Shelby was at the vet at Christmas and was 35 lbs back then. I’d say she’s probably 40-45 now maybe. I figure she’ll top out in the mid 50’s. They're eating Taste of the Wild. The way I went about picking her out was by doing liver drags and seeing which pup responded the best to it. Her nose lit up when I put her down on the ground and she really started sniffing and showing curiosity to it. One of the things that really caught my eye when I saw the parents on here was that they were very athletic built.
Shelby will eventually be my work horse. We track in a lot of bird hunting type habitat that she’ll be able to work through a little easier than Otis can. She’s a lot leggier and moves through that type habitat a little better. Otis is about like a 45 lb beagle. It has it’s advantages too though. One track may be on 5000 acres in the middle of nowhere Bullock Co but the very next track may be on 200 acres that someone’s bow hunting on the edge of Auburn city limits. One track may be 4 miles down a dirt road and the next may be right up against highway 431 or 82. Otis’s shorter smaller stature makes him able to track in those tighter areas without much worry. He’s just a little short legged hound that walks and trots along. He’s got that cold, cold hound nose though. As fast as Shelby covers ground, it’s gonna be a long time before I could even think about using her off lead on a track like that. She’s still got to slow down and track with more control.
