http://www.easttexashogdoggers.com/page6.html try this link, it gives a few of the terms and some that u didnt ask about. a cull is 1 that a bullet is worth more than the dog, a dog that has no drive or hunt ability, bayed is means when the dog got a hog, coon, squirel, cow or what ever u are hunting/ herding stoped and is lookin at the animal and barking/baying. a gator may also be refering to a line of pits and a pit that has a head like a gator, again diff folks have diff meanings, ur blue ticks are ur hounds along with a red tick which is a cross between a redbone hound and a bluetick hound. a cur is mostly refered to as a bmc ( black mouth cur) or a catahoula cur. u also have help dogs which are just that help, they arent sharp enough to get out and find a hog but is there at a bay to help keep the animal hemed up or bayed up, a strike dog is a dog that gets out there and strikes/ finds the hogs trail and starts runnin the trail