Nick (The Boy), Lottie and Cowboy

At Spanish Creek Kennel, we genetically blend the best hog dog lines after long and hard consideration on the strengths and weaknesses of the male, female, their parents, and their grand parents to create hunting dogs that can consistently find hogs under any conditions. We always seek to improve if possible. Our dogs are bred for good temperament, intelligence, superb coordination, speed, endurance, medium-cold nose, and above all Heart. We have been fortunate to find a few elite dogs that meet our high standards. They come from long lines of proven superior canine athletes.

  
Okeefenokee Cowboy
50% Rathke Reno / 50% TLS Delight / 37.5% Weatherford’s Ben
We feel that our dogs are as good as any and better than most but very occasionally we come across an exceptional young dog we feel could improve our breeding program for some particular trait. Cowboy is one of those outstanding males.  He’s over seventy solid pounds of hard muscle and moves like a much smaller dog. He has an easy-going temperament with other dogs, a wide head with good stout jaws and teeth, dark mask, with an superior conformation. Cowboy does an outstanding job of herding cattle.  He tracks, trails and does whatever is needed to find a hog. When baying, he bays hard enough to keep a hog from moving but loose enough not to cause the hog to break and run. When another dog or person arrives he pitches in to catch. Cowboy would not be good bay pen prospect but as a hog finding / hog-hunting machine, he’s the best.

Spanish Creek Sonny


Sonny
62.5% Weatherford’s Ben / 50% Ben’s Winchester / 50% Georgia Girl
Sonny is a finished hog dog. He’s a heavily muscled, natural bobtail who hunts hard and holds on like a vise. He’s worked on cattle but as a hog dog is strictly a woods hog dog because if he sees a person when he’s on a hog, he’s going to catch that hog, period. He has a lot of Heart which he inherited from Spanish Creek Winchester, an outstanding hog dog who had been proven day after day hunting boar. Sonny is a dog that will get in there and mix it up with a hog.  If he gets poked or cut, so be it, he’s still in there doing his part.

 
Cheyenne's Sunny D Lite 

Sunny D is a finished hog dog and has a lot of nose for a cur.  He's usually finds a old track and works hard to find the hog at the end of the trail.  Like Sam's Savage,   "D" is a rare dog that will find, bay, and also catch when another dog arrives at the bay.  He has learn the correct amount of pressure to apply to a keep hog stationary without causing him to break away and run.

Spanish Creek Lottie

Lottie is a young'n dog.  She's extremely patient with children or puppies.   One of the best natured dogs I've seen.   Her size will fool you as she's very solidly built.

   
LockTight
Snow Hill Max 50% / Snow Hill Honey
LockTight is a quiet, easy going dog with people or other dogs but his main desire in life is to lock onto a hog or whatever everyone's hunting.  He should have been called Underdog as "he's humble but loveable".  A good steady tree dog, he's down from Mitty Mutt.

Below are some articles about hog hunting;
History and background on Wild Hogs in Georgia