EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I know they have been talked about before but curious how good at catching they are and what kind of dogs they are let me know what y'all think

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So does that mean they are badass lol

Some love them some hate them.  I have seen both good and not so good so.

They are like your Rottweiler, if you find a good one its a miracle!!!!!  >:D  :D

I think Dinah was right, we do need to discuss old topics again!!  ;D  :P

Well I got a good Rott maybe I will get lucky again haha we will see I found a half pit half Dogo pup I think I'm gonna get

1/2 Pit adds ALOT to the Unicorn!  :)

Unicorns haha I like that

In all seriousness, That could be a good prospect... I have seen a few Dogo crosses with pit or AB, and most seemed to perform well..  ;)

Lol no i was referring to something else lol. Usually when this topic gets brought up it tends to lead to a political dispute and everyone against one another lol

Oh yeah I see I understand I could bring up a Rottweiler topic and everyone would just hate on them but I can show lots of people one that will catch in my opinion it's just the dogs personality it might want to catch and might not

I've done minimum research on them but a lot of the stuff I found pretty much said they were moody and tempers, in other words they're mean, to people, dogs ects. But it would be ok if they were mean on hogs right?  ;) That was my own reserch which was not extensive at all.

It's jut like any breed, there are good and bad. I have two Dogos and both are catching and were catching as pups. When my old catch dog (also a Dogo) died in December, my oldest Dogo pup was 9 mo old. Didn't think he was ready for full time woods stuff by himself so I got a pit, then another pit, then another, and finally another. Culled four pits in less than a month because three wouldn't catch at all and one curred out before I finally said screw it and used my 9 mo old dogo pup as my cd. Point is, there are good an bad in every breed. Use what you like. All breeds have different advantages.

No matter what breed you choose, be picky about the breeder/blood line. If they are breeding hunting dogs, your chances are much higher that your going to get a hunting dog.

Just a helpful hint, there are a lot of people breeding Dogos that don't hunt, find a breeder who does.

Ive pretty much always heard the opposite about Dogos temperament..   ???

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I have 2 of them wich i have not had no problen with at all. Really good temperament. Definately know how to turn his on and off switch from when i have him in the woods to the house. No agression from them at all. Well for some odd reason he barks at my neighbor angrily in a way that ive never heard him bark. But i think my neighbor gave him a reason. But other than that he was catchin on pigs ears since 3 months. Really good with my kids and everybody. But like any other dog theres good ones and bad ones just depends

Ive gone through several pits trying to find one to use as a back up and have culled several for the same reasons...
The difference is that its ALOT cheaper to cull several pits than it is one Dogo..  ;)



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I just looked them up again and am admitting I was wrong and resources were not accurate. Check this out http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/dogo.htm
Thanks for calling me out t.wilbanks, you made me do more research and learn a little more about them.

No problem, its what i would expect from a buddy of ChaseG..  >:D  ;D

And as for the article on Dogos,First thing i read was:  " I am a avid Cesar Millan fan " ....  :P  ;D

Don't be scared. If they can catch like the Dam you will be blown away! T.Wilbanks you are SOOOOOO right about being cheaper to cull.  Small fortune invested in Dogos here.  Daingerfield huh?  You need one again.  I'm right around the corner.  You can see the dam in action.  As for the Sire, I just cant muster enough nerve to risk gambling $2,220.00.  Give me a year and I will have sure enough full blood Dogos WORKING.  Not in the show ring.  Come see me!

Well I'll let y'all know how he does as he grows up

The Dogo is  fantastic breed to work with and hunt.

I got a litter of Rot Pups i am sellin.... ;)

I guess it can be much more expensive for some than others.


I don't mean to be offensive by this, as I dont know you or your dogs, but it is my personal opinion that this is the main problem with the Dogo right now. People are afraid to lose their investment. There is a good chance that your male has the genetics to be a great hunting dog, but how do you know if you don't hunt him? I love the Dogo and have two of them right now, but I will be the first to say that there is a lot of problems in the working aspect of the breed, especially in the states. It's mostly a problem of consistency. People are breeding their unproven dogs and getting/selling "hunting dogs" and only really turning out one or two hunting dogs a litter with the rest cur out. I know of  a handful of breeders who are producing consistency. These dogs should be hunted hard and prove that they can strive at getting the job done before being bred. It should take a lot longer than a year to establish sure enough hunting dogs, especially if your not proving both the parents.

You have a male that you don't want to lose your investment on. Why not collect on him and then hunt the piss out of him? Then breed him! If he truly proves himself as an exceptional dog in working ability and conformation, let him hang it up a little early so you could get a few more breedings out of him.

Just my two cents, take it for what it's worth.

