These exceptionally courageous and fierce curs are not vicious, but that, they are pretty extrovert. This new dog came to be known as the ‘Mountain View Cur’ from the kennel named ‘Mountain View’, which belonged to the Bloodgoods. Later, a new breed was developed by two breeders from New York’s Afton – Michael and Marie Bloodgood from the Mountain Cur during the 1980s and ‘90s. Unfortunately, both Stephen and McConnell had to leave the association because of some controversy regarding the breed standard, and later, founded another organization for the breed – Stephen Stock Mountain Cur Association. They founded the Original Mountain Cur Breeders’ Association (OMCBA) in 1956 and set the breed standard for the Mountain Cur. However, four Americans – Virginia’s Carl McConnell, Tennessee’s Dewey Ledbetter, and Kentucky’s Woody Huntsman and Hugh Stephens, took the initiative to revive the breed. The population of the Mountain Cur began to decline in the course of time, and it became almost rare by the end of the 1940s. But, as an aftermath of the World War II, the inhabitants of these areas had to move away from these areas to find work in factories. The settlers continued to breed and sustain them for almost two centuries. Keeping these dogs as pets proved to be lucrative for them since these canines not only provided their owners with both fur and meat for personal consumption but also for trade purposes. The primary purpose of keeping these dogs with them was guarding the family and their belongings, as well as for chasing and treeing games. The European settlers, who dwelled in the mountainous regions of Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia, and later Oklahoma and Arkansas as well, brought the Mountain Cur to America.
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