EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

 so i got a big pit a few months ago w hopes of makin him a lead in catchdog !!he weighed 80 lbs when i got him .did some cardio and proper diet ,came down to 70 + looked good and had some wind . hes one of the best with my girls and he thinks my wife built the world ! started showing him hogswhen i got him  and he had the automatic haterid for them .put himin the pen for the firstone and he caught it on the ear 1st shot . needless to say i was happy . had a bigger boar hog needed caught so let austin get after him with a couple pups .pups bayed him solid for a while so i cut austin to end the rodeo ! he nailed that boar a couple inches below the ear and pups tried to catch ,the boar shook austin loose .austin gained footing and went at him from the front .the hog snouted him while his mouth was open almost knocked him asz over teacup! the hog broke with my gypsy pup attached to his side and a dazed austin onits heels then wham all ear !!got him off the ear and noticed blood in his mouth . thought he bit his tounge or pig blood ! got home lookn at him closer realized his top right K9 was knocked out almost side ways like ! some coin later and i have a gaurd dog with three K9s and a cool souvenir !  oh yeah and im on the market for another catch dog !!!
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Austin 
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souvenir... sory the pics so large gotta figure that one out !!!!

One tooth missing is no reason to retire him...

x2 My last catchdog caught for several years missing a cannine.

One of my buddies has an old bulldog that don't have any teeth left, and hes still catchin hogs.

one of my cds is missing a canine , he lost it last year tackeling a 333lb monster with a bad attitude , it dont slow him down a bit and he dosent have a problem hanging on

any teeth? Or do you mean any canines? If he don't have any teeth he must just gum the s**t out of them! Either way, that's a bad ace dog!

he doesnt need all his canines. my main catch dogs only has 1 canine and does fine. just leg the hog and show him the ear again...then release the hog. he will get the idea.

you can send him my way.. Ill sure make a good hog catchin yard dog out of him.. lol i know of three dogs that dont have k9's at all and still catch just as good as they did before they lost thrs.

No teeth period.

Eric,
 One tooth isnt going to matter. Have had two with missing teeth. My little bulldog i have now has two canine left. I dont think they should be using the canine for much when it comes to catching. I think more holding power comes from the back teeth. A canine tooth is good for ripping. I would not let missing tooth hold hum back.

That is crazy, is he a nut dog or can he really hold an ear? I don't doubt yer honesty just wanna know how he can rachet down on an ear with nothing but gums.  not trying to be a thread jacker so put me down in the missing canine wont stop him column, good looking dog btw

our main cd is missin both top k9s and catches better now

Straight ear and he will keep on em' til he is dead, the dog is about 12 years old

One of our best catch dogs didn't get retired until she only had 1/2 of one K9 left. She still caught great, never let go and never got knocked off. I am convinced that she would be able to catch with NO K9's just as well as she did with all four. Ultimately she was retired because she was also a loyal companion and we felt that she deserved a life of luxury.

Steve

Don't worry about that miising tooth... my old dog only has part of one canine left.

One thing I have noticed, some dogs may do some "chewing" or re-gripping until it heals.

I agree with everyone else that he should be fine.  I got one that had his caninie broke at base when he was about 1.5 and he is almost 9 and still can catch great.  He even caught the boar when his canine got broke, they hit head on, have it on video.  Good luck.

we have a cd that doesnt have any top k9's hog ripped one out and a 1500 lb yearling angus bull ripped the other out when he caught it...still holds like a pair of good vise grips :laugh:

The exact same thing happened to a cur/pit cross I hunted for 12 season. He could still catch and it did not seem to be a problem.

The hog hit him and knocked his tooth sideways. He was cut up in several places and had blood all over so I missed the tooth until a few days later. I wound up cutting it loose with my pocket knife.

my buddys bulldog is missing his front k-9 also and hasnt slowed him down
keep hunting him

thanks to everybody for replying , its been a couple days since the tooth was taken out and austins doing fine . im sure we will keep working him , but he will probly be on reserves for a couple weeks yet .my wife is getting pretty attached to him and likes him for a guard dog but ithink austin has it pretty bad for the swine!!!      thanks again , Eric      (DoGONit) ;D

there back teeth are what hold

Keep hunting him. I had a catchdog wit no canines and he caught like a champ everytime.