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« on: March 17, 2022, 11:30:17 pm » |
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I think there’s also another aspect that contributes. Some folks are just about catching hogs and as long as that happens they don’t really care. That’s ok, to each their own. I know there are a lot of us though that enjoy watching good dog work. Dogs finding and locating, dogs baying, relaying, etc. are some of the good dog work aspects but there is a lot of good dog work that comes from the catch dog end as well. Everything from the way they handle to the bay to the things they do to make a good catch once they are sent to how they handle after the catch. A good catch dog can eliminate so much stress and headache in a hunt just like a poor one can create it or add to it. The other day my nephew legged and threw a hog that my Loki dog had caught. The bay dogs come past right on the heels of another one and he let go and helped run the other one down a few yards away and caught it. Yes this could be bad in the wrong situation but he had enough sense to know the first hog was under control as all the pressure the from that hog was gone with it being thrown. He’s got quite a few hogs under his belt now. I think his largest solo hog was 310 but has a couple more that right there within a few pounds of that. He still learning and getting better all the time. He’s got his range down pretty good. He knows if the bay breaks and he hasn’t caught within about 150 yards to come back to me and we’ll get it at the next bay. Not having to lead him to and from a bay makes it a world easier on a fella too. I’m not saying I’m a dog god or that he’s the greatest but trying to give examples of things that help qualify a dog as good in my book. He would be further along if I wasn’t concentrating so hard on young bay dogs this last year or so. It doesn’t take that long if a dog is smart and wants to please you.
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