To me the concept of disrespecting anyone's working pig dog is like disrespecting an Australian frontline infantryman. Unacceptable for any reason. I give the respect for any dog finding and grabbing pigs and it's just a fact that these dogs were better than mine last night, no question. Not to acknowledge that would be what we all describe in Oz as being a weak c..t. So personally I am only doing the minimum by telling the truth. And they were better than mine on the night. They deserve the accolades.
Cheers.
That's the difference in Ozzies and Americans, Ned. Here it's a "mine is better than yours" type piss'n match. A lot of guys will down someone's dog or bad mouth a hunting style (even if they've never hunted that way or with that particular dog) just because they don't think it's possible or a dog will do it because theirs couldn't do it themselves. I've really started enjoying hunting in the same style that you guys use over their. I was really amazed at it's effectiveness here and the lack of injuries sustained by the dogs even after tangling with some BIG toothy boars. We actually use ozzie style breastplates which supposedly offer less protection than the american style cutvest, but i've witnessed less injuries with "less protection" and only one dog handling the pig instead of 4 or however many some of these guys use.
