Josh you spelled my name wrong its cory get it right hahahahaha! I've had mine for almost a year had him on 12 lions over the winter and he did great. He's not the coldest nose in the world the oldest track I saw him trailing with my eyes was somewhere around 8 hours old. He's a very hard tree dog and very agile/fast. I'm sure theres a few guys on here that know more about them than me and hopefully they put in there 2 cents. If not check out this web site
http://www.nationallacydog.org/ You might want to check out the hog forum also that seems to be where the more experienced lacy doggers hang out.