The very best dog you've ever seen/heard of....

[NathanA]

We had a dog when I was a kid her name was Lady I think she was born when I was around 9 she died when I was about 23. In her older age she got a little crazy and would bark on the trail of the other dog that lived in the pin with her. She was okay when she could see her but if she lost site of her she would track her down. She really didn't care about rabbits in her last years she just wanted to be near Little Ann ( who is currently living today about 13 years old and still hunts). Lady was a 14 inch female with no papers just out of old beagle that wondered onto the farm. This dog was marked like a Sundown dog. Ya know tan face,black sadle,white tip tail, tan shoulders, white belly and ring on neck. This dog could pound a rabbit,handled well,speed good nose and great hunt. Lady helped me train Little Ann she was still in her prime when Ann was coming into hers. I'm not bragging but I feel I could've won any type of field trial with these dogs. They were great and I ran and killed more rabbits over these dogs than any other. I know there may have been more rabbits back then but when these two dogs were in there prime it was the time of my life. If my cousin happens to read this I feel he may have some good things to say about them. To the post started thank you for starting this you brought some good memories back to me. I may get sad thinking about it but man the times we had with those dogs.
Thanks
Nathan

[bill (flint river )]

i had a grade female who died last year at the age of 13. she by far the best all around hound i ever owned or seen. could run a rabbit in the heat or freezing cold. she had med. speed. hunted super hard. great jump dog.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

I NEVER WOULD SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS OLD HOUND WHILE HE WAS ALIVE ....BUT FACT OF THE MATTER IS AFTER HOLDING HIM FOR ABOUT 4 HRS IN MY LAP BEFORE HE DIED OF KIDNEY FAILURE.I FIGURED OUT I WOULD SURE MISS HIM..HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD .OF ALL THE DOGS I HAVE OWNED OVER 35 PLUS YEARS I HAVE NEVER OWNED OR RAN A DOG THAT COULD CHALLENGE HIM FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE HOURS.HE WAS A TOTAL HOUND. GRAND RABBIT CHAMPION STEWARTS PINE MT VOO-DOO BRED BY WAYNE GROSS.THERE'S TO MANY STORIES TO TELL ABOUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN HIM DO OVER THE YEARS...........
KEEP'EM RUNNING
PINE MT BEAGLES

[denny606]

she wasn't pretty,but the most dependable beagle I ever gunned over was a little grade female named Fatty,she had IT ,you know what i mean gritty,hard hunting,honest and could jump and run a rabbit out of thickets i had just seen other pretty fair hounds hunt through,big nose and got a little mouthy in her later years, died last year at about 10 and my buddy who owned her is still looking for another one,i don't think we'll find her i don't think you get many like that in a lifetime of dogs,but can remember many days that old Fatty saved the dayand to tell the truth i've never owned a dog like her myself and miss her too,So RIP Fatty

[Steve Mikkelson]

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[mike crabtree]

The best I ever saw would be a toss up between a Grade bitch I had 20 years ago, and grade male my brother had around the same time.


I hear of better dogs on here every day.