Reuben
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Registered: Nov 2011
Location: Freeport,TX
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quote: Originally posted by River Birch Run
Thats all I hunt, it has to be the standard where I live. There are enough get deep and alone dogs here that strike points is what sets them apart. But they are two different hunting styles, get deep fast, ambush dog. And tree every coon in the woods type. The key is they both open quick when they hit the track(and not babble off the chain). But then just open very little here and there before they tree. They both drive there tracks fast.
For me the get deep quick dog is a cull...
The tree every coon in the woods quickly type is what I would keep and breed for...
My question to you...what is your opinion on nose power on the two types your talking about? Both types of dogs have evolved from many years of selection based on hunting competition...while there can be dogs that win through top handling, over time the average would go to a certain type of nose...
My thoughts are that these type of dogs cannot be too cold nosed nor too hot nosed...for these dogs to be consistent winners over time it is my opinion that they have to be somewhere in the middle...
It is also my opinion that when we discuss hot nose and cold nose that it is not only the nose that should be discussed...I believe the brain is a major player on what the nose does...
How can we measure what type of dog has evolved from the last twenty years until now?
I think we would have to find the average type of handler that competition hunted back then and now...and then do the same with the type of competition dogs back then and now...
We could measure hunting style, nose, and type of mentality a dog must have to be a consistent winner...
The first thing to understand is how the nose and brain work together in collecting accurate data...
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