The best housewife I’ve ever seen was a crackwhore…..She kept that place spotless….
.Sure, you can go to the pound and roll the dice on getting a dog that’ll do the job and a small percentage of them with hunting breeds crossed up in their mix will likely be great at it….. but there’s a reason why none of the folks who actually track a bunch do that…..Same reason that folks wanting a hell of working lab would probably want a dog out of Juice…..You’re getting dog that has been specifically designed to do a certain task from a proven bloodline. Its still not a certainty that you’ll get a jam up dog but you’ve definitely put the odds a lot more in your favor than going to the pound and playing eenie meenie minee moe….
When someone asks what dog to get as a good guard dog….you don’t tell them just to go down to the pound and pick any old dog…….Just the same, when someone wants a tracking dog you get the one that fits certain criteria. All dogs aren’t good bay dogs…..All dogs don’t work as well in thick, heavy undergrowth……All dogs don’t work as well off lead in urban areas……All dogs don’t work the same on a lead...………All dogs don’t have the same amount of drive………..All dogs don’t work as well in swamps and water………etc...etc...etc...Anyone who throws out that line to just go get any old dog to be a tracker likely hasn’t been on too many tracks.
