what do you want?

[rabbitsmoker]

Hunt is absolutely in the breeding you cant train a dog to hunt You breed for hunt -brains -nose- mouth and speed and formost guts You train a dog to handle -fetch -not run trash etc.. And your hound has to have brains to train to do what i call the xtras And to bring those things out and get good at what you bred for to come out it takes Hunt Hunt Hunt and more Hunt I look for guts in a hound in other word staying power if your dog doesnt have gutts it wont have hunt if a dog doesnt have hunt it doesnt do any good to have a nose It all fits togather like a puzzle when you get all these things put togather in one dog you wil have one heck of a hound but it all starts with guts and hunt IMO

[Newt]

Hunt is absolutely in the breeding you cant train a dog to hunt You breed for hunt -brains -nose- mouth and speed and formost guts You train a dog to handle -fetch -not run trash etc.. And your hound has to have brains to train to do what i call the xtras And to bring those things out and get good at what you bred for to come out it takes Hunt Hunt Hunt and more Hunt I look for guts in a hound in other word staying power if your dog doesnt have gutts it wont have hunt if a dog doesnt have hunt it doesnt do any good to have a nose It all fits togather like a puzzle when you get all these things put togather in one dog you wil have one heck of a hound but it all starts with guts and hunt IMO

You and I are in complete agreement!

[rabbitsmoker]

I have the reputation to be the hardest guy to please around My ideal of a sure nuff rabbit dog is alot different than most Im not really competeive but if my dog cant get at least half the checks and jump half the rabbits of any hound i run with im looking for a new dog They dont have to run the front all the time just as good work as what ther runnin with im talkin any hound

[BCBeagles]

Here is mine, JMO Hunt, Nose(working to get more of that, LOL), brains and control( I think these go hand an hand and should progress with age, IMO), toughness(guts and desire combined)** This is just as important to me as hunt**, Ability to be corrected and handled( This one is priceless for a gunhunter as well as trialer).

Boy it is hard for me to say I could sacrifice something, but if I had to say I could stand one weak area it would be a shortness on volume of mouth, and NO ONE loves big mouths more than me, but it is just the icing on the cake, cake is still good without it!! LOL

[rabbitsmoker]

Here is mine, JMO Hunt, Nose(working to get more of that, LOL), brains and control( I think these go hand an hand and should progress with age, IMO), toughness(guts and desire combined)** This is just as important to me as hunt**, Ability to be corrected and handled( This one is priceless for a gunhunter as well as trialer).

Boy it is hard for me to say I could sacrifice something, but if I had to say I could stand one weak area it would be a shortness on volume of mouth, and NO ONE loves big mouths more than me, but it is just the icing on the cake, cake is still good without it!! LOL

I just made that sacrifice on my last litter had 2 females one had a outstanding mouth and was a weak hunter still hunted decent the other had good hunt with a terrible mouth