Hounds can't be trained quick without snow.

You've got to see what they're trailing, or you can't break them." Frank looked dubious.

"'Pears to me we'll have trouble gettin' a lion without lion dogs.

It takes a long time to break a hound off of deer, once he's chased them.

Buckskin is full of deer, wolves, coyotes, and there's the wild horses.