TURBO DOG
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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: ANGIE, LA
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Great pics
...and nice looking cur dog!
Its seems to be getting where when some folks see these full size curs, they think they are plotts, or some kind of hound and such.....
I understand that the majority of folks in the cur and feist arena are squirrel hunters and 'size don't matter' and we have mini curs and such...which were called feist back in the old days. Yes, you could actually have feist and curs from the same litter of pups depending on size!!
However, and with exception, the majority of cur dogs of old were 'full size' as referred to by some and were broad chested with well sprung ribs with tight flanks carrying the look of a fine tuned athlete.
I was at the omcba spring hunt around 1980. I was standing next to a long beard, rough looking fellow that looked like he just came down off the top of the mountain or something. We were watching the bench show and he was moaning and grunting and shaking his head. I ask him what was wrong. He said 'they' have just about ruined these dogs. I ask what do you mean? He said, and I quote, "look at those dogs on the bench, it looks like both front legs are coming out of the same whole they are so narrow chested". I introduced myself to this fellow. He said his name was Roger Hoover!
I am surely glad we have some folks keeping these full size dogs alive and well! Not that there is anything wrong with the smaller cur dogs but we at least have a choice!!
I have one young Kemmer male that is around 40 lbs but I sure like the full size cur dogs, especially for hunting at night in the swamps!!
Great looking dog!!
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