Terry I know exactly what you are saying regarding dogs rolling out as soon as the first is handled, it is a fine trait to have in a dog no doubt but I am a bit different than the majority regarding that aspect. While I, like you will not put up with the type of dog that I have to clip to a tree to get it off of the hog I differ from you in the fact that I prefer to be able to tell my dogs to roll out or to simply say nothing and let them relax and stay close by so that we can move on to the next spot I plan to hunt. I don't have a certain sound or call I make to get them to stay close but they know when I say get out to get out right then and there, if I go to sayin "roll, roll, roll" and hiss at em repeatedly they will leave out and continue hunting but if I don't they have pretty well figured out that I want them to stay close. I have worked on them alot in the past year as far as overall handle goes, I am to the point with all of them (with exception to my pups under a year old) that if I have someone else hunting with me I can tell them to go and they will follow the other hunter back to the buggy or if I am by myself I can tie the hog then walk out with them and put them up before going back and doing whatever I need to with the hog, it has made my hunting alot more enjoyable overall.
Shoot, that's a pretty dang happy medium far as I see. I can't argue with that at. We will hunt one of these days and if it's sooner than later, you'll see I don't have a single yeller bass turd that'll do what I like these days!
. I've hunted these poor dogs 4 or 5 times this whole year and it shows!
When they were going strong last year though, I learned to use that text message feature on my fancy new Garmin and it works a lot better than hollering or blowing a cow horn! So in a way, we are going the same direction, I just want mine to be natural born cheaters so that one of these days when you and I hunt together, they'll get a headstart!
. From talking to Stokley, I can tell I'll need every advantage I can get over them of yours!!
