In my opinion there is a huge gap between the difference between a finished and a well started dog. What some people call a finished others would say well started. Dogs and owners alike are always learning and adapting to new situations and senerio's, no matter how much experience they have. A good dog and good owners are always ready for the unexpected and prepared to change a deal with any situation. And a dog may be finished for one person and their pack but when they are sold, traded, or even passed on to another, they need time to adjust and learn the new owners ways as well as the pack before they will act and hunt like they did for the previous owner. So as to the value of a finished dog I don't beleive there is a top to how much a person could pay. Good dogs with great training and will hunt and find hogs on their own are priceless like said by several others.
Well Put!!!! I am partners on a Campbell Cur with a friend of mine in Georgia....the first few hunts I wasn't greatly impressed, but she did hunt good.....Now she is an awesome little dog and she is getting better on every hunt!!!
