Hopefully not too many bc then they'll become watered down like most dogs for sell on the dog trade. Most of the people that own some are in it for the dogs and not the $$$ to be made. I'm not trying to popularize them, just trying to find out as much knowledge on the dogs we can. To me it's cool seeing how many dogs go back and are related to the perry dogs in one shape, form or another. The line I get to hunt behind is just a branch of the tree that started back in the 50's. there are many other branches that have just as colorful backgrounds and good dogs. We really ony have one perry dog that ours go back to. That was the ace of Spades Dixie, so it's hard to even say the ones we hunt are perry dogs. I would call ours more Woodruffs with perry blood in their past
a few folks I have talked to in the past have said that the Melman and Perry dogs were bred for working cattle and hogs...the type that went deep in the woods to find cattle and that these dogs were often crossed with other good dogs of other breeds at different times...it seems to me that breeding this way will get good dogs but the percentages of good dogs from pups produced won't be as high...and one perry dog back in the pedigree does not make the dog of today a perry dog...but working these dogs daily for sure identifies what dogs are worthy of breeding...
one of these days I would like to hunt behind a pair of great perry or melman curs...I am sure that the good ones are as good as they say they are...it is always a pleasure to hunt behind great dogs...
[/quote]I have a pair and your more than welcome to come watch them work !!
