the nose is being bred out of hounds. this is a serious problem. i think one reason for
this is competition hunting . field trials ,nite hunts etc. you cant run
anything till you get it started . when they make a
loss they need to start it again . maybe they shouldnt have
made a loss but they did. i think the idea behind field
trials is to improve dogs . the reality is it is ruining them.
who is breeding the most dogs and selling the most pups.
competition hunters . i will say right now there is some
good in this. in the twenty five plus years ive hunted i see
dogs that start quicker. tree dogs tree
a lot easier than they used to . some of the best
bear dogs ive seen come from competition coon hound blood lines. i think the biggest reason
is increase in drive and desire. when you hear somebody
say that its too wet,too dry, too hot , too cold, too
windy, etc etc etc . stop and think . could it be that
my prize hound has been bred to run game in a pen
. his recent ancestors only had to run around a little to
run into another rabbit ,hare fox or coyote. why should
i expect him to figure this track out .
could it be he is lacking a little in nose or cold trailing
ability. ??? just think about it a little. next time
you breed a dog ask yourself how he performs on the really tough
days. i judge my dogs the same beagles or bear dogs. i want them to cold trail,walk if they have
too and run to catch when they can. i like a bark every breath dog but do not tolerate boo hooing idiots, i am very interested
in hearing from any breeders of cold nosed beagles,or treeing walker big game hounds. pete