I agree with the above post , good hounds and great hounds just need to be hauled and turned loose very little ( guidance) required
The Gray Scale
I was curious to find out if anyone on here uses the Gray scale system for their trial and hunting dog breeding programs? Ive been reading a lot about it
and to me it seems like this system is hard to beat for progressing the ability of a line of hounds. But I am curious on other opinions of it.
and to me it seems like this system is hard to beat for progressing the ability of a line of hounds. But I am curious on other opinions of it.
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For anyone interested, a little more on the McDonald racoon hounds from Texas….Some of you may recall seeing an add years ago McDonald's Black and Tans which John McDonald ran in sports magazines where he stated " training not necessary just exposure to the desired game" . Obviously there's a bit more to it but I have never forgotten that advertisement of his 🤔
http://biggamehoundsmen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28722
I remember as a kid we drove past Bill Boatman’s place at Bainbridge, Ohio and seeing many black and tan hounds.
For many years, the Highland Beagle club ran trials at Fruitdale, Ohio, just south of Greenfield. Ike and Anna Carrel moved their Shady Shores beagle kennel there and published Hounds and Hunting at Greenfield from approximately 1940 to 1954, then divorced and sold the magazine to the Bob Slike family in Pennsylvania.
The old Highland trial grounds at Fruitdale saw every famous beagler at one time or other from the 1920s to 1950s. A change to more intensive grazing forced the club to move elsewhere in the 50s. Bill Boatman later bought that farm and put in a big pond for coonhound swim races. I was at the property a year or so ago and the pond is still there, but Ike, Anna, Bill, and all the old beaglers and their hounds are long gone. It’s a private residence today.
Another trait we might put on a rating scale could be called Perseverance. Hounds that absolutely refuse to admit defeat and will stay and stay to work that check are so valuable, certainly more valuable than those who lead the pack when running. Hounds with “stick” are the ones you look for at the check, as they often show you the point of loss by their actions. Many hounds don’t show strong perseverance traits until they have years of experience behind them. Other hounds never develop this important trait.
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