Message #193994

[Wmwendler]

Interesting.....I have never hear of that type of hound before.  I have a book Called "Big Thicket legacy"  Where each chapter is an interview from an old timer in South East Texas.  Jude Heart is one of those chapters.  I would love to see that video interview.

I too beleive that the dog breeds and types created in The Southern United states originated from the people who colonized those areas, and the breeds they created came from dogs which encompanied them on the boat from Europe.  Those breeds include the spanish alano, originally used for hunting boar, and working cattle in Spain.  Beauceron Used for herding cattle in France.  The predecessor of the Plott hound used for hunting boar in Germany.  Probly many others lost to history over the years due to the fact that the people who used these dogs had not interst in promoting them for anything other than practical use.

The Beaceron had the Merle gene.  It could be the source of that gene in those hounds.  It would not supprise me if those hounds share some common ancester with the cur breeds.  Given thier tendancy to run heads up as you described.

Waylon