could be anything really, i own them and i don't know for sure, they are just meat dogs is all i know. they don't follow cold tracks or vocalise on the trail and they run fast and catch so not exactly a hound but possibly from the same proto-type way back just selected different over a long time.
not a fan of the breed purity concept thats why i have started posting here to get away from the purebred forums.
here is the pups on their first trip outside the enclosure they were born, they actually got blooded on this trip and they are now hunting independently at their current age of 4/5 months.
mom and big bro still have to bail there butts out of trouble tho if things get too hot.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLCn6fahf7Q&list=UUJzlbxvvCyyxmA--2OSWIyg&index=10[/YOUTUBE]
here is the mom's heavy in pup that fought a deadly snake that the gsd alerted on - his nerves were gone instantly and he is a super confident dog- he had never seen a snake before, how did he know it was something lethal?
the old girl tracked in thick growth fought it and killed it.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLywxYZ7f6g&list=UUJzlbxvvCyyxmA--2OSWIyg&index=21[/YOUTUBE]