No win situation.

Proponents capable of actually expressing themselves and representing the bay dog world aren't willing to see their words twisted in what they feel will no doubt be a bit piece and fuel for the anti hunting crowd.

 This of course leaves the paper boy to write his piece after mining this site and others for whatever posts he can find that help paint the "pro" crowd as little more than unsophisticated, barbaric, inhumane, backwoods trash that the world needs to bring up to modern day suburban standards.

We should all be eating a plant diet and if the pigs are allowed to roam the countryside, completely unchecked while destroying  those plants before they make it to market...well, then we simply accept defeat at the hands of our swine overlords and assume our position somewhere much lower down the food chain.

Been retrieving to hand since the day I brought him home at around 7 weeks old and has loved water from day 1. And yes he likes to get out there - sometimes much further than I want him to but he's always been good about checking in. But as the bird hunting old timers have told me, you can always reel them in a bit closer but you cant teach them to get out further so I'm told it's the better "problem" to have.

Looks good ! what's his pedigree ?

Great hunters on top and bottom but unfortunately two different breeds. He was an accidental breeding between a GSP and Pointer from a guy who runs a guide service in Oklahoma.

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Looks similar to my quail dog. Tossing isn't an option for me so they learn to love the treadmill from a very early age. Just slow walking mostly until fully grown.

Granted,  I have no personal experience with kangaroos but I'm bothered by the fact that the dog was able to get caught and that there was another dog there who couldn't intervene on his behalf.

I gotta think a GSP or really any of the versatiles would do the trick. I know folks who hunt everything with there DD's and DKs from quail and turkey to hogs and yotes.

[Under starry skies on Feb. 28, Jett Webb of Conetoe ensured there will be one less mouth to feed in the Indian Woods section of Bertie County – and a real big mouth, too. Webb took down a massive wild boar that bottomed out a set of scales certified to 500 pounds that’s used for weighing tobacco bales.]

Under starry skies on Feb. 28, Jett Webb of Conetoe ensured there will be one less mouth to feed in the Indian Woods section of Bertie County – and a real big mouth, too. Webb took down a massive wild boar that bottomed out a set of scales certified to 500 pounds that’s used for weighing tobacco bales.

http://www.northcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=4111

Atlas, thats pretty much what i told him. I told him that i'd be worried if at 9 weeks, that little guy was hiding in a corner somewhere or wanting to be left alone. What i see is a healthy pup playing with a willing/patient adult dog as he learns what is and isnt going to be tolerated. I  trained his adult dog 6 years ago as a 10 wk pup (kept him for 3 months) and i had to remind him that he was pretty much the exact same way as are most healthy pups.

I think his wife was the one worried bc she'd never been around a dog until she met him 2 years ago - so never seen how pups play and she was worried that big boy was gonna get chewed up too much. As others said, i told him when he's had enough he will let little man know and that's how boundaries get established.

Coworker was at my place a few months back and fell in love with my yella dog so i helped him pick out a puppy from a yella bmc hog dog litter down the road. He's not gonna use him on Hogs but wants to train him to track wounded deer, find antlers and just have as an all purpose dog. Anyhow, he's only had the dog a couple weeks and called me worried the dog is too aggressive with his other dog. Couldnt get out to his place due to weather so i had him send me a video of his pup playing with his older dog at a time when he thought the pup was "acting up". What i saw on the video was a normal healthy cur pup playing with a well balanced adult bulldog/catahoula - nothing about it was alarming to me but i've been training/raising/huntin over dogs and pups nonstop for almost 40 years-  so i've pretty much seen it all. Just looking for some others input to make sure I'm not missing something here? If i had room, i'd just tell him, yea it looks bad better let me take him off your hands  Anyway, Any of yall see anything out of line about how these dogs are "playing"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDiHwylhaA

New pup



Sire



Litter mates

Reason for my topic: here my two pups I picked up today. Almost 6 weeks old female is "dirty" yella right now but was told it will all fade to yella just like here daddy. My male is reverse!
My Ol lady is already spoiling em!

Realize this is an old thread, but i'm wondering if you could post a recent pic of your "dirty" dog.Reason being, i picked up a new pup this weekend and when my wife asked me to describe him, first thing came to mind was to call him "dirty" - so anyway, he's marked up just about like that pup of yours. His littermates were a mix of yellas, reverse/flip/bl&tan, and a couple who were much "dirtier". He's out of a dirty almost faded looking saddle back sire and yella female. My pup has a jet black tail and black outlining his ears.  Anyway, just curious how that color has faded.
 

