Girty

[Ridgeland]

I don't have a birddog to brag on yet so I will brag on Girty, my Mtn. Cur. He is the treeingist (sure that's a word) dog I've ever had. Here's a picture of Girty and his latest quarry. He is a versital dog has treed several different things for me. Let's see sq, big yellow tom cat, coon, sandhill crane, bobcat, opossum. That's all I can think of for now. Hope you like him.

John

[Truthseeker]

i like him.

[rkappes]

Good lookin' dog! I've always wanted a blue tick. When I was real young my uncle always had coonhounds(blue ticks & walkers). By the time I was old enough to go with him he no longer had dogs and had given up coon hunting so I missed out.

[snips]

Pretty cute...Now you just need a versatile Shorthair that does it all!

[Ridgeland]

Thanks guys. I was bored when I posted this.

I know you all proabably aren't real interested in the pedigree of a cur dog, but I have studied alot of pedigrees of different breeds of dogs, horses, etc. and you don't run across many lines that are bred like this. Girty goes back to 1 female exclusively, Tenn Mtn Blondie. She was bred to 3 different dogs and the off spring where used to develop this line. She appears 25 times in his pedigree within the first 7 generations. I have read about motherline breeding but never seen it applied to a higher degree. I'm not saying this is good or bad, but to me it is interesting.

[ACooper]

When I was into working terriers pretty heavy (many guys have terriers and curs/fiests) I always heard great things about the "natural hunt and ability" about the Kemmer dogs, is this what you have seen?

Good looking dog.

[Ridgeland]

It took me about 5 or 6 dogs to get to Girty. I bought a few that were supposed to be started that I think were basically culls. In my experience the Kemmers are not real early starting. I think the biggest thing is you have to let them run loose and start treeing on their own and then put them up and take them hunting. I walked my legs off with him his first sq season and he never treed a sq. I didn't want him to get run over, but I didn't figure he was going to make a dog in the kennel either so I turned him loose. Before you know it I was hearing him treeing. I've never comp hunted him, but he will go find something when you turn him loose. He is a really good farm dog and awesome with my kids, they love Girty.

[GUNDOGS]

Very nice dog!!.. he sure is muscular, thanks for sharing ....ruth

[ACooper]

It took me about 5 or 6 dogs to get to Girty. I bought a few that were supposed to be started that I think were basically culls. In my experience the Kemmers are not real early starting. I think the biggest thing is you have to let them run loose and start treeing on their own and then put them up and take them hunting. I walked my legs off with him his first sq season and he never treed a sq. I didn't want him to get run over, but I didn't figure he was going to make a dog in the kennel either so I turned him loose. Before you know it I was hearing him treeing. I've never comp hunted him, but he will go find something when you turn him loose. He is a really good farm dog and awesome with my kids, they love Girty.

Maybe the cut them loose and let them learn idea I mistook for being early starters. Glad you got one you like. Do you night hunt him as well?

[Ridgeland]

Maybe if you turn them loose earlier they start earlier??? My experience is very limited. I have shot out coons to him, but don't actively coon hunt him. Most often I will have gone out to look at the stars and hear him and then go see what hes got. He treed a bobcat across the road from my house and the neighbor found him and got a pic with his phone before it bailed. He called me but I got there to late. It's the lump on the limb to the left of the tree, can't really tell what it is if you didn't know.