Reuben
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Re: We Talk About it! Where Does It Come From?
quote: Originally posted by Bruce m. Conkey
Many on here talk about BRAINS in a Hound. Many sure say the want it. I will assume we would agree that it is there in an offspring because of a GENETIC reason. If that is close to being true. Then what line of dogs would you look to for a smart puppy with the BRAINS you would want in a finished hound.
I know if someone asked me about what line of dogs put TREEING in the pups. I could answer that.
I know if someone asked me about what lines of hounds TRACKING ability comes from. I could answer that.
If someone wanted a certain mouth or color pattern. Most know what lines of dogs can produce what a person wants.
Many talk about BRAINS. What lines of hounds do you find BRAINS in. Also a short description on how a person could recognize BRAINS in a pup would be appreciated.
When competition rules are made for winning at any cost regardless of which is the best dog...then there will be many dogs bred that really aren’t bred with brains as a priority...
When casting a dog and he leaves at a dead run in a straight line and comes treed in a mile while passing up decent tracks and said dog is looking for a smoking hot track then that dog is a cull in my opinion...
My reasoning tells me this dog is hot nosed and is passing up good tracks...
This dog does not hunt the woods in a thorough manner...
Looking for smoking hot tracks will work when there are quite a few coon because eventually he will strike a hot track...
The dog that takes the tracks as they come will have a better nose as he proves it on a regular basis and probably has a better nose...
Why would anyone want a dog of this type...in my eyes this dog is a cull...especially if he is a deep and alone dog...
I think and I suspect most pleasure hunters that know what a good hunting dog is probably will like the same type of dog I like...
Taking the tracks as they come...hot to medium track...drift on track to find the hot end and get bayed or treed pretty quick but also can work a track as needed...
and having the inclination to wind and go to the game and tree or bay...
Works a patch of woods pretty quick and comes back if no game found or circle further out...whenever this dog comes back or circles further out then you can bet there isn’t any coon in that patch of woods...
So the reason for hotter noses has to do with competitions...or getting closer to the root cause...it”s about WINNING”...the quality of dog doesn’t matter as long as it wins...
Some folks will say...not true...back in 1999 I had a dog that took tracks as they come and he made grand nite champ and someone else will chime in and say the same thing but in 2012...yes there are exceptions to every rule but let’s look at the percentages...the more honest data we collect the more accurate it becomes...
In my opinion when breeding great pleasure dogs that take tracks as they come then these dogs are somewhat in the middle of the road...so when pups are born to these type of parents each generation of pups will gravitate towards being more like their parents...producing a better quality of dog over time...
It seems to me the straight line deep and alone dogs will have a fine line in their genetics...if slightly below or slightly above and they can be labeled as not very smart...
As I’ve said before and will always say it...the rules need to be written in a way so that the best hound can win...
When this happens then there will be smarter hounds and hounds that will be a pleasure to hunt because when the right dogs win more often than not then there will be smarter hounds more often than not in the future...it will be a self fix system as Mother Nature does in nature...
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Training dogs is not so much about quantity, it's more about timing, and the right situations...After that it's up to the dog....A hunting dog is born...
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