How long?

years for me.......... my buddy that got me into hunting had a pretty decent set of dogs, they kept us in pork pretty consistent but as for myself, it took me quite a while before I considered my yard of being good...........then I lost my favorite dog and went and sold most of my good ones to buddies to start over again with my favorite dogs blood.......call me crazy........right now I've got a pile of pups and two old geriatric granny dogs lol but I've got some new ones on the ground and will be ready to give em hell again next year with a pile of trashy youngins!