Black Mouth Cur
American Blackmouth Cur, Red Blackmouth Cur, Southern Cur, Yellow Blackmouth Cur
The Black Mouth Cur is an all-purpose farm dog, used for working with livestock (mainly cattle), hunting and other tasks such as property guard. When on the hunt it works as a treeing dog, meaning it was developed to track its prey and then force the animal into a tree. Once it is treed the dog will continue to bark until the hunter makes the kill or the dog is called off. Its main prey is squirrel, opossum, raccoon and bear.
Black Mouth Cur Standards
- UKC (Scenthound)
- 16-25"
- 45-95 lbs
- medium-sized scenthound
- drop ears are short to medium length
- low set tail may be any length
- short, dense coat
- black
- brown
- brindle
- buckskin
- fawn
- red
- yellow
History of the Black Mouth Cur
The Black Mouth Cur is an all-purpose farm dog, used for working with livestock (mainly cattle), hunting and other tasks such as property guard. When on the hunt it works as a treeing dog, meaning it was developed to track its prey and then force the animal into a tree. Once it is treed the dog will continue to bark until the hunter makes the kill or the dog is called off. Its main prey is squirrel, opossum, raccoon and bear.