thoms bloodline..

[kameron118]

been looken for some good black mouth curs out of a good bloodline and came across thoms black mouth curs for cattle dogs out of texas.. just wondering if anyones gotten any pups from him and how did they turn out for hog hunting..

[BA-IV]

http://www.easttexashogdoggers.com/forum/index.php?topic=11250.0

It's an old thread but olds information.  There's more than this thread on em, try searching and you'll find more information.

[gomer]

Ive got a buddy that has a few dogs that came from David Thoms he uses them on cows and he is very pleased with them.

[Randy_P]

I know guys that absolutely love them on cows.  ALso know guys that have gotten a few that are doing good on hogs. Same guys have also had some that wouldnt do anything with a hog.  I bought 2 and neither wanted to work a hog at all. Kept them until 1 1/2 yrs old.  However I have also seen a thoms dog bay the heck out of a hog. DOnt know how it hunted though.  Dont put faith in the warranty.  Culls are in every litter....No matter how many times a dog goes back to Weatherford Ben.  PM if you are still curious or interested in that line of dogs.

[ancuegar]

I got one of them Thoms dogs. He is gonna be 4 this year. Lots of drive and very independent. He will run past a tank hunting instead of stopping to drink. Sometimes too long range for me but lots of bottom. Loose baying but will shut one down. He tried a 190 pound sow the other night cause we got to close to her. No dog or human aggressiveness either.

[hogrunner]

I let some dogs go at 1 1/2 too and called to check on them several months later and they were jam up.  I think a dog needs more time to mature and show you something.  Had a birdog cross not even bark at a hog or even act interested all the way to 1 year and now she is on injured reserve for catching a boar that near made her bleed out.  Give em time..

[grittydog]

Kameron118,
What other lines of BMC's do you have access to? If you have access to a line of BMC that have been breed for years for hog hunting go that route. I did not have access to these type of BMC's at the time that I bought my Thom's Dogs (Foundation-Weatherfords Ben). I have had real good luck with the Thoms dogs that I have. I went with the Foundation dogs because they were available to me, when others are hard if not impossible to get your hand on. I would still buy another dog from Mr Thom's if I needed to. Call and ask about prices because he is is real dam proud of them. Send Airduster29 on this forum a PM he breeds the Foundation dogs.

[jerryg]

Don't put faith in the warranty

absolutely !!!!!

Jerryg

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

Have owned four WB total... one Thoms. Three with papers.

All extremly shy
Two did not work at all
Two were great bay dogs including Thoms bred but zero nose
All a bit smaller built than I prefer.
All absolutely beautiful Yeller dogs (with tails)
Extremly short range hunters
Good and rough
Would say they would be exceptional cow dogs due to baying ability but come up extremely short on hunting ability for me.
My experience only am sure there are different experiences. 

[Gibson]

I have a 2 yr old Thoms BMC.  He hunts short range and doesn't really trust his nose.  However, if he sees a pig, he will stay with it until he shuts it down.  With all that said, he is getting better with every hog he finds and I still have high hopes for him.

[grittydog]

Gibson,
How is he breed?

[Gibson]

Honestly, I can't tell you.  I went to his ranch and he had probably three litters consisting of approximately 20-25 pups.  It took forever to decide on a pup.  He told me the bloodlines, but I dont remember.  I knew I was not interested in breeding him.  I just wanted a quality dog, which I got.