I have 3 littermates and my hunting buddies have the other 2. their momma to me is a cracker jack box of prizes, but their daddy was a kinda quite easy minded dog that caught like a vise. because of him we were worried if we waited til they were a year they wldnt fire so we started them on a 20 lbs pig at 6 months and after they fired we put them up and have been playing about once a month with a little bigger pig every time. hope this helps
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