Straight Up Southern Logo Design

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Logo Design Brief
Straight Up Southern is a southern lifestyle brand of t-shirts. The designs are unisex, which in general means slightly masculine. We focus on southern traditions and lifestyle, i.e. trucks, hunting dogs, cotton, hunting, fishing, shotguns, sweet tea, etc. I need a logo that fits this genre. Competitors are:
Southern Fried Cotton (Closest to the style we are launching.)
Southern Marsh
Southern Point
Little Brown Dog
Southern Strut
more if needed
The logo should be the text with a running dog (Labrador or Boykin Spaniel or Pointer) or a dog head (Labrador, Boykin Spaniel or pointer) Dog should be either a silhouette or minimal detail. I prefer professional calligraphy rather than stock fonts if possible.
Updates
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: We have many good designs. I thnk we are getting really close to something special.
THings I really like:
Jumping dog and standing pointer in designs I rated 4 stars
"Southern" written in a banner - this enable "southern" to be prominent without being so big
STRAIGHTUP with each word a different color
I expect to make a decision Friday, January 8 at 12 noon.
Added Thursday, January 7, 2016
Target Market(s)
Southern men and women
Logo Text
Straight Up Southern
Logo styles of interest
Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Font styles to use
Other font styles liked:
- A bolder masculine calligraphy script could also be used for "Southern" if you can make it work
Look and feel
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Upmarket
Requirements
Must have
- Labrador retriever, German Short-haired pointer or Boykin Spaniel
Nice to have
- Masculine Calligraphy - See Southern Fried Cotton Logo
Should not have
- complex scene
- more than 3 colors