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bunnytracks
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most desired trait

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and where to find it?

gfedor
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Re: most desired trait

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I'm sure you'll get a lot of different answers.
Here are mine:
Hunt/grit
Nose
Mouth
Tight on line/ always moving forward.

Where to get? I'm a firm believer in line breeding. If you you line breed you will get mostly what want out of the line, good and bad. Any reputable hounds man's will do selective breeding hopefully to try to improve the line.
Cull hard.
If you speak to anyone line breeding for years , he will tell you what to expect out of certain littlers.
Tim Kahl, Highrock beagles of NC,line breeds several strains of wiercreek , he will and can tell you how almost every litter will turn out., . He is just an example, I'm sure others that line breed will do the same

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Re: most desired trait

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Extreme Hunt. Dogs that will dig in to the thickest nastiest cover. I wish I knew where I could find it.

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Re: most desired trait

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bunnytracks
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Re: most desired trait

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I agree, but it seems like some don't breed for that? and it is hard to find dogs that have that aggressive(as I call it) hunt....seem like 10years ago this was not the problem?

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Re: most desired trait

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I agree, but it seems like some don't breed for that? and it is hard to find dogs that have that aggressive(as I call it) hunt....seem like 10years ago this was not the problem?

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Re: most desired trait

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Brains , desire, brains, stamina, brains, nose, brains, mouth, and brains. If a dog does'nt have brains nothing else matters !! JMO

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Re: most desired trait

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The Older I get the more my hounds HAVE TOO HUNT !

I also want have a Trash running hound, just Will Not breed anything that goes Looking for Trash !

Friend of mine was quoted the other day that he Would Not have a "daddy rabbit" breed hound? when ask Why not, he said they Hunt too Hard for him?

This fellow made it a point to advise me what Wayne had said about my Gun Dogs.. I though it was a Complement kind of like that in my hounds..

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Re: most desired trait

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Ability to run the line with minimal losses, tight in the check area, conformation (not wide bodied but not to slim either, leggy) with tight feet, hunt/search, bidability (handle), appropriate mouth for conditions, color.

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Re: most desired trait

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Send one of those dogs up north here
Aubrey Holcombe wrote:
Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:35 am
The Older I get the more my hounds HAVE TOO HUNT !

I also want have a Trash running hound, just Will Not breed anything that goes Looking for Trash !

Friend of mine was quoted the other day that he Would Not have a "daddy rabbit" breed hound? when ask Why not, he said they Hunt too Hard for him?

This fellow made it a point to advise me what Wayne had said about my Gun Dogs.. I though it was a Complement kind of like that in my hounds..

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Re: most desired trait

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High class conformation is my most desired trait, simply because it is so rare in field hounds now. It’s actually not that common in show beagles today either, in my opinion.

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Re: most desired trait

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I know what I like in confirmation but would you describe "high class " confirmation Beagle Huntsman and or the difference between field and show.

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Re: most desired trait

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I think of high class being a hound the has the physical refinement that takes it a notch above good conformation. It has the full package as defined by the Standard for the breed. A lot of hounds from the 1920s and 30s had that, before the split between field and show. High class is a hound that moves so well it seems to cover ground effortlessly, and has enough bone to hang sufficient muscle, but not so much bone as to make the hound cumbersome, which is the problem I see with many show beagles today. Because hunting hounds with this level of conformity are so rare, that would be the most desired trait for me, followed closely by brains, nose, search, etc etc.

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Re: most desired trait

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gfedor wrote:
Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:49 pm
I'm sure you'll get a lot of different answers.
Here are mine:
Hunt/grit
Nose
Mouth
Tight on line/ always moving forward.
You are right. It depends on the owner and the game/terrain.

If it doesn't have nose, hunt, accurate mouth, stamina, sense of direction, and determination then what good is it for hunting. It may win a field trial, on a given day, but if it can't do it in the field day after day in about all conditions, IMO, its worthless.

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Re: most desired trait

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where to find such?

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