alrite cran i had mine years ago the dam to mine was a black and tan lakey and the sire was a white wippit, so i chose a raceyer type out the litter,back then you never heard of the cross and even now ,its rare but all i can say is the 1 i had was unreal she would go through the thickest of bramble garantee she would catch what ever was in there,she would go to ground on fox keep them at bay till you tapped in,then lock on like moe evil lol ,very sharp on rats and like the lad said his dog climbing up trees 4 the squirels they r boss at scrambling up things i no this sounds a bit far fetc