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okay heard from a guy on a board for the fuzz balls that may not be named, some folks in the otterhound community are considering refreshing the breed by crossing some of the breeds believed/known to be related to the otterhound & then breeding the most otterhoundy crosses back into the breed. one of the issues they have about the idea is what to do w/ the excess pups from the cross breeding. i wrote all of that so i could ask this.
keeping in mind the cross will produce fuzzy hounds similar to some european breeds, and most likely show stock w/ no proven hunting ability.
what would it take for you to be willing to take one of these pups?

so what you were saying is that they are doing the complete opposite of what the developers of that breed did. The breed developers bred for ability and looks were just a by-product of thier original search. So know you have people breeding for looks and hoping (I mean really really really hoping) for ability. I say that since these people know the task is daunting and are still willing to go for it...they should have to keep the pups from their crosses.

nmplott....great idea ......but don't we have enough non hunting hounds out of hunting stock now...just what we need more chit eaters

I do have a queston where can you run a otter??? and is it a good race??


Gator

Gator
TN for one & most southern states permit the hunting of furbearers. i don't think it is so much of a race as the hound consistantly finding the track as it moves in & out of the water and then the fight at the end.
nmplott
as i understand it they are breeding for looks alone and just aren't sure what to do w/ the culls.
if i understand correctly, everyone else is about like me, they'd have to pay you a fair bit of money to take one of their mutts.

if they are catching any otter lately -- ill take one --- lol --if they are breeding for looks they need glasses - them things are ugly lol

sounds like the same problem with many of the hound breeds today and a typical competition show breeders to me. Too much emphasis has been put into angles and conformation that they breed unproven hounds in the field based solely on the hounds conformation. They are breeding the tracking abilities right out of the hounds today because of it.

There should be a field test for all show hounds prior to a show degree being given out or at least have a cast win in a hunt with competition. If the otter hound registry is fairly new maybe you can get a program going within your registration. This will eliminate those none hunting hounds from being titled even though they can not hunt.

because they are weak people, that is why they want show dogs instead of dogs that hunt