EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

How many dogs and pups is everybody handling at one time? How many is to many?

Too many is when you can't give/afford the care and attention to ALL of them. Feed, worming, heart worm med, equipment. vaccines,
occasional vet bills, all add up. 

i have lots of kids so i treat my kids like my dogs....when times get tuff i will only feed one of them. then that one will be sacrificed to feed the rest of us.. so if you see me around town with one fat kid next to some skinny ones... ;D;D;D;D;D;D;D.

from me.....who else. tapatalk

Hahaha ok. I have a 2 sets of pups I'm raising cause I want to have more then one good team of dogs I can take to the woods. I usually take 4 dogs to the woods then my buddy will take his pack but I'm wanting to be able to competition hunt without running my dogs to death. Everybody thinks I have to many dogs.

Just started making  change and narrowed it down to 4 sure enough leave strike dogs, 1cd and a litter of pups narrowed down to 5 already from 11. 

I only have 2 good strike dogs, a pup, and a cd that I don't use much

I usually won't keep more than 6 bay dogs and a couple CD's. Then whatever young pups I may be training up.

I only hunt with 2-3 dogs when I hunt. I keep 4 rough strike dogs and a catchdog. Hardly use the catchdog so I might be going down to 4 dogs.

I only have 7 2 catchdogs and 5 curdogs

strike dog, cd, duck dog and deer dog only 4 for me

I have 2 fat useless pit bull house dogs and 5 hog dogs.

1 main strike dog (redtick)
1 Girlfriend for strike dog ;D(redtick in training)
2 ybmc female pups (litter mates)
2 airdalexbmcxcat male pups (litter mates)
1 long range catch dog/ do everything dog
1 cd in training

Whats a long range catch dog do?

to damn many! I feed way more than I have the time to hunt..........been doing some serious thinking about cutting WAY back, like cuttin my number in 1/2........I don't get to hunt near as much as I used to, it ain't fair to the dogs in my yard.....granted they are living the highlife but they don't get hunted near as much as they should and my spots are disappearing faster than rims at a p-diddy concert!

5 plott bay/strike dog (working on getting one or two more)
1 catahoula bay/strike dog (will breed next time she comes in)
1 catchdog

6 dogs is the perfect number 2 catch dogs and 4 good strike dogs but every hunter knows to keep good dogs ur gonna keep raising pups when I go hunting I only take 2 strike dogs and 2 catch dogs but like everybody else's dogs mine are mortal they dn't live forever so ive got 11

2 bay/strike dogs: full blood catahoula, plottxbmc
1 cd:pit
1 cd puppy: blue pit
1 bay/strike puppy:brenel cur
and last but not least 2 fiest dogs that bill bay and catch small hogs 20-40 pounds(good puppy trainers)

theres 31 dogs on my yard rite now, 17 grown dogs and the rest pups

:o

yea monty we were amazed when we saw your yard...thats insane. i got 5 right now. 1 9 year old strike/catch dog, 1 11 month old strike prospect, one of monty's kemmer pups, one 3 month old ridgeback/great dane pup, and a bluetick who im trying to sell (good strike just too dang loud!) and gotta pup out of my 9 year old and a buddy's lead gyp on the way soon

I  have 18 but 3 are yard dogs.

i would like to only have 2 to feed one catch dog and one baydog but i have learned over the years its hard to set a number on how many dogs i want to have at once because its always pups coming along from buddys and such and always need one are two back up bulldogs and always have to have a couple young dogs thats starting out. i like to try to keep a few extra dogs around its a bad feeling to have a good place to go hunting and not have a dog able to go. i have 16 at the time

I have 7 grown cur dogs. 3 bulldogs. 3 pups in training. I always take all my dogs with me when I go hunting may not hunt them all but have them in case i need them. I usualy turn out 2 or 3 let them hunt. Then turn out a different 2 or 3 the nest time. If you are going to hog hunt you need to keep pups coming along the way i see it. I am gonna breed another one of my gyps just as soon as she comes in heat.

2 curs a bulldog pup goin to get my new patterdale next week and a yard dog. Once I am for sure getting on this new lease I can justify getting more

4 bay dogs , 3 cds  90 lb ab and a chow watch dog.  7 total

If I cut him loose and let him run he will leave out and get on a track. Last time I let him run loose I lost communication with him at 1.9 miles and he was movin!! I have to keep him on a lead until we hear a bay then I can cut him loose. Cut him loose 500 yards from the bay several times and a few times at 600. Mostly because the hog is a runner and after about 2-3 miles of the dogs running a hog I can cut him loose (of course he's well rested) and he will catch up to the other dogs and stop the hog. 

That's awesome!! :o I can't imagine buying feed for that many!!

I use a full pit Rcd, and I lead one around for back up.