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Title: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: daisydog on August 27, 2010, 03:21:08 pm has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog and if so how did it do
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: brw7979 on August 27, 2010, 03:27:01 pm I've heard of some but not hunted behind them. What happend? Did girl or max lose an eye?
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: catchdog7469 on August 27, 2010, 03:31:26 pm Had one that got his right eye knocked out by a hog at 2 after that he always caught on the left ear when head on with a hog n on the right side if he came in from behind....kept his good eye to the hog.
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: kevin on August 27, 2010, 04:54:27 pm Michael had one. Didn't work too well.
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: nthunter on August 27, 2010, 05:08:52 pm I have one that has some sight loss in one eye it dont bother him much in the day time but have seen him plow right over one at night if coming in on blind side but gets right on it dont think it bothers much though
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: t.wilbanks on August 27, 2010, 05:51:38 pm I've heard of some but not hunted behind them. What happend? Did girl or max lose an eye? I talked to Phillip alittle while ago. it was a pup he got and his house dog jumped on it and messed his eye up. :-\ Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: dub on August 27, 2010, 07:42:09 pm House dog would not be a house dog no more if it jumps a hog dog. Get the backhoe!
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: Black&Yellow on August 27, 2010, 09:13:19 pm ive hunted behind a one eyed female catch dog she still hauled some tail to the bay she had some trouble at first just gettin used to it but after that she was normal and didnt phase her at all.
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: hogaholicswife on August 27, 2010, 09:48:18 pm it was a pup he got and his house dog jumped on it and messed his eye up. :-\ We had a pup a while back that had his eye scratched from a dog jumping on him, it turned white/blue. I was afraid he was going to be blind but it cleared up a few months later and he sees fine so maybe you will get lucky! My husband had a rednose once that had only one eye and he used him for years with no problems. Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: Txhoghunter on August 27, 2010, 11:14:03 pm Kevin, if you remember Little Man lost sight in his after a bad boar whooped him. It ened up costing him his life, he would run past hogs or into them. I should have retired him. I also had Brownie, a little pit from Matt, she was a good catch dog, but a boar cut her eye nearly out and she lost sight in it. She had the same problem, couldnt judge distance to the hog and would break the bays. Thats the only two I've dealt with. IMO, they should either be culled or kept for pets, no used to catch.
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: dub on August 28, 2010, 11:43:42 am If it was a top dog I would breed it. Then if the pups turn out good to then you got a good dog to breed that you don't have to worry about losing in a hunt. I would try it in a more controlled environment so you can see what the dog does. My grandpa had a couple one eyed cow dogs. I asked him if they could judge distance and he said if they got too close they would not have been cow dogs for long. Some made it and some did not. To him dogs were tools so I would say only you can make the call.
Title: Re: has any body ever had a one eyed catch dog Post by: raider54 on August 29, 2010, 07:21:25 pm Just to clarrify, Phillip got the 6mth old red pit pup from Ricky it is out of his old red pit, his yard dog(catahoula) gyp jumped on him and tore his eyeball out. Cheryl rushed him to the vet, the optic nerv and artery were both severed so they took his eye and sewed the lid shut. Unfortunate because he is such a nice little fella
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