Posts of Blue Lacy News from TLGDA or LGDA
When registering your Lacy puppy, you are not only investing in your pet’s future but also contributing to the overall well-being of the Lacy breed. The Lacy is a unique working game dog with the natural capabilities of blood trailing, herding, and baying. The Lacy brothers bred these instincts into them in Marble Falls, Texas…
The LGDR believes it is a necessity to develop instincts and communication skills for dogs involved in activities like hog baying, cattle herding, treeing coons, or on the trail of a wounded animal. These skills not only enhance their ability to effectively communicate with their human handlers but also enable them to navigate and respond…
The Lacy Game Dog Registry was honored by Lorena Belcher, A Texas Girl Talks, for an interview to discuss how the Blue Lacys became the Texas State Dog. Lorena recognizes the historical and cultural importance of the Blue Lacy as the State Dog of Texas. She sought to shed light on its origins and raise…
For the first time in a long time, the LGDR is raising fees. We strive to keep the cost of owning and breeding Lacys to a minimum. The minimal fee increase of $5 is necessary to help pay for the cost of maintaining, upgrading, and updating the Registry. All fees will be kept as low…
TLGDA FUN DAY Come Join Us April 27th This is a great introduction and training event for cattle herding, blood trailing, raccoon treeing, and hog baying. It’s FREE admission to come watch and learn. If you’d like to include your dog, there’s a $20 fee for TLGDA members and $25 for non-members. It’s held in…
Updated LGDR Registration # With a new year comes a new/updated Lacy Game Dog Registration Number. The LGDR Registrars have been working to automate as much of the paperwork process as possible. With the prior registration number layout (1334-1004-YY), we were unable to use an automation feature available to us in LGDR Registry Software. Moving…
This is a link to a video that LGDR thought was interesting. The video discusses how deer blood is different from human blood and especially during the rut. Deer blood has a different chemical composition than human blood. It contains a variety of proteins, enzymes, and other molecules including K1 and K2. It has been…
The TLGDA, in conjunction with the United Blood Trackers (UBT), will be holding a Saturday Blood Training Seminar and Sunday UBT Testing Event designed for beginner and advanced dogs and handlers. There will be a wealth of hands-on training in the field for dogs (ALL BREEDS) and handlers. Sean Timmens, from Wisconsin, will be one…
Check out this video of Tink (Anedrea and Wade Hodges’ pup) retrieving a stick out of a pond from a property in central Texas. She has taken to the water very naturally with no guidance (only encouragement) from us. It is possible that the current record heat here in Texas is helping out a bit…
Great time at the Introduction and Training put on by the TLGDA
