Message #124863

[uglydog]

My EP came to me from a more or less pet home but had the training for birds, anyway after killing the pet ducks she was passed on. I liked the gyp alot, She would strike and hunt until her feet would bleed not just wear the pads off, and then she woul still hunt more but trying to walk on the sides of her feet.
She was not too gritty for me, matter as fact she won money in a baying competition in Nixon one time I took her. She would tree a squiorrel here at the house and trashed on them a few times in the woods. She was extremely easily handling dog. I bred her to my favorite Uglydog once, and yes they produced several blacks and now from those pups they will also produce several blacks in the litter. She even pointe pigs in brush for me, like they were quail.

Here is the thing about this one dog, and only pure bred EP I have ever owned. Her bones were pettite and brittle, she had her ribs broken several times by hogs. I believe that to be because they were bred to hold a point rather than bay and work like a stock dog does. My theory is many times she would be in front of the hogs she had bayed and rather than move her feet and get out of the way when the hogs charged her, she would get nailed right in the chest, thats why alot of broken ribs.
Her pups hustle like EP but bay like a cur dog. She had plenty of heart and no quit to her, and if I had another like her, I would put her up for breeding, but thats hindsight, too late now.