Oak Ridge
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Registered: Aug 2003
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quote: Originally posted by Dwils
Who really cares as long as their coon treers
Wait now...I care, and my personal opinion is that more people SHOULD care.
There was a time when folks stopped caring about coon in trees, they just wanted one to get treed and stay treed....and before long the "super sire syndrome" bit us in the hind end and we bred to hard, hard tree dogs. Sure, they may miss a bunch, but by golly they got treed. A few generations later, we are all looking for one that has coon in trees, and not just leaves.
I remember when "ticked up" and open spotted dogs became undesirable, so again, the blanket back tan headed "super sire syndrome" bit us....and we bred for color only trying to get the perfect dog.
We will all never agree as to what it takes to make the "perfect" dog.....but I think we can all agree that a hound should sound like a hound, be a coon treeing dog, and be enjoyable to hunt.
I'm not against chop mouth track dogs...I won't own one, and certainly would not breed one. I want my dogs to sound like a hound, not the neighbors yard dog....I have a mountain cur for that, and to tree squirrels..... But I do know that one of today's "super sires" throws a ton of chop mouth track dogs.....
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