Bay Pen Scoring

[KevinN]

Just reminiscing. Uncle Earls, two dog. My male liked a hog to be tight up against the fence. This particular Boar was pretty tough out of the chute but the dogs got him under control real quick, problem was he was about 2 feet off the fence. Boudreaux ran behind him, bit him on the butt and crossed to the other side and continued his bay. The Boar backed up tight at that point and Boudreaux never made a mistake in the bay. Other dog had a turn out so that took us out of competition. When score was posted Boudreaux had a deduction. I saw a perfect run so I inquired. The judge said the hog was under control and Boudreaux put undue pressure on the hog when he crossed behind him and put his mouth on him. This kept him out of the high point running. Those of you who judge, how would you rule on this?

[moffittcatahoulas]

I always had it explained to me that if the hog is off the fence it is fair game

[Reuben]

not trying to hijack the thread but I believe the handler should make the hog move once so that the judges can judge how well the dog can shut the hog down when it breaks...probably would only work on the 1 dog bay because in the 2 dog bay moving the hog might encourage the dogs to catch and get disqualified...I always felt like this should be part of the baying contest.