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spot on pigrig
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SEAL THE DEAL WITH A SQUEEL !
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I can take any one of my dogs back there that are my hunting dogs and find a hog but I been working on it for a long long long time. I like a young dog that shows some independence one that will get on out and do his thang by himself if he has to, he dont depend on other dogs to find hogs for him are her. I want all my dogs to honor each others find and come in and help out unless they are off on another hog themself. I dont mess with help dogs that just another word for cull . Ever dog I run in a pack has to be able to find his own hog if not I dont keep them . Dogs that hang around just inspire bad habits onto maybe some young dogs and if done long nuff might rub off on a mid ages unfinished dog . If you cant find a hog on your own around here then they get new homes fast . Why in the world would anybody breed to something that cant find a hog on its own?
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Analyzing a dog will makes me Anal LOL so I aint gonna do it to much if I got to really analyze a dog thats my first flag and something is wrong somewere in the first place .
Two things are gonna happen either he are she has it are they don't its pretty easy to see, just the bottom line .
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there are many reasons why we have so many culls...one reason is that some folks do not evaluate their dogs properly...so taking a dog out by itself will tell what that dog is capable of...
this thread is meant to get the doggers with the least dogging experience to think about evaluating their dogs accurately so that the right dogs are the ones who get bred if they intend to breed their own dogs...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
A hunting dog is born not made...
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just my opinion reuben but if you take a top litter of pups and spread them around vairous owners of vairing capabilities you will have and i will bet my left one, you will have dogs of vairing skill but the owner my think his dog is ok or a cull then compare these against there litter mates. and you get there are so many culls for the reason of the enviroment they have been brought up in rather than there breeding
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Reuben
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just my opinion reuben but if you take a top litter of pups and spread them around vairous owners of vairing capabilities you will have and i will bet my left one, you will have dogs of vairing skill but the owner my think his dog is ok or a cull then compare these against there litter mates. and you get there are so many culls for the reason of the enviroment they have been brought up in rather than there breeding
I agree...I prefer to breed my own so I don't have to deal with a dog that hasn't been raised the way I like to raise them |
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
A hunting dog is born not made...
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just my opinion reuben but if you take a top litter of pups and spread them around vairous owners of vairing capabilities you will have and i will bet my left one, you will have dogs of vairing skill but the owner my think his dog is ok or a cull then compare these against there litter mates. and you get there are so many culls for the reason of the enviroment they have been brought up in rather than there breeding
Dead on. This is where the rubber meets the road. |
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Saltydog Catahoulas
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if we take the dog out there and it doesn't hunt we will know the dog is not worth breeding...
Reuben, I'm in agreement with ya. But, to me, there IS a hole in this concept. It's called a "TIME LINE". Many entry level folks, and even some that been at it for awhile, need to realise, each dog will develope according to the environment they are exposed to. In other words, a person may cull too early--before the dog really has a chance to gain the experience to develope into a great dog if he will. A few folks do not cull soon enough--works both ways. Every time I go to the woods, I want my young dogs to get on a hog(don't we all) with my experienced dogs. There is nothing more damaging than to take a pup out his first few times and hit a few dry runs in a row. We all been there, farmer calls you, "yep" seen hogs in the south 40, come get them." You get there to find month old sign and the hogs are long gone. Another dry run. Dogs can't find something that ain't there. So, a big question is Do we cull too soon? What is "enough time" for that pup to show us the goods? |
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just my opinion reuben but if you take a top litter of pups and spread them around vairous owners of vairing capabilities you will have and i will bet my left one, you will have dogs of vairing skill but the owner my think his dog is ok or a cull then compare these against there litter mates. and you get there are so many culls for the reason of the enviroment they have been brought up in rather than there breeding
Very very very true! Have said this many years not a dog is the Reflection of his are her's owners and handlers 99 times out of a 100. Great point ! |
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A dog is the Reflection of his are her's owners and handlers 99 times out of a 100.
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