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I can see two reason people would be against allowing crossbred dogs in UKC hunts.


1) They don't like the thought of getting beat by them

2) They are aware that there is holes in thier breed and fear a drop in interest in it. This include people worried about puppy sales.


Guys, I do not own, hunt or breed crossbred dogs, but I have seen some good ones. I do not plan on owning one, or breeding one , even if this rules is passed.

i doubt if it is even being considerd.

I just want to see the best dogs available in the hunts, I don't care what they are!

Come on, lets hear legitimate arguments against them.

Not that just don't want to sit next to them on the bus.

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Just to clarify, I am talking about crossbred HOUNDS.

I know that UKC does not allow curs to hunt with hounds. I don't see that changing

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I think that viewpoint is as biased and untrue as the guys that think their curs or crosses would turn the hounds on their ears and dominate.

Crossed or pure isn't the secret to having great dogs ....



The reason is you couldn't keep the pit/hounds , birdog/hounds , cowdog/hounds and such out of the mix ... it would take so many fail-safes that the crossbred paperwork and hunt rules would cost you more than the dog's would ever be worth ....

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Both of your reasons are completely bogus Mick. Most of us have hunted against them for years in PKC. And I doubt you could honestly find one single person who is worried about any crossbreed ever causeing any loss of interest in purebreds or pup sales.
Crossbreds have been allowed in UKC for years, specificly the crosses within the 6 breeds that you are talking about. If you are so bound to register a crossbred, do it. The process is avaible in most, if not all of the 6 breeds. What's the problem> Can't pass the hunt test?

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I can see two reason people would be against allowing crossbred dogs in UKC hunts.


1) They don't like the thought of getting beat by them

2) They are aware that there is holes in thier breed and fear a drop in interest in it. This include people worried about puppy sales.

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I got nothing against crossbreds, I owned one here the other year and wouldn't think twice about owning another one.

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Both of your reasons are completely bogus Mick. Most of us have hunted against them for years in PKC. And I doubt you could honestly find one single person who is worried about any crossbreed ever causeing any loss of interest in purebreds or pup sales.
Crossbreds have been allowed in UKC for years, specificly the crosses within the 6 breeds that you are talking about. If you are so bound to register a crossbred, do it. The process is avaible in most, if not all of the 6 breeds. What's the problem> Can't pass the hunt test?

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I think that viewpoint is as biased and untrue as the guys that think their curs or crosses would turn the hounds on their ears and dominate.

Crossed or pure isn't the secret to having great dogs ....



The reason is you couldn't keep the pit/hounds , birdog/hounds , cowdog/hounds and such out of the mix ... it would take so many fail-safes that the crossbred paperwork and hunt rules would cost you more than the dog's would ever be worth ....

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1) I don't comp hunt , so I'm not afraid of them.

2) I don't raise no puppies to sell. But , you're right , there are holes in every breed. That comes from breeding junk to junk.

I know there are some good crossbreds out there , but there are alot more junk ones.
You know as well as I do that there are already guys breeding junk (walkers for example) females to the hottest stud dogs out there just to make a few bucks on pups.
You also know as well that , if allowed , there will be alot of folks doing the same thing with junk females from other breeds.
Don't you think there is already enough junk being bred?

Now , I ask you , why would you want to allow it? If it's not for money on pups , what is it?
If it's to compete , go to PKC or hold your own hunts with UKC rules.
We held a hunt with UKC rules for charity a few years back. Raised a couple hundred bucks ( that could have went to the winner). Wasn't that hard to do.

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Guys I am not talking about single registerd dogs. I am talking about a planned breeding between two UKC registerd dogs of different breeds.

The pups could be litter registerd as crossbreeds and be able to compete just like any other hound.

I believe DNA should be required on all crosses, and especially on these.

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Never compition hunted coon hounds. This is what you are talking about coon hounds right? I wouldn't see a problem with it just call it mixed or something. Us squirrel dog hunters don't mind them any. Some treeing curs are great dogs.

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Well Mick, the best reason I can think of is hybrid vigor. You'll get a couple good ones in the first generation and after that it's a crap shoot. Now, if you wanted to try this and keep to yourself with succeeding generations and cull ruthlessly eventually you will get some dogs that are workable. Or, you could pick a breed already in existance, find the very best within that breed and go from there and save yourself a lot of time and money. There are strains within the breeds where the traits are pretty well set and I really don't see any reason to start over which is basically what you're doing by crossbreeding.

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Well Mick, the best reason I can think of is hybrid vigor. You'll get a couple good ones in the first generation and after that it's a crap shoot. Now, if you wanted to try this and keep to yourself with succeeding generations and cull ruthlessly eventually you will get some dogs that are workable. Or, you could pick a breed already in existance, find the very best within that breed and go from there and save yourself a lot of time and money. There are strains within the breeds where the traits are pretty well set and I really don't see any reason to start over which is basically what you're doing by crossbreeding.

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I don't mind hunting with or against them, but I feel there's enough turd eaters in existance already so why make more?

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Realisticly the place all these dogs come from we hunt is from being crossbred.You know years and years we seem to always find reasons to down another mans wishes.I think ukc should reconize cross breeds thats truly our foundation of what we enjoy the sport is the reason we love what we do so if hes blue or black and blue they feedum the pay the entrys let them hunt.

