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Born and raised in Northern Ohio in 1969 & 1964, my brother "Joe Lane" and myself "Jim Lane" were born and raised with rabbit hunting and beagling as part of our everyday life. Our Dad "JimBob Lane" from Shrewsbury, WV was born in 1938 and got his first beagle "Brownie" at the age of 12, and he continued to rabbit hunt until he passed in 1983. For years we have strived to maintain dogs that bring the rabbit to the gun as fast as possible with no losses, babbling or mistakes, being close on the line and with extreme hunt in all conditions. No excuses, no exceptions. Our dogs derive from the pure grit, desire, hunt and jumping ability from the “Rabbit Machine That Couldn’t Be Stopped” Dingus MacRae line and the brains, line control and nose from the “Ole Funnel Nose” Yellow Creek line and with the influence of the hard driving, “run to catch” of the Indian Hills and Gay Baker, then line breed, line breed and line breed, we thought we would come up with the “perfect” dog. We don’t claim to have that perfect dog yet, but we sure are trying and we are pleased with what we have. We prefer our pedigrees to appear “high quality” with as much “red ink” as possible, but we “first and foremost” demand that our dogs do it right and have what it takes to get the job done.
Joe Lane: {216} 536-7551
Hunt & Search: The two are different though they go hand in hand. Hunt is to find, locate and jump a rabbit. Search is to pursue & re-locate the rabbit’s line once lost, and claim the check. Many dogs have search but lack hunt and the ability to jump rabbits, but they do well once a “jump-dog” produces a rabbit and the line is going.
Nose equalized to Speed: A dog can have a “lack of” or have an “excessive” amount of Nose or Speed. Too much nose creates babbling, being mouthy and cold trailing. Lack of nose creates losses, being tight mouthed and has problems running in extreme conditions such as dry & hot or cold & ice. Too much Speed creates overruns, cutting, slashing and losses. Lack of speed creates a more difficult line for the dogs to run and allows the rabbit time to “out-fox” the hound because of the lack of pressure on the rabbit. These also go hand in hand and a proper balance is what we are looking for, or you will have an inconsistent “hit & miss” rabbit race.
Brains accompanied with Alert Senses: Smarter dogs make fewer mistakes as they are challenged over time by experience in the field, because they learn from each mistake and adapt to the rabbit’s trickery and they don’t make the same errors over and over again every time you take them out. Some call this being rabbit-wise, running on all cylinders or having the total package. Some hounds are narrow minded and can only utilize 1 or 2 of their senses at a time, while dogs with more brains are alert to all their senses and in harmony can use their nose to scent, ears to listen for the rabbit or a pack member and their eyes to look right, left and ahead, and can do it all at the same time instinctively. Some even learn to anticipate and guess what the rabbit will do next and have the ability to gear-up or gear-down according to conditions.
Drive equalized to Competitiveness: Drive and Competitiveness are hand in hand and are very similar. What separates them is motive. Drive in a hound provokes a hound to run to catch in order to kill, destroy and consume the rabbit. Competitiveness in a hound provokes him to run with the intent of leading the other dogs because of the unwillingness to share the scent or line with the rest of the pack. It is possible for a hound that has never been gun hunted and has never “tasted” of a rabbit, yet he still wants to beat the rest of the pack members to the end result {the rabbit} without actually knowing what the end result is. These characteristics also go hand in hand and a proper balance is what we are looking for.
Stamina equalized to Desire: Stamina in a dog is based on the conformation, muscle tone, legs, chest, lungs and the overall general health of the dog. Desire provokes a dog to pursue the rabbit at all costs, under any condition even if it risks his life or causes bodily harm. Many call this grit, guts or running possessed and an all day hunter. The dog needs to have the genes to compliment the desire to create stamina. These traits go hand in hand and a proper balance is what we are looking for.
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