r/MountainCur

We said goodbye to Nala this morning as she left her vessel. She was battling kidney disease with the utmost strength and fight for over a year.

She was 14 and a 1/2 years old and we are so lucky to have had that long, beautiful time with her. She truly was an angel on Earth and she was our best friend in the entire world. We are never having children so she was the closest thing we had to feeling that unconditional love and bond.

My husband and I got Nala 14+ years ago and that is how long we have been together. We do not know life without her and we are heartbroken but we know we made the right decision.

She went out with dignity—calmly, comfortably and peacefully. Just as she deserved.

I know posts like these are difficult to read and I’m sorry but I really wanted to say thank you so much to this beautiful community for loving Nala as much as we did.

Sending love to all of you and as always, please give your Curs a tight squeeze for us today. ❤️‍🩹

These are our 3rd (8yo)& 4th (1.5yo) yellow & white Mountain cur girls over the last 29 years. Don’t guess we would know what to do without the many wonderful, weird ways of a cur dog. The uncomplicated promise of protection and loyalty is fail proof, they mean it. They’ll retrieve your dove (or your ball) and alllll the squirrels, plus keep your yard free of all fuzzies…Protect your chickens but also proudly rub any and all raccoon sh!t on their necks to run straight to you like it’s important garlic…cause we might have vampires, but…we’re safe…are you proud? These girls….Can’t run them off with a stick and you aren’t leaving them behind if they can help it- they’ll beat you to the truck and be the first one in the boat, too. A shotgun being pulled outta the case is a complete sentence. They are without fail dogs-always available for childcare, for chasing down anything with sleek speed and pinpoint precision. There will never be a missed chance to bark the window allllll the way down at the Amazon man or the neighborhood jogger, they don’t miss much. They are pulled up paw-pointing and patience for the stalk. Paws up on a tree so high they almost levitate, yet are also 100% content to hog the bed. If they rest with you, they’re touching you, always! Ability to build the niiiiicest nest for any rest outta whatever is available, bonus points for soft blankets, but gravel at the campground digs out nice for a circle up, too! Best couch hounds on earth when nothing needs tended to!! Explode & literally hug & cry if we’ve been gone too long or if someone they love, but don’t see daily, arriving. It is at this point that their tongues become extra long like magic, because they are not shy about kissing their people! Lots of people don’t know about them, but Mountain curs have been just as important to our family as they were to the early settlers. I can usually pick one out from a mile away. They are all bred a little bit different, depending on how people like to hunt them, but on my list of boxes, all four of these girls have checked the exact same ones. I miss the first two dearly because those are the ones we raised our older kids with. Number four is in charge of a five-year-old boy. I guess when he’s a teenager he will also be responsible for helping find girl #5.

He gets extra snuggles now that baby isn’t a newborn. He’s such a good boy.

This is Tink! She's 4 months old, 12 lbs, and the rescue told me she was a Chihuahua mix. Everybody kept saying how she looked just like a miniature pittie but thanks to embark I know that face might just be her Mountain Cur genetics poking through. She truly is a large dog in a small body

Does anyone have experience with their MC taking trazodone? My girl is on trazodone and gabapentin for heartworm treatment.

She’s been particularly evil the past few days, as we have approached 2 weeks on the meds. She has been bitey and nipping in ways she hasn’t been since I first adopted her in January. Granted, some of this might be due to exercise restrictions.

I’ve read online that trazodone can cause hyperarousal in some dogs, especially when paired with other meds. Unfortunately mine seems to be prone to hyperarousal with and without meds.. it’s been a rough week.

I have an email out to my vet already, but they’re closed until tomorrow. I will take any experiences shared with a grain of salt, and will not use them to inform medical decisions without my vet! I’m just wondering if someone has a breed-specific similar experience.

(Photo of the evil evil girl)

Milo, master of the belly rub and stealer of covers came into my life 2 days after I lost my 14 year old soul dog Eli. September 5th, a month ago. a fiery, spunky little guy, he was everything I needed to allow my heart to begin to heal.

my boyfriend and were incredibly stumped on what he may be and decided to do an embark test. Chihuahua was OBVIOUS, because just look at him. everything else? total mystery. we threw in dachshund, pug (he has a tightly curled tail and he snores like a fully grown man), and then our guesses stopped there because there were no traits he had that really checked off boxes for other breeds. so we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited some more. and finally, the reveal was here.

YORKIE?? MOUNTAIN CUR?? I'm gonna be honest. I had never even heard of a mountain cur before yesterday. I stopped and looked at my 14 pound dog and went, but how? you were from a shelter and were found running the streets with another dog near a hospital. then I began to question, was that dog a litter mate? i had so many thoughts running through my head.

as I am going through the breed reveal one by one, I get to the rat terrier reveal, and I stop and I look at my boyfriend and I just immediately start to sob. my dog Eli, was a beagle rat terrier and I just felt like this was the universe telling me it was okay to allow another little soul into my life.

if you made it this far, thank you for listening to my long winded rant. now excuse me while I go look up the traits of all of these dogs, especially mountain curs since I know nothing about them!

Hi new friends! We were told our girl is pittie and Rhodesian ridgeback but I’m just not seeing any ridgeback in her. Her pit genes are definitely stronger than whatever else she’s got, but after some research I’m thinking maybe Mountain Cur, but thought I’d ask some peeps who know better than me!

(Edit to add I don’t really have any pictures of her back lol but there is no ridge.)

My MC mix and his buddies.

This is technically my Mountain Cur man's 2nd Bark Ranger badge! I love that National Parks do this!

He is trying to eat it like a snack LOL

His sister/best friend is a Border Collie mix. They have the BEST TIMES!