Message #349900

[levibarcus]

The first cd I started was a stray pit. She would catch most hogs with another dog there, but on a good hog she would bay. I hunted her loose because she out hunted any cur dog I owned then or now probably. She would dang sure get gone and find pigs. I gave her to my buddy Jake and she hasn't barked at a hog since, just comes flying in like a 40 lb ninja and locks up on whatever size hog it is.

I have only started maybe 5 cds, but so far haven't had a cull, and all but one have been strays. Some have needed some encouragement and a few rounds of "training" to lock down without hesitation. Others haven't even been supposed to yet, just saw a hog and wanted to catch it. I guess I've been fortunate and had some good ones. Some have a better or cleaner style of holding, and that is what I am looking for more now than a dog to just catch.