You see, the thing about "teaching" is you have to know your "students"....there are some folks commenting on this thread that have used dogs on livestock and in the woods longer than most of the others have been alive.. Personally, I reckon they know a thing or two that maybe the "teacher" don't.
It would be prudent for all to choose their "teachers" wisely....
You mean like the guy who said speed was mental lol
Cow dogs and other livestock dogs are not the same subject matter as the hunting and catch dogs I'm speaking of. I think you have your teacher and classrooms confused. Not very effective to have an algebra teacher teaching history would you say? Kinda the hole point I'm making about how different the styles are and dogs are. Just not the same course my friend. For example, just because I know what I do about finder holders and stags, doesn't give me expert knowledge on hounds. Different course requires different teacher. Simple really and again common sense.
here cowdogs and hog dogs has always been same dogs. When I was younger we would find bay and pen cattle for 2 days load up same dogs and go hog hunting on the 3 rd day find bay and catch hogs all with same ole stock breed cur dogs. I don't fool with cows much any more but still several people here still doing same thing with the same cur dogs that have been bread same way for last 60 years or more
yeah lot of folks do that here as well. I grew up on a cattle Ranch were cow dogs were apart of life and work. I'm very familiar with cow dogs. many different breeds and purposes. example: boarder collie vs blue laceys. two entirely different styles. Cow dogs are much more than pig dogs. You can take cow dogs pig hunting and get along well but your not gonna get along well if you take pig dogs to gather cattle. I could go into a 3 page report about this and actually already have on this forum once already but I'm just gonna leave it at this. if your interested in what I said about cow dogs, go back into the archives.
