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The Official History of the Blue Lacy Dog Breed. Compiled by The Texas Lacy Game Dog Association and The Lacy Game Dog Registry.
Narrated by Lorena Belcher ‪@lorenabelcher163‬ A Texas Girl Talks


One Blue Lacy can do the work of three cow hands!

Having nothing to do with the characteristics the dogs have, the breed is named for the family that
developed it. Arriving from Kentucky by covered wagon in the 1800’s, the Lacy Brothers, Frank, George,
Ewen, and Harry Lacy settled in the Granite Hills near Marble Falls, Texas.

Faced with the challenges of life on the frontier, the brothers had a true need for an all-around working dog. Burnet County’s natural resources yielded an abundance of acorns to free range feed cattle and hogs for market. This income stream along with the need to hunt and provide food on the table for their families was the rise of the Blue Lacy breed.

The resulting breed is noted to be the outcome of Greyhound, Scent Hound and Coyote Cross, with the emphasis on the herding/droving characteristics. Many people have their own theory on the Scent Hound and Coyote used, but whatever the scent hound or pariah dog was in the combination, it worked.

The Lacy Brothers established this breed under the guidelines required to develop a recognized breed,
and the State of Texas Honors The Blue Lacy as being the first known dog breed to originate in the State.

As true a pioneer as the men you see in history books, for well over a century, the Blue Lacy has filled
the needs of Colonial Americans, as ranchers throughout the southwestern United States utilized the
breed’s multiple talents in a variety of ways. But in time, the three wheeled horse hit the trail, bringing
this unique breed unsuccessfully close to extinction.

The versatility of the breed was ultimately its salvation. While the need for its instinctive herding abilities were diminishing, a demand for its abilities to bay the fiercest hogs, pick up the trail of any game animal, or find a wounded animal on the slightest of blood trails was on the rise in the commercial hunting industry. No matter what the dog’s primary job is, Blue Lacy owners claim they are the perfect universal dog, knowing just where to be at just the right time!

Today, the breed survives strong through the efforts the of the Texas Lacy Game Dog Registry, the
Texas Lacy Game Dog Association and the men and women who contributed the documentation
necessary to preserve the history of its development.

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