First and foremost I'd like to state I don't care either way if these events were still going on. I of course would definitely like to see my best against the best in any competitive environment, I like competition and would no doubt have loved these events. Although I do have a ?. I was just lookin at the dogo fb page and reading alittle bit mostly just lookin around, but what is the difference in a catch dog trial and letting a dogo find and catch 1 in a 20 acre pen that's supposed to mimic the natural environment. Not looking for an argument just askin a ?.
The old catch dog trials where just a small circle pen that you would let your dog loose in to slam a hog. The hog had no chance & no where to get away. At the dogo trials it's a fairly large pen & the hogs have plenty of room to move around.
I will give my viewpoint on this...
to me it doesn't matter how we see it or how we try to make it right in our minds...we have to get in their minds to their way of thinking...talking about the anti's...they will not see it any different whether it is a 75 ft. pen or a 20 acre pen if the intend is for competition and hogs will be caught then it is going to be very negative publicity for us as hunters/doggers...and the neutral public, those that don't care one way or the other will side up with the anti's because the anti's will paint a very ugly picture of the doggers...
it would be different if it were open ranches or fields where the hogs need to be eradicated because they are tearing up the land for the cattleman...the hogs are causing erosion problems, destroying the natural habitat for other wildlife not to mention the economic losses due to the destruction of grazing land for the livestock...or...the farmers crops are being destroyed...and the hogs are eating the natural food that other wildlife depend on to flourish...So when we hunt we have very good reasons why we do what we do and the majority of the public can support that reasoning/logic and they might stand in our favor...we need to keep it as positive as we can is all that I am saying...
