Sammy

Great looking dog, and an interesting cross. Sounds like he's working out good for you, Matt. I know there are always exceptions but if someone were to ask my opinion of that cross in general, I would tend to think more of a straight catch dog. It seems like more times than not that rough pit blood runs pretty strong.

I have always been curious (though I'm in no way knocking) why someone would cross pit into their bay/strike dogs. The majority of the straight Black Mouth's (mine included) that I've hunted around are about as rough and catchy as I would want them to be. In fact, I know several people who use the same bloodline BMC's (Weatherford's Ben) as I have myself and use no catchdogs. They basically run, find and catch everything all by themselves.