The BEST dog you have ever owned/hunted.......

[justincorbell]

Lets hear about it. I have really enjoyed reading about those once in a lifetime dogs that people have owned hunted in the past and figured I would at least give a thread like this a shot.......... I know there are ALOT of guys on here that have some real deal hard hunting dogs and I'd like to hear more about em all, catahoulas, ymbc's, hounds, terriers, crosses and anything in between........just simply flat out the BEST dog you have ever been lucky enough to hunt behind. So if ya'll get the time sit down and tell us about the best dog YOU have ever owned OR have had the pleasure of hunting behind. and throw some pictures in if you have em. I look forward to reading about em.

[Handle_It]

Best dog ive ever owned and had the pleasure of hunting for a couple years was a dog named Briar. I got him from Jimmy(TexasHogDogs) who raised him until he was about 15 months old when I got him. Still to this day I Haven't seen but one who hunted as good as he did and that was Jodys Country dog who is Briars brother. They are Plot Walker Catahoula bred and silent as can be. Didn't matter how you hunted him he would produce pork, and as independent as they came. He didn't need any other dogs to help him. You could shoot over him or in his earlier stage he would catch with catch dog. Then he started getting to where he wouldn't be there when you got there because as soon as they caught he was gone on another. I loved just putting him down on a crossing and watching him take it out a mile and jump the hog it was great. By far hands down a dog I loved to hunt!! He got killed just in the beginning of his prime right before he turned 3. I could only imagine with another year or two down the road how that dog would have been.

[Hamilton_hogger]

Walker kemmer gyp..she could hunt any style you want hood.horseback.walk.shoot over her or usr c.d.  didnt need a lick of help.  BARMBARKENNELS has her now im sure he can post pics i dont jave computer so cant post pics.  she was.  is real deal though.  next best would probly be casey lee cash dog.  pure catahoula he only gonna get better hes still young....also had a heeler catahoula gyp that would hunt her little arae off 

[floridahogdoghunter]

these to are the best trail and catch dogs i have seen black dog was mine and was a damn hog dog forsure the yellow one belongs to a buddy she was up in age but was a bad one forsure. both dead
 the best over all dog i have seen was owned by gary brown in fort meade fl named get right. defiantly a jam up son of a gun. caught alot of hogs behind the black dog and the get right dog. the get right right dog was sold because he was going thru a divorce and needed money for his truck payment witch his ex wife took about 2 weeks after that. lol the guy who then had it lost him so im sure he is dead as well. i have some good storys of hunting with gary and that dog, dont have any pics of him tho

[Judge peel]

The best dog I have hunted with is my dog flash lacy x Kemmer. Good nose fast on track and lots of bottom this dog amazes me at times has never trashed on me goes miles or hrs what ever it takes he has put me and my buddy's on a lot of hogs. I can't take the credit on him cuz tcolt trained him up me and flash just fit up better he had issues when I first got him but that is all in the past little guy has the hart of a lion. Got him and haven't looked back just goes to show you never know where the good ones are going to come from they just pop up. Not saying he is the best cuz he ain't but he is darn good

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

Fortunate to have had several through the years that impressed me. 
Go figure they were all Yeller and related. Lol.

This is a mother, son,  and grandson that were sure nuff dogs for us. Along with the latest great grandson that seems to be stepping up hard and outshining his peers.


My old gyp on right. 


Son out of her


Grandsons (Littermates) male on left is top dog here currently. 


 
And great grandson 11 months old on right.

[BigNoseKate]

Man… I honestly couldn’t put a BEST dog into one dog that I have hunted behind… from my outlook, there have been many.  Now I have not been hunting but for only a few years, and have thoroughly enjoyed getting to hunt with other dogs, and see different styles.  Each dog has had its strength and weaknesses, but first and foremost, for me, they have all been dogs that you can guaran-dam-tee is looking at a hog when they’re singin’. 

Each dog that I’m talking about is a dog that is straight hog dog, no questions asked.  They have that passion that surpasses  just a run-of-the mill dog that hunts.  It is a passion, and a want-to, that drives what they do; it’s a passion that is bread, not learned.  I can’t really even put it into words… to me there is a difference in a dog that will bark at a hog, and a dog that bays a hog.  There’s a difference in a dog that likes to hunt and learns over a period of time and a dog that picks it up in just a few hunts.  It’s the dog that no matter what terrain you hunt, when that tailgate drops, it’s all hog business no matter where they are.  It’s the dog that rolls out and doesn’t quit, and it’s the dog that counts on you to be there. It’s a dog that when you have a dry run, you can honestly say that the hogs just aren’t there that night. 

Here are a few of those dogs that I have had the pleasure to hunt behind.

