we turn most of them back loose that's why I was wondering, we do run some rough curs that catch with the bulldog, I figured it wasn't good on the hogs or dog to be catching the nose but wanted some opinions from some of you guys that's had more experience with it, my older bull dog is straight ear but hes going on 6 so I wanted to get a pup going, guess ill work with him on it and see what happens

yea I took him off and put him on the ear and let him stay for a minute then took him off and let him go again, he's starting to loose his baby teeth so I don't really want to mess with him till his adult teeth set in good but was just wondering if I might could break him of it, he just kind of slipped up on me when I was moving a hog to a pen when this happen, glad to see he's wanting to catch though

Whats ya'lls opinion on a dog that catches on the nose vs the ear, can you break a puppy that's starting to catch on the nose or just let him figure it out on his own. I've got a puppy that seen a hog for the first time and he started nailing the nose, would rather him catch on the ear...

No, I left an empty pen between the two to rule that out, Their doing better on the chain, they don't seem to be limping around as much so hopefully they'll keep getting better.

Yea I think they're getting it hung up somehow, I moved both them to chains a couple days ago so we'll see how they do

I've got a couple dogs that somehow keep hurting one of their front legs while in the pen to the point they don't want to walk on it,
 Their in their own pens with concrete floors and dog wire for the fence......its up around their ankle and not their pads.
 Anybody had anything like this happen?

thanks, I was looking at some used 30's and 40's, they wanting the same money so I was wondering which might give me the best performance

which would you pick and why, some people i've heard talk down the 40's and some like them, would dc50 be a better option. Looked around but couldn't find any recent info on them.

Thanks Guys, I'm going to try to find someone with a bigger hog around me to work him on and see how he acts, water is up over here right now so I don't have any where to go right now to put them on pigs.

SHOTGUN, theres really only one im worried about because he is pretty gritty on the hog at the house but the pig is about the same size as him so im not sure what he'll do on a bigger pig as I don't have access to one, he wants to catch it on the jaw and hold it more than bay it(he might be more useful as a catch dog)
 Anyone on here from over Mississippi way.

Thanks guys, any other advise you all could give me would be great.

Been looking around on here for a few days and have a few questions, I'm just getting into using dogs for hog hunting and was wondering what is some of the better cut gear on the market right now, been hearing about hard core, southern cross, uglydog....any to stay away from.

-) i've got some pups about ready to go to the woods but have been told by a few around here not to really worry about cut gear on them right now but im not sure I agree with it

-) do you all run vest on your bay dogs during the summer/any time or just cut collars