Another question

There is a the Statement - "Ruin a good dog" No, proly not unless you shocked them off the desired behaviors, preventing a dog from becoming a "good dog" would be more like it.

The POTENTIAL GOOD DOG, yes can be ruined,

1# Too much coddling and re-insuring that the habit of stayiong close to the individual that handles/feeds, promotes bad behaviors. Some dogs will just go out hunting anyway, but those dogs are less common than a dog that wants to please and stay close after conditioned to do so.

2# I have seen some people putting a dog too young or small on a hog that was too much for the dog at that particular time, The dog was left with a mental scar that hogs are BAD, and wanted nothing more to do with them, some dogs can be worked out of it, others never do. What was the point of letting the dog get whooped by a hog?

3# I do believe trail barking can be contagious, to a dog that has the potential to trail bark, not all dogs do, but run a young dog with dogs that trail bark and find out real quick if he has the potential because when excited on a race with trail barkers, well that young dog will often show true colors at that point. I have some dogs that do have natural ability to "bark excited" I refuse to run those pups with others dogs that bark on track. "Monkey See, Monkey Do" is true in alot of things that have to deal with hunting hog dogs.
I don't like a dog that barks trail, If you do give me your number and I will call you next time one comes through my place, because reguardless how many hogs it strikes, I don't want to hear the race, that part just comes back to what works for one don't work for someone else, It don't work for me and I will Cull IT, striking or not.

What Bryant does not like about the ATVs teaching dogs to come-in, can be used in a reverse as well. I see what he is saying an agree from that view point, I like a dog that will take off and get out when you crank up the bikes myself, but don't want one to follow the bikes or hang out with them.