What is a good dog?

5000 acres is definitely a figure of speech. I had a friend that I hunted with quite a bit. His dog was a hot nosed cur dog that would stay with a runner for 20-30 minutes and come back. That's what my friend opinion wanted. Don't bother a cold track and come on back so we can go to another spot. We both thought we owned a hog dog. I wouldn't have fed his and he wouldn't have fed mine. Another friend has a couple of seasoned dogs. I think one is better than the other, but he likes what I think is the lesser of the two because he is 77 years old and can keep up with him better. These differences are why I started this read. It wasn't to brag or belittle anyone's dogs. Just wanted folks to realize that what is desirable to person might not be what the next one likes. Besides just not knowing, it's another reason people don't se the same thing when they are describing their dogs.