NO DOG KEEPS A BIG BOAR AT BAY WITHOUT PUTTING TEETH IN THEM.
Ive seen several dogs that have kept plenty of big boars bayed, no teeth required...
there isn't a hog dog alive that doesn't put "some" teeth on a hog to stop it.
Yes there is...
Thats awesome you have a dog like that. I'm jealous I've just got a young pack and still trying to fine tune them, but the only way they can get one to stop and bay is to put teeth in them. What kind of dog is this and how does it get a runner to stop? How many dogs do you have out to hold a Big Boar? What do they do if one breaks bay? Do they just windmill that sucker and keep him spinning? I'm definetly Impressed Sounds like something I'd like to own myself.
I never said it was MY dogs!!
However, i do have a bmc that has found and bayed quite a few good boars by herself, and i think one of the main reasons they stay bayed for as long as she was on some of them is because she puts NO pressure on them to make them run... Very loose baying..
Ive only seen her put teeth on a handful of hogs, and most of them were in the water ( she tends to get brave in water for some reason )
Bottom comes into play on the runners or a hog that breaks bay...
Could she stop more hogs by putting teeth on them? Possibly..
Does she still find and bay hogs consistently? YES
She is nothing special, and like you my pack is all young... She is my oldest dog and only 2 years old..
Ive been hunting long enough now that I should have a older, more experienced pack but i guess im too picky about my dogs..
Always looking for something better, and not enough patience to let the younger dogs mature...
Ive had several others that wouldn't hardly put teeth on a hog, but we still caught hogs consistently...