First one is Flacco.  I just learned a few days ago that this guy passed away due to old age.  He’s not my dog to pay tribute to, but I can tell you that this dog taught me how to hunt.  He’s the kind of dog that you drop and will go a mile to even find a track.  He was slow, steady, and only got in a rush if he was looking at a hog.  He’s a dog that didn’t need another dog to hold a bay or work a trail.  He had all the confidence in the world in what he was doing.  I never saw him on a hog when we got there, unless it was a lone ranger.  He would roll out one time after another.  This is the dog you have to figure out how to get to in order to stop him.  He’s a dog that would take a trail 2-3 miles.  He may not have been the best looking dog in the world, but this is a TRUE HOG DOG.  And you can take that to the bank.  There are not many dogs that put as many hogs at the end of a trail as this dog did and die of old age.  Rest in Peace, Flacco (Swine Stopper's dog).

 He's the white dog





Next is BigNoseKate.  This little girl was only a pup, but she is what taught me the difference between a dog that hunts hogs and a hog dog.  You could leave this dog for hours in front of a hog and rest assured that she would be with that hog, barking when you came back.  Even from a pup, she didn’t need someone (dog or person) with her to hold a bay.  She had what I call the “Hog Hate,” and I wish that this little girl would’ve made it a little bit longer in this world.  Wasn’t anything sweet about her… all she needed was herself, she was hell on wheels… and if she were still alive, I know she would have been a hellacious dog.  Here’s to my girl Kate.

[Reuben]

I have had quite a few dogs I would put against any dog cause dogs can only get so good...and some had certain traits that were a little better than the others...

but I did have a once in a lifetime dog that was a big dog among big dogs because not only would he strike first but he made it look easy...he could work a track quickly and easily where even a great dog would spend a few working it out...

[justincorbell]

I have had quite a few dogs I would put against any dog cause dogs can only get so good...and some had certain traits that were a little better than the others...

but I did have a once in a lifetime dog that was a big dog among big dogs because not only would he strike first but he made it look easy...he could work a track quickly and easily where even a great dog would spend a few working it out...

Well thats the one I want to hear about Mr. Reuben, that once in a lifetime dog! When you get the time tell us about him.

[Reuben]

Justin...got to sign off for now...I did have the story on my computer and it crashed so I lost it...it was one I wrote and had it put in the Full Cry magazine...I might scan it off that old magazine when I have time and paste it on here...

[easttexasoutlaw33]

I have owned a once in a lifetime dog old Jax was a completly silent plott hound. He was one of those dogs that after every dog you or anyone else had there would run past the track and even you would say no hog hear he would sneak off and fall bayed. You could hunt him anyway you wanted road him cast him let him wind off box didnt matter. To this day I have never seen a dog anywhere with the bottom that dog had or maybe it was just pure heart. Many dark to daylight hunts and many that went over 30 miles on the garmin with him riding not one time. He was the dog that after 3 hogs caught and tied you and your buddies said llook ill get the hog the other three just catch that damn brindle dog. I doubt ill ever find another one like him. He was just one of a kind

[alapaha blue blood]

When I was 12 my grandad bought a dog from a rancher in the area that said the dog mean as fire, he was young so we got to working on him he loved to hunt and was a great dog he would catch 150lbs and smaller and bay what he couldn't handle he was very gritty and as soon as the hog r javelina was dead he'd roll out and bay up again sometimes we used belts r shoelace just to tie him up to keep him from rolling again we breed him a few times and came up with some decent dogs but never one as good as him he tracked deer for us hogs anything u put him on he would take to it just a all around good dog he looked like a lab/Pitt or a cat/ Pitt black with white chest and socks sure do miss ol RIP we had to put him down at the age of 6 he had been cut down so many times that by 6 he couldn't hardly walk of load up I think he had arthritis I chased that dog all over the woods for 5 years with gramps and my uncle and killed many hogs behind him

[Rodeo]

all great dogs and stories, mine is the big ole male in my piture, love him and really need him to breed my female so i can have his son for the future

[Black Smith]

The best dog I ever owned was a treeing walker named Smiths Cajun Whiskey e was just a natural born coon dog!! The best coon dog I ever hunted with was a dog named ezsra he was owned buy my uncle Toby Smith from Vidor Texas and like my uncle said he just didn't find coons he manufactured coons. My all time favorite dog was old smokey a treeing walker I won my first competition hunt with when I was 9 years old hunting in a cast of older men I though me and old Smokey could walk on water that night LOL!!! Now all I do is hog hunt with a decent dog but the best hog dog I have hunted with so far was the Barr dog Mr. parker sold.

[txsteve85]

Either BlakeF Tater dog or Dale Burks ZZ tater bitch.....just some hog striking machines!!!

[colecross]

Ive had a few that was good,3 that was great.and one that was the best ive had the pleasure of having.and this is in25 yrs hunting behind hog dogs.jake was his name.before garmin he would stay gone 45 mins to a hour realy cant say how many yards he ranged ,he died at age 8 .died on the chain.i hunted hi m all his life ,he got cut down wen he was a year old.that was the last time he got cut. he would stay off a hog 15 are 20 feet and bay his head off would locate often,always came to the blowing horn,unless he was hogging,would catch pigs and bring them to me.wen bulldog caught he was gone to the next,he was tight mouth,you could shoot over him,wen u said caught hog he would shut up,he could wind,trackand cast he had no flaws never messed with nothing but hogs.a true all around good dog,his blood is deep in my yard.he was pure cat came from my grandads yard.

