Black Mouth Kerr?

A woman I work with is dog sitting this weekend for her friend's dog. The dog was dumped, as a puppy, malnutriotned, and looking bad. Ruby-Doo is now a healthly happy puppy.

When they found her, they guessed she was a Rodesian Ridgeback mix, but when the ferrier came out the other night, he took one look and said that is a Black-mouthed Kerr, which is a hunting dog.

I have never heard of such a breed and can't find anything on it. Has anyone ever heard of it, or know any internet links?

Thanks!

I think it is spelled Black Mouth Cur. That should help your search. I don't know that its an official "breed" as much as a "type"...

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Originally posted by Kater
I think it is spelled Black Mouth Cur.

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You are correct...I fund it right away with the Cur spelling. Thanks!

heres a pic of a Black Mouth Cur. another name for it is the Southern Cur. :)

<Uuuuuu, never seen one of those kind of dogs>

I think black-mouthed curs are so beautiful, don't you?

Black mouthed curs are used for hunting :). I have read a bit about them from my researching of catahoulas.
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images7/...th_CurrSAM.jpg
http://waltersblackmouthcurs.homeste...es/jewel01.jpg
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images/b...picofgreen.jpg

This is the UKC page that desribes the standard, and some history of the American black mouth cur. This is a good page too. :)

Did you know Old Yeller was a black-mouth cur? I just read that when I was looking up info on them.