All this hype about strike dogs and bay dogs. To me its rubbish. Im in the hog finding business not the hog baying business. We run 3 to 4 dogs at a time unless hunting a competition. If they wont find AND bay a hog they wont be in my pens. A crappy dog eats just as much as a good one.Get you a few good all around strike dogs and 1 or 2 good walk in cds. You will find that less dogs get cut, less vet bills ,and more hogs caught.
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My opinion is if your strike dog cant find and bay its own hog, you should get another one.
I usually run 2 strike/bay dogs on the ground unless I have a young dog, and I have 2 lead in catch dogs.
You dont use as much food and since I work ALOT more than I hunt it makes it easier on the ol lady not having a bunch of dogs to feed.
