hog dogs from Dan Moody?

I ain't making the assumption that the guy ripped you off. Maybe he did, maybe he ddidn't. I don't know the man or the caliber of his dogs, but like the above post said. If you get bucked off try again until you get a good ride in. And you damn sure ain't the only one that has paid good money for some pot lickers. I am very gullible , I have been taken more than once. I finally learned my lesson. I consider myself an honest guy and tend to think the next dog man will be to. But that's hardly ever the case. I've even see some folks in a "sell out" type of situation, claiming they are done hunting and selling there personal dogs. When the truth is , they got trigger happy and bought every 300 dollar "finished" dog they ran across and ended up with 15 dogs that don't know there ass from a hole in the ground. They call it there pack and sell out for 3,000$ claimimg to be done hunting but the garmin aint for sale. Lol. I do understand taking a chance if it's not local, and you have heard good things from trusted people about the seller. But I've been hit to hard, I won't even do that. But I don't know the circumstances of what you have going on. I would definitely have the dog X rayed though and maybe the vet can see something you cant. Dogs are funny. I love to hunt hogs. And lots of other critters, but I have a bad knee that gives me trouble sometimes and when it's hurting I won't hunt either..lol. Good luck to you though and I hope you find something that puts some pork on the table for ya !!!