Message #14410

[capt jack]

you are right, aussiedogger i hunted many years with pit x grey hounds. the dogs were fast and would catch hard. the best luck i had was with a 3/4 grayhound x 1/4 pit. had more since and would bay a bad hog.

i ran a straight gray hound a few times but, i had the best luck with a cross of some kind.

in my opinion this is what i would call a running catch dog. if a hog broke bay, it never got very far with the gray hounds cross on him. they would grab an ear and lay on the side of the hogs body. the 3/4 grayhounds never did get cut bad, how ever the 1/2 cross would get butchered. i always wanted the off spring to favor the gray hound with the pit head and body of a gray hound.
i would hunt them loose with  the strike dogs.

i had a gray hound x hound, she was good but took to the hound more than the gray hound. she was a little rough and got killed. she also barked to  much for me. the gray hound cross would yip on a hot track and would bay.