[justincorbell]

Thanks for all the replies ladies and gentlemen, I enjoy reading about the best of the best from different people and area's. One thing that really doesn't surprise me is the vast spectrum of breedings that were used to make these dogs.........Just goes to show you that great dogs come in all shapes sizes COLORS (there I said it  ) and breeds...........Keep em coming and keep posting pictures!

[T-Bob Parker]

Cwards Ike, or Mater take your pick
BigE's boogie or a multitude of other ones that him or tony unsnap and put out.

All the dogs above are the kind that will take you hunting.

[reatj81]

Got lucky and bought a 8 mo gyp (Sister) from Johnny Behlie she was by tdogs (Clyde) dog and a Dobelly gyp.   She was started in a 15 ac pen.  When I picked her up at 8 mo she was a hog dog by all standards.  Never trashed once in 8 yrs.  This gyp ran with her nose out, and could cover the ground in a hurry.  She could track hunt or wind.  She could wind hogs going down hwy in back of truck, or wind while ground hunting.  It was like she had a radar, when she got out of box, she could be a mile and bayed while other dogs were still pissing on tiers, and I could unload horse or 4 wheeler. This gyp could hunt so fast it was unreal and too my knowledge never passed a track.  She was always first to strike.  I cannot remember her ever getting on a hog and not catching the hog!   She put little to no pressure on a hog often baying 10-30 yards out. It didn't matter how long she was out she would stay with the hog.  This was before garmin, and only the last couple of years if her life any tracking system.  Spent a many a long day & night looking for her. When she was 15 mo old lost her about 10am after catching 3 hogs, after looking most of the day for her, at 11:30 the next morning got a call that a brindle dog was bayed a hog in a creek at least 7 miles as crow flies from where I lost her, wanted to know if I had lost a dog.  She was laying on her belly baying on a good hog that was laid out in the creek.  She was only barking once every couple of minutes, completely hoarse.  The only reason he found her is he happened to look down the creek on his way in from church.  Had to carry her to the truck, she had completely run the pads off all 4 feet.  She rolled over way too fast as she got older.  She got to where as soon as you got close to the bay she was gone, making it impossible to stop her rolling over.  It got so that we tried to catch her before ever attempting to catch the hog, sometimes we did sometimes she would get by us, I had way better luck catching her when hunting alone, she was a tad bit funky!  If you bayed a sounder, as soon as caught a couple and it broke she would take a track.  When we got to her and caught that one she would return to where sounder was and start another track.  She could do this all day!   I have no idea how far she hunted but at times after getting a radio collar she would get out of range just hunting, I know that thing was good 2-3 miles.  She never put her mouth on a hog to my knowledge but somehow had the ability to stop a runner.  Speed and endurance!   She was also a producer I raised 3 litters out of her, some were used as hog dogs, most as cow dogs!  Before I got on Ethd redrairer on here had a dog by her (Clay).  My son had (Flop). Who we also used on cows.  I have 2 young dogs that are about 14 mo old that are grand pups and close related on top side, that are earning their keep.  I also 2-- 9mo old pups that are double grand pups to her, that I haven't given the opportunity to see what they will be yet. I don't know that sister was great, but the best I have hunted with!  Thanks to tdog we have managed to keep a few that go back to old Clyde around.  I never had the privilege to hunt with Clyde for he died about same time I bought sister, herd many stories very similar to these about him, and he would also grab a little a$$.  But he passed on these traits many generations!  I'm sure she wasn't the best, but the best I have followed!

[TexasHogDogs]

Am like some of the others cant say one without talking about others.  I owned a dog name Black Jack that really words cannot describe .  Never seen anything like him he found hogs when there were not hogs to be found he was that kind of dog.  He had it all nose , wind, speed, stamina , endurance just not enuff words to describe him.  He found 22 hogs in two days one time and like to run us to death before we could ever catch him.  Only word that comes to mind to describe him is,  Unreal !  With that say my old Blu gyp is right there with him one of the best aint not telling how many hogs this gyp has found if she goes don't think I ever seen any dog strike in front of her,  then there was her half sister Little Ann my Horn dogs mother great great great dog and in that mix is my old CJ gyp and her sisters War Dog and Daisy with any of these dogs on the ground the hogs didn't have a chance they were found PERIOD .  These dogs are all dead and gone except my old Blu Gyp and Little Ann and the only reason they are alive to day is because I retired them so they could live out there lives and leave their stamp with the kids they leave behind.  Have some of their kids now that are just now  starting to leave their marks with me and even these dogs kids now young dogs coming up some I guess you could say around my house there has been three generations of great great great hog dogs.  Just cannot say one with out saying something about all the others they were that good.