Another question

I understand about trail barking and that it's not desirable but what about barking at a running hog. Is that ok? Or do you only want it to bark at a bayed hog?

What is so undesirable about a dog running with a atv? Is it just that you want your dog to get out? Mine run in front of the atv till they wind on a road but if I'm riding in the woods they will get out. When I stop they will start ranging out. They wont just sit there by the atv with me. Also I let them run in front of the truck some times down the road till they wind. If I'm walking they don't walk with me. They get out and hunt and check back in. I wouldn't keep a dog that stays under my feet. But as far a pulling up to the gate and turning them loose and them covering five square miles till they find a hog doesn't seem to work that way for me. These two brindle ones may be that way though.

Me and Gardner went on a hunt down in east texas last spring and we took two close range dogs that ran with the atv's. All the other guys had rangy dogs that took off hunting and me and Gardner had a hog bayed in ten minutes from leaving the truck. The other guys dogs did good as well and bayed a hog later on also but so did me and Gardner with just our dogs windin from the road. I hunt small areas and like a close range dog.