them for sale soon as the are 4or5 weeks old if your gonna take the time to breed them take the time and let them mature i dont know anyone that can pic a 5week old pup and have any idea if they got a cull or a ace. the dog bussines was about breeding and selection of the best ones,now its mass production and money.