Best dogs you've ever seen who had them

[To_The_Bone]

Just curious who had or has the best you have ever been with!

[Peachcreek]

A young lad from the texas hill country. he has a couple i cant figure out which one is better...

[Nannyslayer]

Coyote hounds-my dad.

Bear and cougar hounds-my buddies brother in Utah.

Rabbit beagles- older gentleman from my home town.

Hog dogs-not sure. We got decent dogs, run and catch hogs every time out, but they aren't the best, just the best for us.

[reatj81]

Hard to admit, but I seen a yellow dog put on a one dog show this weekend.  Ill never know for sure if it is the same boar or not that we been chasing for years but he held the old boar long enough for us to catch him finally.   If it was him myself and a few others been chasing him a few years.    He would break and run strait over any thing in his way and run threw another group of hogs & break the dogs of himself.   This hog was the real deal.  This yellow dog is the real deal!!!

[GRITTY CUR LOVER]

Not sure whos dogs are the best........but the "best" time I have ever had hunting is behind my dogs. lol   

[Juan Horton]

Orval Roberts, mike Caully/boyou cayjoun and tom franklin all great hounds

[hillbilly]

Theres a feller close to Jena, LA that has the best dogs in the state.

[Goose87]

What's his name hillbilly I work with a bunch of boys from up that way

[Buckdog]

RD Eaves has had a few yellow dogs that will sure put pork in the truck.  Old dog sow.  A Dog named levi . and best young dog I've hunted behind in a while Sue.... not mine but best I've hunted with.

[Kid7]

I hav the most fun catching hogs with my own too. But I think the best I've hunted with are owned by a man from Oklahoma/Arkansas named Clay Hurst. Not a big fan of spotted dogs but he's got some that made me think twice about them. Boar Collector is a very very close second. Two completely different styles between the two but I was impressed with both sets.

[barlow]

For several years I was fortunate enough to bear hunt behind some of the best Plotts in the country . . which I guess means in the world. They belonged to a number of different veteran hunters and breeders and represented several strong families of dogs. But when I spent several months hog hunting with Bob Owens in winter 07/08 it forced me to reevaluate what a dog was capable of and gave me a new outlook on how dogs worked in general. He had a gyp named Dot that was just plain spooky. Sometimes I wasn't sure if she even tracked or trailed . . or even went looking for hogs. It was like she just had a radar. On any number of occasions I watched as the woods were hunted out by good dogs . . and afterwards, half jokingly . . either myself or someone else would suggest that we turn Dot loose. And time after time she'd limp out on three legs and bay multiple hogs where they previously had not existed. She was ugly and had bad conformation. Not a very good mouth. She doesn't seem to have been much of a reproducer. But before her I was convinced that cur dogs were hot nosed squirrel dogs and lacked the conviction to do what came naturally to most hounds. And she was ten years old or older the first time I saw her. She'd been injured badly years before. A big boar had bit her back leg in half and it still took a four wheeler going at top speed over a half mile to run her down and catch her off the boar while the severed leg was spinning freely like a windmill fan. So, admittedly, that one got away. But not very many more. She was quick. She was fearless and determined. She was smarter than most folks' kids and she was rougher than a damned stucco toilet seat. She really was greater than the sum of her parts.

I was pretty serious about Plotts. And about bear hunting. I don't have Plotts anymore. Not because there aren't plenty of great ones out there. Not because I think there's anything consistently better for catching bears. But because I'd rather spend the rest of my years fooling around with lesser dogs trying to produce another like Dot . . than to own a truckload of good ones that will somehow always seem like punks next to that old pointy headed bitch.

Dot (lying down) in 2009.

[hoghunter71409]

Thats a great story Barlow- even coming from a plott guy like myself.  It would be great if everyone would describe the best dog they ever saw, just like Barlow did.  There are a lot of great dogs out there, but when a man can describe why one was better than the rest, it means something.

