EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

thinken about getting a lacy
any comments on the breed

Love em but high energy I have one that is two years old a little over out of good dogs that had never seen a pig much less been out of a back yard take right to a pig high game drive too so some trash breaking does happen.  And again high energy or the ones we have had are.

what exactly is a lacy?

http://www.nationallacydog.org

The breed as a whole is very inconsistent. The good ones are great with a high energy style somewhat an amalgamation of terrier and cur in nature. The bad ones.... Well, they are really bad.

The good news is that there are individual lines which promote consistently good hunting dogs.

What ever you do, just be certain to get a pup out of proven working lines. And confirm the lines performance. DO NOT just take a breeders word for it. Do your homework because there are lots of breeders who claim performance prowess based upon one grand sire, or great grand sires accolades, or even just the breeds history in general, when neither parent has ever seen a pig in its life. Those breeders wouldn't know a hog dog if it bit them on the ass, but they talk a good game.

The average Lacy is not a rangy dog, they normally work out 100 or 200 yards at the most unless on track. They are, however, tenacious and gritty with good prey drive and agility.

A rangy Lacy is rare, but they do exist. I have had two 1/2 to 3/4 mile dogs out of about 40 total. And I am trying to replicate them now. Many will go that far on track, but very few will just hunt out that distance.

They also tend to be very picky about who they are hunted with, especially the males.

They often times mature very quickly at first, then level out or even take a step back from about 1 to 2 years of age, or 1.5 to 2.5 years of age, then hit another stride in performance. I have no idea why, but I have seen it happen with many of them.

Personally, I like them and hunt them exclusively, and you may like them too, or you may not.

Steve

For posterity sake....

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Monteria described them well, I had two littermates though that were dog aggressive as all get out.  My son has a young female now with no idea of what her pedigree is but fortunately she is working out.

From my experience they seem to lack bottom.  I know some people who walk hunt that like this about them, if they don't stop the hog within 800yds they want them to come off and check back and not trail for miles.  They just don't seem to have the over all stamina that a bmc has in my opinion.

I'm going to disgree in that stamina and bottom are two different things.  I think lacys have more stamina than most bmc but yes less bottom.  They are quicker darting in and out than most larger bmcs. Stanima imo is the ability to go and go and go and most well bred dogs can do that and then some.

There is a post started by hoghunterdfw  earlier this yr. you can search under his name that is several pages of everything you could ever want to read about lacy's with alot of solid info.

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My two lacy's on the far left, tri male and red female. For visual reference. My male is rough as he!!, will bay on large hogs. He usually hunts short @500 yds, but will stick on a hot trail or a runner. Always busy and can hunt all day. My female is pretty much the same except not rough, will stop one but won't try to catch and hunts a little further out. But there is truth to getting the right line of dogs to get consistensy to hunt.

thanx--for the info

I have a lacy that is 7 months old and have raised him the whole time. He has the most energy out of any dog I have every seen. He is extremely smart, high strung, and hates pigs. Only had him in the bay pen the heat has been keeping me out of the woods. He is a very gritty dog. He latches on to the ear of every pig I have had him on no matter what size. Just from my experience I love the breed and plan on adding a few more to my pack.

those are some very good lookin blue dogs, they look just like a maltese plott, no pun intended.

Lacy's, you either love or hate em.  I have one and after having one i can promise you i will have another.  Mine is not real rangy as Monteria explained but he is super gritty.  I like short to medium range dogs that are really gritty and a lacy is a good fit for that.