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Title: Hunting a bred dog Post by: BriarBay on July 03, 2022, 09:35:23 pm How long do y’all hunt a dog that’s been bred before you let her lay up?
Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: NLAhunter on July 04, 2022, 07:14:33 pm I would say depends on how bad you need them puppies I know people that hunt em up till they start showing pretty good but if I am needing the puppies I put her up soon as I breed her till I get puppies raised
Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: t-dog on July 05, 2022, 02:34:04 pm I personally put them up as soon as they are bred. My thought process is that you can’t control what happens on a hunt. She could could get hit or cut and create complications where she loses or aborts the litter. You might lose the pups and you might lose both her and the pups. Time of year factors in too. If it’s hot then she will get hotter faster than normal. In my opinion it would suck to heat stroke a good gyp. If she isn’t good enough for any of these considerations then she wasn’t good enough to breed to. It’s hard to leave the good ones at home but in the end, it will make the lesser ones better. If it doesn’t then maybe you learned something about them as well. Like I say though, this is just my opinion.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: BriarBay on July 06, 2022, 01:17:04 pm Yes I guess it depends on how bad you need the pups if you’re willing to risk getting her busted up. I guess I was asking how long you could hunt them from a health perspective which y’all answered also. Thanks guys
Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: Reuben on July 10, 2022, 04:05:55 pm If you were running rabbits with beagles I would say hunt her until she doesn’t want to hunt because she is about to have pups…
In a controlled environment such as a bay pen and having the gyp baying pigs at strategic times and durations…I think it would be helpful in improving your chances of having pups that will naturally take to baying and running hogs more so than if you didn’t… Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: BriarBay on July 18, 2022, 07:39:38 pm So much for keeping her on the bench so a hog didn’t kill her. A grown rattle snake got to her yesterday evening. She killed the snake but paid the price. By the time I found her I reckon it had been 2-3 hours since the bites…made it till about 2:00 AM and that was it. Had a few dogs get bitten over the years but have never seen one suffer and die from it. Worst way to go I’ve ever seen
Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: t-dog on July 19, 2022, 01:40:43 am Dang man sorry to hear that!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: jsh on July 19, 2022, 05:25:01 am Very sorry to hear that. Hate those things.
Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: Austesus on July 19, 2022, 09:44:57 am Very sorry to hear that. I’ve seen a bulldog kill a very grown rattle snake and even after that snake gave him every thing he got, he made a full and quick recovery. Seen a lot of moccasin bites where dogs were just fine.
Where did the gyp get bit? Ive heard the legs are a bad spot for them to get struck. All the bites I’ve seen have been to the face. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: Hunting a bred dog Post by: BriarBay on July 20, 2022, 06:04:23 pm Thanks guys it sucks but it’s all just part of having animals. Yea I’ve had 1 other rattler bite that I saw happen and a handful of moccasin bites but I was able to handle those myself with no problem.
No idea how many times she has been bitten but she had more places bleeding on her face than I could count. I didnt look her over too carefully because by the time I found her I could tell it was over with. I did give her dex, antibiotics, and 2 bags of fluids via IV…it didn’t hurt but didn’t make much difference. Gave her Benadryl but each time she’d throw it up. Tell y’all boys again, I’ve seen animals die in some tough ways but this was by far the worst. If it happens again I think I’ll help em along |