Jed and one of his pups, Satch

This Site is dedicated to the Texas Hog/Cow Dog, (Yellow Black Mouth Cur),  one and oldest of only two breed of dogs indigenous to Texas.  Meaning, the only dogs that originated here in the good ole Lone Star State.  The Dog depicted in the novel by Fred Gibson, (Old Yeller), was a Yellow Black Mouth Cur.  The difficulties of  life in frontier Texas in the 1800’s were difficult at best.  The Yellow Black Mouth did not only help in the daily "goin on's" of Frontier Texas, (finding/working  hogs, finding/penning cattle, hunting to feed the family, etc.), but the Frontier men also depended on Old Yeller for protecting the family in there absence.  Needless to say, without the presence of this ole yeller dog, life in Frontier Texas would have been even more difficult and possibly impossible.  Thanks to old Ranch families and dedicated Hunters, the Yellow Black Mouth Cur dog has survived to present day.  These dogs have been line bred, for the most part, for nearly two Centuries.  Being, for the most part, kept in the family for generations.  These Yeller dogs are probably the best kept secret in the dog world!  In my experience, of more than 40 years,  of hunting North American game from Squirrels to Bear, there is not a better all-around dog!   

 

Sanger, Texas

Last Edited:  Saturday, April 05, 2008 01:33 PM