Reuben
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quote: Originally posted by Bruce m. Conkey
Our dogs are no different than our dinner tables. We have got to the point that the genetics are there in most hounds. With with proper handling, care, and experiences. They will make some type of coonhound.
The same goes for that apple pie or pumpkin pie we will be eating next week. The same ingredients in that pie will be served all across the nation. The same ingredients that Mom used. Most of the pies WILL NOT turn out like Moms. Will not taste as good, will not be as sweet and will just not be the same. An apple is an apple, flour is flour, sugar is sugar. Then why the difference. Mom knew what she was doing. Dogmen know what they are doing.
Not meaning this as disrespectful...just speaking my beliefs...
The apples and pies you speak of from across the nation is speaking in general...the overall average...for me this means the averages to reach 100 percent of the apples and pies will be close to this in the end...
20 percent above average...
60 percent average...
20 percent below average...
Your explanation is the same as what we’re dealing with today from what many see happening with the hunting dogs...they tend to fall in the same averages...why is this happening? Probably because we fall in the same law of averages as the apples, pies and dogs...
An average dog might get hung up on a feeder track for 5 or 10 minutes before he figures it out...a good hound will loop out quickly and in 2 minutes will have the hot end of the tracks lined out and will be bayed or treed by time the other hound lines the track out...
Can all dog men know what kind of dog he has or even appreciate the difference?
Another hound has trouble working tracks but puts lots of effort working the track with his nose close to the ground and he eventually gets the job done. This is his style most of the time...
the good hound hits the track running with his head up and looking ahead for the game he is tracking...he makes most of the tracks he runs look easy...
Of course there are other traits we need to evaluate to complete the well rounded hunting hound...
Depending in what category we fall in is probably what type of dog we will be happy to hunt...
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