Thanks

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thats what vets and vests are for. ;)   i had a neighbor that had one and refused to hunt him so i got a pit gyp and snuck her over one night and they locked and i was blessed with 4 pogos and only one would catch. i would love to had a full blooded dogo to hunt

I knew that thread would come back to bite me in the hiney!  :-X   ;D

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thats what vets and vests are for. ;)   i had a neighbor that had one and refused to hunt him so i got a pit gyp and snuck her over one night and they locked and i was blessed with 4 pogos and only one would catch. i would love to had a full blooded dogo to hunt
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Trenton I do believe you need to go see this man, by chance it is cull you'll have something to ride to the bay since you got rid of the donkey!

You will have to go with me.. I dont think my little Toyota can haul it home!!  :D

It's also all over about pits. And a good pit can't be beat!... Any dog will be aggressive in the wrong hands.

I'll bring the trailer

You can barrow my 1 ton, that's what I got it for :)! It's white too, so they match!

In all seriousness, I got the one ton so I could haul all the hogs I catch with these unicorns ;) a 3/4 ton couldn't handle it haha!

You have to have a 1 ton to haul a weeks worth of feed for them Mufasas too!!   ;D

I had to break down and switch from my gas truck to a diesel. Hauling my unicorns knocked off 5 miles off My gas mileage on my truck lol

Sure is alot of trouble yall go through for them big ol bay dogs!!!

my dogo guards my house (strangers only) , lets my two year old nephews ride him like a horse , you can put him in a box with any other male dog and not even a growl will come out , and will hit a hog like a freight train !!!  best all around dog ive ever owned hands down !  got him from us hog outfitters ....... dont get me wrong i love pits and have owned a hand full but i enjoy seeing this 95lb beast shut down a hog like nobodys business !

Lol, i will give it to you, there are a lot of crummy Dogos out there. But the people breeding the good ones, it's hard to beat them. Thats why People got to be careful who they get dogs from, if the want a huntin dog. It's all personal preference, a good one is a good one, pit, Dogo, ab, whatever.

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im in the same shoes you are. The dog i have is one of the best i have ever owned. He is amazing with my kids. My little ones could stick there arms in his mouth to retrieve a baseball and he wont budge. And when i load him in the box hes just as good. Doesnt matter if its a new dog. No aggression wat so ever. And in the wood he turns on that switch on pigs and like you say. He hits like a freight train and wont let go. I got mine from Tomball dogos and dont regret it at all. Comes from a dam good stock of dogos.

i almost didnt get one because of all the trash talking my buddies were doin , but im glad i did and that trash talkin came to a hault as soon as they seen ole jasper in action ! lol 

thats how i was with my rott but i have shut up a bunch of people when they saw him catch i hope my new dogo turns out good my buddy said i should run it as a rcd but i have no idea what to do

Buddy has a pit and a dogo. Just use the dogo for help. Doesn't hit like the pit but catches and holds once hog is caught. Great help but to timid for lead

I guess i'm one of the lucky ones my dogo will catch anything with hair on it. Including Bigfoot.

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i have hunted around a fine dogo catch dog, not the fastest or most agile dog but if u walk him close to the bay and send him it is a caught hog. with his size he cant get into some of the tight spot the hogs bay up in but if u do get him in i feel very confident going in behind him because i have never seen any hog shake or knock him off and he has a few big ones under his belt ;)

If its big enough for the hog, its big enough for the dog, if the hog is smaller than my dog, I don't want that one anyway lol. As for speed, I would put money on my male against about any pit. I won't claim that they are more agile than a pit, because I know thats not true and just defies the law of physics, but raw speed, there isn't a comparison. Actually raced him against a pit the other day, it was deuces second 300 yard sprint back to back in 80 degrees and I wouldn't have even called it a race, the pit was sucking dust.

This is deuce about two months ago (don't have any recent pictures that you can see his body well)...he flys

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I guess I'm pretty lucky too. My dogos have decent noses, run fast as all get out, and really enjoy put teeth on a pig.
They are 2 of the most enjoyable dogs I've ever owned. My only complaint would be - there are a few out there that really seem to mature very slow, try your patients sometimes but once they start calming down, they will do anything you want them to do.

t colt your dog looks real good. hes one of the more athletic looking ones that i have seen, like the way hes built

Well with legs twice as long as a pits, he better be able to outrun him!!!  ;D

hits like a truck, VERY ATHLETIC w/ great endurance (as in better than any pit  :o lol), holds clean(hardest thing to find imo), great with any dog & yard animials, great with kids, very diverse to hunt with even though I mostly lead into a 100 yards shes good at stopping a runner, takeing her own track, hood a crop field, gets to the bay from anywhere etc
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