Once again Waylon gave a very good answer to a hard question. I pride myself in my dogs and try to do right by them. I like my dogs to do a good job (which they do now and then...
) and don't like it when they screw up (which again, they do now and then...).
But I have always thought I did good with my dogs compared to others I have seen. I have hunted with many people who had no clue about dogs and probably didn't even need to own any.
My Monkey dog, that you guys have seen me post pics of on here, was a cull that they were going to shoot. I saw something in the dog (but I can't explain what it is) that convinced me to bring him home and mess with him. I already had about 8 dogs so I didn't need another dog at the time, but there was something there....that I just couldn't put my finger on.....
Now he is my main dog at 4 years old, finds hogs for me about everytime I hunt him. Has a good handle, hunts by himself or with another dog, doesn't have a lot of holes in him except he isn't cold enough nosed to suit me. But when he gets after a hog you will normally see it bayed or caught by him, so I can't fault him too much.
I hope to be a "dog man" one day but I am about 20 years shy of that 70 year mark and I still have a lot to learn!!