Saw this ad on Craigslist and wondered if these belonged to anyone here. I really like the look of the sire to this litter - the momma dog too for that matter. Just wondered if they belonged to anyone here or if anyone here knows these dogs.

http://texoma.craigslist.org/spo/4129308059.html

My bad. You are correct. When I saw this thread I just remembered the rangers jersey and the general look of the dog. I was looking for a new pup so had in my mind where the dog was and was shocked to see the pic. Either way, both are great looking dogs. Now then,about those upcoming litters...

Course someone with your handle prolly can't tell the difference between one Catahoula and another : )




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As a matter if fact I have seen this dog. In fact I've seen that exact pic and it was just yesterday That pic is on Craigslist right now in an ad for some pups in Burleson. Weird.

Use to own her but she was too rough for me. Moved her to Micah Beck near Weatherford/Mineral Wells. Have tried to get in touch with him with no luck. Just wondering about her. Alive/Dead, did he sell her, does he still have her? How's she doing? Don't WANT anything...just wondering about her is all.


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Non factor but you're never going to convince most "Deer Only" hunters of that. I know because for the most part i am(just starting to explore and learn as much as i can about this hog stuff which is why i frequent this forum) one and have battled my fellow deer hunters over this issue more than once. I grew up and hunted in a county in North Carolina where about half the deer hunters run dogs. Those same hunting clubs have been running dogs through  the same blocks of woods for at least 30 years and every year they manage to keep killing deer as they run from those same blocks of woods.

I never ran dogs but got in many arguments over the years with my fellow "still" hunters over whether or not our neighbors were messing up our deer hunting with their dogs. I always put meat in the freezer and even a few sets of horns on the wall so i was and am still of the opinion that dogs in the woods are not a huge problem. Now if i'm on stand and two walkers come barreling towards me i might be skunked that day but as long as you're not running your dogs on hogs while i'm sleeping in my tree, it shouldnt be a problem.

As others have said, you can do it but in more cases than not, it becomes a  question of when and not if you're going to come home to a problem.

Just remember that nearly everyone who ever came home to a dead or severely damaged dog, just 1 day prior were in the camp who'd say, "i have no problem keeping my bulldog locked up with my cur/plott/boxer/lab/poodle etc.

It only takes that one time and then next time one of these threads pops up, you're the guy warning someone against the practice you now find yourself taking part in. A chain spot or adding a kennel is cheaper than replacing a good dog or two.


Hope like heck it works out for you and you never have a problem. Certainly there have been bulldogs to live out their life right along side other dogs and never have a problem. Unfortunately, those are the exceptions to the rule rather than being any sort of norm you should expect.

Best of luck.

Disney will be calling for the movie rights within a day or two.

all the racism - real or imagined by all sides, and the "he deserved it" type comments  notwithstanding , i'm tired of this case.

 Basically One dumb A  annoyed another dumb A to the point that they started a fight. It's essentially a bar room brawl case at day's end. As in those bar fight cases, just moments before things hit the fan, all was well and both parties were generally law abiding citizens(not without blemish but not ax murderers either - dont forget that you were not an angel at 17). Neither thinking their lives were about to change/end.

For all the talk of Martin being a thug or punk, well what red blooded American male wasnt at some point? I wont pretend he was on his way to bible school that night, but i also wont assume he was on his way to meet some gang members,  smoke some crack, then pull a drive by before stopping off at the local retirement home to steal an old womans walker. He was a young man with more testosterone than brains and his color, past texting, drug, or fight history is not important. He let his temper and ego get the best of him and his life ended as a result.  Zimmerman let his ego, little man complex, mall cop wannabe, attitude get the best of him and as a result his life will never be the same.

This is a tragic case because say what you will, most of us could have at one point in our lives been either one of these people. None are perfect, no not one and but for Grace of God, go I.

There is an absolute wealth of information to be found on this forum http://www.game-dog.com/forum.php

yea, there are a few knuckleheads you have to weed through but I've got quite a bit of knowledge about the APBT having been around them for much of my 37 years on this earth,  and there are some old time dog men who post on that forum who i've learned a thing or two from. Given that its a site about "game dogs" they can be tightlipped about some things and a bit cautious of strangers/new posters but the search function can overcome that. For the record, i've never been a dog fighter or in any way a part of that world. I just really love dogs and learning all i can about them. It's that never ending  pursuit of knowledge that actually led me to this forum a few weeks ago.