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Both of your reasons are completely bogus Mick. Most of us have hunted against them for years in PKC. And I doubt you could honestly find one single person who is worried about any crossbreed ever causeing any loss of interest in purebreds or pup sales.
Crossbreds have been allowed in UKC for years, specificly the crosses within the 6 breeds that you are talking about. If you are so bound to register a crossbred, do it. The process is avaible in most, if not all of the 6 breeds. What's the problem> Can't pass the hunt test?

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Nick,
Just curious I know you don't hunt crossbreeds. So what breed of dogs do you hunt in the hunts? In all the hunts you been to in the last year what would you say are the best breed. Don't know this for a fact as I don't know your area or even you but I bet you have not been to hunt for years if ever. The only reason for saying this is looking at your old posts under "kr cooner" you were always whining about something. My guess is trying to get the rules changed to the type of dog that someone probably gave you.

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" 1)There are a lot more junk dogs then good ones.

You can't say that about pure bred dogs? "

1) Can't you read? Didn't I already say that when I said " walkers for example " in my post?

" 2) people would breed junk dogs

You admit yourself that goes on in pure bred dogs. "

2) Yup , and I also said allowing crossbreds would increase the amount of junk being bred. So what's your point?

3) " because I want to compete against the best dogs out there. Because alot of folks live were there are UKC clubs, but not PKC clubs. Because most people don't want to have to start a club or throw a benefit hunt, just to be able to compete in anight hunt.

3) So , you want to compete , but not do the work to put on a hunt. There's alot of folks like that.


4) Step back and ask yourself honestly why this botheres you so much?

4) Already have and stated my reasons.

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i personally dont mind being beat by any type of dog as long as its honestly beat me... i could be beat by a freakin poodle and wouldnt care as long is it was fair.

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I've been hunting crossbreds for 30+ years. They're called English Hounds!!!

Hardtime Speck = Walker Dog.

Beshears Blue Boy II (Junior) = Single Registered English Hound (Grade Dog) X a Walker female.

Boyds Little Joe = Single Registered English Hound (Grade Dog).

There's the so-called big 3 of the English breed.

Daron's Blue Reb (Lumis) = 3/4 Walker (double Johnsons Banjo).

Merks Singing Tapp = 1/2 Walker (Finley River).

Without this crossbred blood, the English breed would be pretty pathetic!!!

If the very best foundation stock of the English breed were crossbred, grade, or in Specks case, transferred from another breed, why would we want to eliminate the method that improved the breed the most!!!

How many English breeders would breed to Speck, Little Joe, or Junior if you could today? None purebred.

No breed is exempt from this. If you don't allow single-registration, paper switching/false papers will be more prominent!!! And, you will never know about it!!!

If you don't have first-hand knowledge of a dog and its pedigree, you basically have NO KNOWLEDGE of the dog and its pedigree.

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I've been hunting crossbreds for 30+ years. They're called English Hounds!!!

Hardtime Speck = Walker Dog.

Beshears Blue Boy II (Junior) = Single Registered English Hound (Grade Dog) X a Walker female.

Boyds Little Joe = Single Registered English Hound (Grade Dog).

There's the so-called big 3 of the English breed.

Daron's Blue Reb (Lumis) = 3/4 Walker (double Johnsons Banjo).

Merks Singing Tapp = 1/2 Walker (Finley River).

Without this crossbred blood, the English breed would be pretty pathetic!!!

If the very best foundation stock of the English breed were crossbred, grade, or in Specks case, transferred from another breed, why would we want to eliminate the method that improved the breed the most!!!

How many English breeders would breed to Speck, Little Joe, or Junior if you could today? None purebred.

No breed is exempt from this. If you don't allow single-registration, paper switching/false papers will be more prominent!!! And, you will never know about it!!!

If you don't have first-hand knowledge of a dog and its pedigree, you basically have NO KNOWLEDGE of the dog and its pedigree.

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Again, if you're gonna go the cross breed route, thats fine but except everything that comes with it. This includes no papers, and not hunting in a PURE BRED registry like the UKC. If you people dont like it, there's nothing stopping you from forming your own registry called UCA (United Crossbreed Association).

The UKC is a purebred registry period...what do people not understand about that??

I'll again post the UKC's mission statement: Our mission is to be the world's best registry of purebred dogs, to offer our customers the most efficient and creative services possible, to use our data to help our customers breed the best dogs in the world and to create a wide spectrum of performance and conformation events in which those dogs can prove their instincts and heritage.

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Originally posted by honalieh
I've been hunting crossbreds for 30+ years. They're called English Hounds!!!

Hardtime Speck = Walker Dog.

Beshears Blue Boy II (Junior) = Single Registered English Hound (Grade Dog) X a Walker female.

Boyds Little Joe = Single Registered English Hound (Grade Dog).

There's the so-called big 3 of the English breed.

Daron's Blue Reb (Lumis) = 3/4 Walker (double Johnsons Banjo).

Merks Singing Tapp = 1/2 Walker (Finley River).

Without this crossbred blood, the English breed would be pretty pathetic!!!

If the very best foundation stock of the English breed were crossbred, grade, or in Specks case, transferred from another breed, why would we want to eliminate the method that improved the breed the most!!!

How many English breeders would breed to Speck, Little Joe, or Junior if you could today? None purebred.

No breed is exempt from this. If you don't allow single-registration, paper switching/false papers will be more prominent!!! And, you will never know about it!!!

If you don't have first-hand knowledge of a dog and its pedigree, you basically have NO KNOWLEDGE of the dog and its pedigree.

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