This is my 1st trap line dog. Meet Gus, he is 1/2 heeler 1/4 beagle and 1/4 mountain cur. He is just 1 year old and doing great. He is very good around sets/catches and has helped me pick out locations that have connected. He is good company to have along in the truck also. LOL

I haven't had any critters in front of her yet shes only 4 months old but will chase cats like no tommorrow

Gorgeous animal. Now I want one...

what breed of dog is it?

There's nothing better than a good dog that goes everywhere with you.

Blue Lacy

Got a blue male as a pup. Will be 5 in April. Goes back to Jim Brooks stock from here in Tx. A good all around dog, but likes people a little too much to suit me. Never meets a stranger. First hogs he ever saw, he bayed & held at 10 mo old. First trapped coyote trail I put him on, he found. Trees coons & squirrels fairly well. Is a bay or tree dog, not a catch dog. Minds well and easy to call in. Blue
Lacey's are the official state dog breed of Texas.

How do you keep tour dogs from getting into it with the catch ? I love my English shepherd he is disciplined , but he feels the need to fight with every trapped animal on the line.

This is Patsy. Half Ridgeback half lab. She listens well but wants to fight anything that growls. She now wears a correction collar on the line to stop her. 72 lbs. of muscle. And she makes a good couch potato.

Not really a trapping dog but she goes just about every where with me. 1/2 lab 1/2 American Eskimo. She's 14 but still thinks she 2 so we have to watch it now and take it slow.

Trav, that pup I got from you is the best. She's sweet to people and aggressive to yotes. Dixie is her name.

Two years ago, I got a Hangin' Tree Cowdog for finding wolves on drags. Smart, personable, wants to please. Not aggressive towards trapped animals, but will find 'em and bark 'em in a heartbeat. I'm real impressed. "Gusto" has also become my best bud; wouldn't be without him (sorry, can't attach photos).

Jack

Gus is kind of a wussy and doesn't want to fight but is curious. It makes my life easy. He also has a very good handle on him and I can call him off easily if need be.

John wrong Trav...Ha ha. I bet you are thinking TravC??

My brittany spaniel isn't a trapping dog either, but bringing and training her out on the line pays dividends when Pheasant hunting.

the nose alone on a dog can pay dividens on any line. and personally I believe the smell of a dog at a set angers a lot of yotes

I know better and have no idea why I did that. I was also wondering why "Trav" was saying it was his first dog. Lol.

John the snow on the ground should have been your 1st clue. LOL. I will take mistaken identity with TravC any day!!

I have a British Lab that is my duck, goose, upland dog but also goes with me on the trap line. No worries with him fighting a catch as sit means sit until I tell you to do something else. Now, I just recently acquired a Mountain Feist, 3 months now, and while he is too young to go with me now, he will be a blast on the line in the future. Hopefully he'll be as well discipled as the lab but that Feist takes over when he sees something furry move and he's wide open!!

I'll try to get some pics posted of the two.