Few thoughts on the cow dog/hog dog correlation....

I just had to put in my thought on this topic too. I have managed ranches here in Fla for 13 years, the last ranch we ran 500 cow/calf pairs on thousands of acres. Some pasture, but some was rough woods too. I have been raising the same line of dogs I have now for about 26 years and have used the same line on both hogs and cows with success. Our cow dogs usually couldn't see the cattle they had to wind thema nd bay them up. And yes a 100 head of cattle are a lot easier to wind that one hog in a briar patch but the drive to find them still has to be there.

I rarely used the same dogs on cows and hogs but may use littermates. When I go to pen cows I don't want my dogs to get off on a hog and mess up a days work. And when I am hog hunting they better not mess witha cow.....

That said I know what Larry is talking about. My dogs won't have the range his will but are bred to hunt closer and have more handle. I will be 50 years old in August and I personally don't want a dog that will go 5 miles to find a hog. The hunting places here in Fla keep getting smaller and I need a dog that hunts with me, not one that hunts like a hound and goes and goes. But for the way Larry hunts, his dogs are ideal for him.
I feel Larry definately has a good breeding program and his dogs have their place.

If I had huge tracts to hunt, ((and was maybe younger...LOL) I would have to try one of Larry's dogs just so I could see what they do in the woods, having never actually hunted with a Parker cur.

But I hunt places that are 1,000 -3,000 acres and my dogs get off of those places regularly so I know I don't want anything longer ranged than what I have. My dogs are medium range, medium nosed dogs with a lot of speed, a head full of sense, and run to stop, whether its a cow or hog. They are not going to run along and boo hoo bark at something, like some of the cow dogs I have seen, I can tell you that...

BTW good looking dog cward!!