[Spencer]

For several years I was fortunate enough to bear hunt behind some of the best Plotts in the country . . which I guess means in the world. They belonged to a number of different veteran hunters and breeders and represented several strong families of dogs. But when I spent several months hog hunting with Bob Owens in winter 07/08 it forced me to reevaluate what a dog was capable of and gave me a new outlook on how dogs worked in general. He had a gyp named Dot that was just plain spooky. Sometimes I wasn't sure if she even tracked or trailed . . or even went looking for hogs. It was like she just had a radar. On any number of occasions I watched as the woods were hunted out by good dogs . . and afterwards, half jokingly . . either myself or someone else would suggest that we turn Dot loose. And time after time she'd limp out on three legs and bay multiple hogs where they previously had not existed. She was ugly and had bad conformation. Not a very good mouth. She doesn't seem to have been much of a reproducer. But before her I was convinced that cur dogs were hot nosed squirrel dogs and lacked the conviction to do what came naturally to most hounds. And she was ten years old or older the first time I saw her. She'd been injured badly years before. A big boar had bit her back leg in half and it still took a four wheeler going at top speed over a half mile to run her down and catch her off the boar while the severed leg was spinning freely like a windmill fan. So, admittedly, that one got away. But not very many more. She was quick. She was fearless and determined. She was smarter than most folks' kids and she was rougher than a damned stucco toilet seat. She really was greater than the sum of her parts.

I was pretty serious about Plotts. And about bear hunting. I don't have Plotts anymore. Not because there aren't plenty of great ones out there. Not because I think there's anything consistently better for catching bears. But because I'd rather spend the rest of my years fooling around with lesser dogs trying to produce another like Dot . . than to own a truckload of good ones that will somehow always seem like punks next to that old pointy headed bitch.

Dot (lying down) in 2009.

Mr Bob has had quite a few good dogs. Im good friends with his son, and he has some good dogs himself. Jimbob needs a few spotted dogs to complete his pack though!

[Reuben]

x3 on the Barlow story...I can appreciate someone who knows what a good dog is as well...

[hillbilly]

What's his name hillbilly I work with a bunch of boys from up that way

rather not say his name he his kinda shy

[Circle C]

I've seen and hunted behind a handful of what I consider top dogs, but I don't know anyone to consistently have top dogs like that young lad in the hill country.

I'd feel confident that I could walk up to his kennels, point out any dog in there, and we could take it and produce pork.

[JoshStokley]

I've had the pleasure of hunting behind some real nice dogs owned by different people but I can't say that I've seen that one super dog yet that just stood above the rest.  The dogs that I enjoyed hunting behind the most so far were BigO's Lisa, now owned by BigBen and BigBen's Ginger.  Those two dogs just seemed to compliment each other very well.  Both have plenty of hunt,  nose, bottom and can flat move a track.  The first time I hunted behind them was the first time I really got to see well bred stock dogs work and I have been sold on them ever since.

[jdt]

i've hunted with lisa and ginger and have to agree . i've never met clay hurst but have penned and caught cattle with his daddy and he is a top notch cowboy , dog man and feller !

the best cowdog i ever worked behind was clues cowboy , sire to lisa , and maybe ginger , i can't remember. if he had been a hog dog he would have been the best hog dog i ever seen .

[JoshStokley]

i've hunted with lisa and ginger and have to agree . i've never met clay hurst but have penned and caught cattle with his daddy and he is a top notch cowboy , dog man and feller !

the best cowdog i ever worked behind was clues cowboy , sire to lisa , and maybe ginger , i can't remember. if he had been a hog dog he would have been the best hog dog i ever seen .

John, Lisa and Ginger are both Cowboy x Sarah, just different litters.  A year apart I believe.

[Lacy man]

A young lad from the texas hill country. he has a couple i cant figure out which one is better...

The dog I ve enjoyed watchin the most the past couple years peaches owns is his lady dog. She's doesn't get talked a whole lot on here but she's a damn sure no joke hog dog. Many times I ve seen her pull a hog out her ass and get it bayed after running it for hours on end. She's best dog I ve seen.

I d have to agree with peaches though I ve never hunted with the hill country lad myself but I have seen and hunted behind some pups outta his dogs and they re hard to beat. Nose bottom drive they have it all and seem to turn it on at a very young age.