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« Reply #80 on: February 05, 2010, 07:46:04 am » |
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The thing that I have found is that breeding dogs is not like mixing paint. White and balck don't allways make grey. When you mix hounds and curs their is usually not an even mix. You will get some crosses that are real houndy and then some that are real curry. If you could just get the long range, nose, and bottom of a hound and them be silent.......everybody would have them. In my experiences most of them bark. I just sold a male plott that I had on here because he didn't bark enough to suit me. He was a Hog Dog and I don't use that term lightly. In my opinion stopping hogs is alot more about the hogs than the dogs. We ran one Tuesday for 7 hrs and saw him 3 times, bayed him 5-6 times and never got close enough to send the bulldog. Took the same dogs Wednesday and caught 5.
As far as hound just getting gone and not hunting with you....dogs are alot like kids...they are gonna do exactly what you let them. You can put a handle on a duck if you handle it enough and tri-tronics will fit around its neck. If i keep a hound over about 2or 3 years may not be able to run out from under a falling tree or smell a gorilla fart but you can bet 2 things it will know its name and better than that, know my voice and respect it. I have had several hounds that could be called off a running or bayed hog, never need a leash, and handle like a 12 year old boy is suppose to.
Please don't take this last bit to be offensive....I do not know any of you and am making a blank statement in general........
The problem is that there are very few people that really know dogs. All they are interested in is putting their hands on a hog. That is great because it is what we are all after. I can have a good hunt and never touch a hog. If I have a young dog progressing good and showing it is making a hand...I have had a good day. I like listening and watching the dogs, learning about how they work and what they are doing. If you can understand a dog and let it teach you and you teach it you will both progress alot in the same direction
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