John Carroll
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Talala, Oklahoma
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quote: Originally posted by hardwoodrunner
That is 1 very nice looking gyp. Could you email me I would like to talk about some of the bloodlines that you posted on her.
One question may sound funny but it is something I have experienced and talked to lots of old followers of gascon hounds. I know what they all told me and the answer was the same but I didnt tell each one what the other said until after they told me what to expect.
Question---- From her looks (frame) she has speed on the ground, have you experienced her not getting fat(chubby) during hunting her? What I mean is this from the old timers these dogs were built for speed on track with very cold nose, and in their gentic makeup (gene) it is there for them never to fatten up, you can worm them each month, feed high protein feed, all you want too, but their makup will not get them fat even during the a layoff in hunting. take my older male , you can feed him 28% feed turning the winter, hunt him 5-7 times a week from Sept to Feb during kill season here, back off to 3-4 times a week from Feb to May, then not hunt during the hot summer and back his feed down to 21% and he will stay the same in weight, looks,ect. Several followers of gascon told me this years ago.
I am not very putter smart, but if you look on Hunt101.com , search under hardwoodrunner you will see a picture of my gascon male Snake, and my younger female Dixie, and my older female Misty.
Thanks
Gregg
hardwoodrunner@yahoo.com
Gregg, I don't know if it was bred in them on purpose, but I had an old female that was on the big side, but probably not up to Gascon standards, and she wouldn't get very fat, hunting or not, no matter how much you fed her, and she was a big eater.
This old bitch was the foundation of what I am hunting now. I think she was pretty nice looking, and what a coon dog she was.

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