Oh yeah, and if those cur dog's are such the total package, why are so MANY people adding hound to them? To add range, bottom, nose.
Don't get me wrong, im not knocking cur dogs, ive seen a few that I wouldnt mind feeding, but to say they would work as good as a hound up here I have to disagree.
That has been thrown around on this thread a few times so here goes. A person could just as easily turn that around and say they were breeding Curs into the hounds. And if you are implying or asuming they are doing it because the hound has superior traits to offer then why make the cross in the first place why not go straight hound? But I get what your saying and really the person who makes that kind of cross is the only one that knows why he is doing it.....Well hopefully he knows why he is doing it. lol
In my honest opinion it happens for a couple reasons. Here they they are in the order I think is the most common reason from least to most common. #1-they might actually prefer a few hound traits in thier dogs for one reason or another. #2-they don't know any better. Or #3 They have some cur dogs that they wish had more hunt or bottom, which is not all that uncommon with the way dogs are bred and peddled now days, and they mistakenly think putting hound in them is the best way to do it. Either they have not been hog dogging very long and have never seen a Cur dog with lots of bottom that will hunt deep. Or they just flat don't have acess to that kind of cur dog and have not or will not put in the time it takes to earn a chance at owning that kind of Cur dog. Most people with those kind of Curs hold them tight and its like a good fishing hole you just don't give that away to very many people and then only those who have earned your trust and show they do right with it. Now I could also explain why I don't think you can just breed a hound to a cur and get a 50/50 mix of traits, but I have a feeling you understand and it goes back to the fact that hounds and curs have two totally different hunting styles like you mentioned previously. Just my opinion.
Waylon
