Sorry to hear about your Clay dog. Tell us some more about him.
Clay is a big red 1/2 Plott 1/2 BMC that looks like a big Red Bone hound. Weighs 80 lbs, he hunts on the run and if he is barking he is standing about 15 feet in front of the hog looking him in the eye. Clay has a huge motor and more bottom end than any dog I have ever seen, He will bay a hog till you get there, you dont have to hurry to him once he finds a hog you can go to town and eat dinner stop at walmart and go to the High School Football game while you are in town. When you get back to the woods Clay will still be bayin that hog. Clay finishes 98% of the tracks he starts and thats not a stretch! The only hole that I have seen in him is he is not gritty at all, you may go a mile to him and find him bayed on a 25 pounder. We had a litter of DOGO pups that would come over to Clays kennel at feeding time and would eat out of the same bowl with him. Is he the best dog in the world??? Probably not but he is the best one I have ever hunted with! I dont know what else to say but those considdering to breed to him I can give you a list of people you can talk to and you can find out what others think of him.