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Black Streak
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« on: July 29, 2015, 12:34:33 am »

I prefer my dogs around 28 to 30 inches tall.  80 to 85 pounds,  the dogs I run that don't have a double suspension gate I want to be extremely athletic and bend with a pig as it cuts to try to make the dog miss.  The dog with a double  suspension gate such as a stag, I do not expect to track with a hog when it cuts hard but they should get lined out on Iit again very quickly.     When both dogs are lined out on the same pig, the stag will make the pig cut hard and the lurcher will be there to cut the corner and pick the pig up.   Even if it doesn't pick the pig up emmediatly,  the lurcher will track with the pig.   The stag will be there on top of the pig a few seconds after it initially over runs it and both dogs will be in a catch position if the hog isn't caught by now.   Good luck shaking the dogs again at this point lol.       
    Usually the dogs will catch their own and don't work together on the same pig.    This is fine and actually prefered but they must be able to hold and control the pig by themselves.   This is why I prefer the height and the weight.    I don't run one out intentionally but if my dogs are gonna catch their own, they must be able to hold and control the pig by themselves no matter if it's a stag or lurcher.          If a stag can't handle a good pig by itself then it would be a poor decision on my part to pair it with another dog that prefers to catch it's own.      Height and weight are benifical to my dogs and my style of hunting.     
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