As a bench show judge I have been asked, "When will UKC aloow cross bred hounds to be shown"? Does anyone have the answer to this? i have a single registered cross bred hound myself and just started wondering the same thing.
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Convoy,Ohio
Posts: 1693
From my understanding,,they will never be able to show,,because they are not a certain 1 breed,,they are a mixture of breeds,,how can you win a best of breed when you have more than 1 breed mixed in the dog
I have no interest in showing dogs at all I hunt them and put them in trials and that's it but I really don't understand why these people raising cross breeds couldn't show them against each other if they want. I realize there are some breed standards with pure breeds that you may have to throw out the window for cross breeds but aren't allot of the things your looking at when you judge a dog pretty universal? To me a well put together hound is pretty much the same no matter what color it is. Maybe you wouldn't be able to let them show for "best of show" but just to let them show for best of "Their breed" if it makes them happy couldn't that work?
See, what I have is a full blooded walker with no papers and the sire and dam have no papers. Therefore I have to single register it as cross bred. Not raising cross bred hounds
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Convoy,Ohio
Posts: 1693
You would think UKC would come up with something where x-breed could compete against other x-breeds.,,but then again,,how many x-breeds are going to be at the same show to compete against each other.
quote:Originally posted by Jrkb2012 You would think UKC would come up with something where x-breed could compete against other x-breeds.,,but then again,,how many x-breeds are going to be at the same show to compete against each other.
LOL that's a very good point. I actually don't remember drawing an X-breed one single time in a hunt this year. There can't be that many of them coming.
Registered: Feb 2015
Location: California
Posts: 1150
They should do it if they know what the cross is. Ex class of Bluetickxwalker vs Bluetickxwalker or blk tanxredbone vs blk tanxredbone etc etc
That way I think in my opinion there is some sort of a "standard" you anit gonna see a redbone x blk tan come out looking like a Bluetick.....idk lol maybe you would lol
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: North GA
Posts: 14388
I have one that looks more like a B an T than lots of black an tans. Looks to me that should be enough. He has no white on him period and is half walker. Which is a lot less white than a bunch of them ukc let get single registerd.
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