The Perfect Hog Dog...

he will be any early starter...this pup will be the pick from 8 weeks because he is head and shoulders above his siblings...the first time in the woods this pup will make a good loop and he will be in a smooth gallop with his head held high looking from side to side. he hits the slough without hesitation and charges ahead and swims to the other side... he can take a track at 6 months old, no problem... and can smell a track that even the best strike dogs can not or will not start...

This young dog at a year to 14 months is a dog that can compete with the very best of the strike dogs...he can make it look easy to find a hog...if the hog sign is fresh enough I guarantee a strike...when he first locates a good track he barks three times and then shuts up, he cuts and slashes, drifts on track and will even make a big half circle to locate the hot end of the tracks... and he will be bayed while the other dogs are still trying to work out the feeding tracks...he runs the track with his head up and looking for the game he is trailing...this dog is always trailing ahead of the pack...did it at 10 weeks of age with his litter-mates when testing... and does it in the field at 7 years of age...he locates with a long bawl and settles to a loud chop...he is good at keeping the hog bayed...he will stick with a runner for hours and has the grit to stop one if he can catch up to him...this dog will not stop and give it up because the brush or the rose hedges are too thick...

This dog is leggy with a powerful build but yet you can see the refinement...He has power, speed, and lots of heart...he does not start a fight but will not cower down from one. I like them about 55-60 pounds, dark yellow to a dark yellow reddish color with dark pigment and dark eyes...also a good length of ear but it breaks over even with the top of the skull.

This dog is one you will remember and one of those you call once in a lifetime dogs. He is smart...he is not hyper...because the great dogs are not hyper...those that don't know dogs will call him lazy...but he is far from lazy...he is laid back but he is intense...he is independent and will honor a bay...but he strikes 9 out of 10 hogs...as this dog ages he will not hunt as before...but he will make a big loop when the tail gate drops...if he doesn't come back in 10 minutes get ready because he is fixing to bay up...if he comes back you can bet there are no hogs in the vicinity...but when he leaves out you can bet on a bay...

The dog I described I picked out of my back yard as a pup and his name was yeller...smartest dog I ever owned...have had quite a few very good ones since but none like yeller...