More: Neatest, most polite, loyal, loving and guileless 'country boy' there ever was. LOVES people, kids, and dogs, but if it lays any other kind of track he's gonna KILL it for YOUR dinner. "You're my best friend, squirrel is deeelicious, so here-- I'll get me another one!" Old Yeller was a Black Mouth Cur, and they're how the South East was settled in the 1700's and how we're reclaiming it from wild hogs today!