Hugh Murray put the dogs together and had much to do with the blood getting together. He put together Wager's, Myer's, and Mason's blood. That's how the dogs got started in Georgia. He used the Buster dog of Sam Mason's several times. Hugh's kennel prefix was HCM's. Joey(Nine Run's) and Eddie Denison came into the picture and tried to build on what Hugh has done. A 400acre pen with hogs and lots of puppies on the ground made them a hot commodity for several years; but they got too far away from what made the dogs and lost the blood needed to keep things going. The term 'Dennison Dog" didnt come around till about 10 years ago. Hugh put the blood together 30 years ago.   

The Showtime dog food is the best I’ve fed as far as minimizing waste(poop) I fed the 27/20 the majority of the year and loved it with no issues. But I noticed my grown dogs falling off some and a couple looking not nearly as slick as I like them about a 3 or 4 weeks ago.  I buy a pallet at a time when I buy food, so I bought a pallet of local food I’ve fed on and off for years. The dogs have since picked back up where I like them at. Whatever the case may be(and I have various opinions on), after 9-12 months I have to swap dogs foods for a month or two. I’m not the only person that has noticed this happening their dogs either. After this pallet I will go back to the Showtime or ValuePak. Both are good dog foods.


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I’d love to see a pack of good yella dogs! They are few and far between on this side of the Mississppi River. I know y’all have em out there somewhere.


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I prefer silent dogs. They suit me better. I can catch more hogs with them where I normally hunt because and how I hunt. But I’ve hunted with the hound men and its gotten wild, the amounts of hogs we can catch together is crazy. A good hound can find some the curs won’t ever smell and hang with them longer. The curs can shut em down quick if they wanna stop. To each his own. Whatever a man prefers to hunt and happy to feed is what is best. A hog dog is a hog dog, no need to argue or debate the characteristics that contribute to that.


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Nobody wants to come to Alabama to hunt

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Catahoula. But don’t let the spots fool you. They aren’t baypen dogs

I have been lucky enough to have a kennel full of dogs that I have bred and raised. I have been line breeding for the last 10 years. Part of my dogs lineage goes back to some dogs from Louisiana about 15 years ago and the rest from Georgia about 20 years ago. Both lines where already line bred. Was lucky enough to put the dogs together and have some excellent litters thru the years. They are not registered(although they could be). I don’t need papers to tell me what they are or where they came from. I don’t buy and sell dogs and don’t care to. When $$$ gets involved people tend to lose sight and focus of the quality and enjoyment of the process. Even though it’s an expensive part of my life, I try not to let money determine my actions and decisions with the dogs. Buying and selling dogs takes something away. Even though I bought my little girl a plott hound puppy last year and she does good in the woods. My little girl loves dogs but wanted one with long ears

I appreciate the advice fellas. I had talked to a vet buddy of mine and he said 3 weeks before his blood count would be back to normal. But he doesn’t deal hog dogs very much.  It’s seasonably warm and I’m not gonna chance it. I was  hoping to get him in the woods one more time before turkey season. He is my best dog and can absolutely show out in hogs. My dogs have had 100s of cuts worse than this, but this one hit the ol main vein on the inside of his leg towards the chest. Just Glad he’s still with me!

What type of sealant would any of you suggest putting on concrete. I'm in the process of building new kennels and wanted to seal the floor before I put dogs on it. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!


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The lack of response to the original question somewhat show what I have suspected. A lot of people talk a lot about hunting, dogs, hogs, and their opinions about what they think and how they feel. But bottom line they don't really have what it takes to consistently get it done in the woods. I know there are people on here that catch piles of hogs that rarely post and some that are too humble to post about the hundreds they catch. I greatly respect that. Good places to hunt and hog densities definitely have a lot to do with overall totals of caught hogs, BUT hog dogs can get it done anywhere. I have often wondered how many hogs some people on here actually catch. I used to get on here believing that most people on here had more knowledge and experience than myself. But as I began to gain knowledge of my own I began to see things aren't as they appear. If you are proud of what you have, great, that is what it is all about. You feed em. I love what I have. I have had dogs for about 8 years and was lucky enough to start with good stock courtesy of my older brother. Together we have been able to breed and put together a respectable pack of dogs that WE are proud of. The dogs I have lots of people turn their noses up at. According to some they are long range cast dogs. They get out and hunt, bottom line. They are rougher than most but that's what I like. Different strokes for different folks. I get a chance to hunt a few good places and catch good numbers on those a days. Other places I may ride 15-20 miles to find a track. Either way I enjoy going. With all that being said, to answer the original question, the last few years I've managed to put my hands on around a hundred each year. My goal is to catch more than the year before. I caught 116 last year and I am at 103 this year. But I believe my dogs are better right now than they have ever been. A friend of mine summed it all up one time, he Said,"Don't put too much stock in something that will piss in its feed bowl and screw it's own mother or sister" In the end they a just dogs, some with a higher or different skill set but still dogs. I am happy with what I have and what my dogs have accomplished as should be with everyone else. If you're not maybe you should get better dogs or pick up a new hobby.

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I figured since it's cold and raining out and not much else to do I'd share a hunt I had 2 weeks ago. Got a call from a chicken farmer that a couple hogs were rooting up the ground around his chicken houses. I didn't have much else to do so I loaded up a pair of dogs (Phil, Axman)and a bulldog (Mo)to check things out. Got to the farm at daylight and talked to the farmer about where he thought the hogs were at, what size, and how many. He said there were just a couple and that he didn't think they were too big. There wasn't any fresh sign around the chicken houses or in the pasture. Everything had been rained in a few days earlier, so I made a cast. The dogs hunted a ridge about 500yds and turned due west and preceded to go straight towards a pasture full of cows. My dogs love to herd and chase cows which isn't a good thing. I attempted to run up a powerline to cut them off but that was short lived. I managed to bury my wheeler and had to run about 0.6 miles to capture those two heathens which had about 50 head packed tight. Running that far is one thing but with water filled boots and 30degrees it was about more than I wanted. I managed to get back to where I was supposed to be and found the farmer and asked if he could give me a pull with his tractor. After all of that I debated hanging it up and calling it a day. I decided to make a loop all the way around the pasture and see if there was a trail anywhere. I found a small trail and walked about 50 yards outside the pasture and looked down to find the biggest hog track I've ever seen. I walked a little further and found some fresher sign. I put Axman and Phil down and they proceeded to beat the bushes. I sent my brother a message to say a little prayer for the dogs and I. I had a feeling I might need it. The dogs separated and Axman came back to within 375yds and showed treed. I listened for a squeal but heard nothing. Axman is as rough as I've ever been around. After 30/45 seconds I heard Axman squeal out. He's done that a few times and it's always when he has more than he wants. I turned Mo down and started attempted to run towards the action but it was super thick. Vine wraps, saplings, and bamboo briars. It took Phil about 3 min to cover Axman and when he got there they made the hog start squealing pretty good. Mo started heading that way but it didn't last but a minute or so and Phil started baying. When I get within about 75 yards all goes quiet. Then bushes start shaking and Mo starts whining caught. Mo managed to catch him across the top of the nose and I got in there pretty quick to find a whole lotta hog! When I grabbed his back leg I knew he was as big as I've laid hands on. Phil got there and the three of us gave ol bigun the Whatfor. There was no way I could've tied him up by myself. A knife was my only option. As things calmed down and the hog was almost dead all I could think was Axman had seen his last. He was nowhere around the hog. My gps showed him treed at 56 yds and I headed that way. After about 50 yards of tearing through the thickness I look at my system and he is 120yds going straight away. By now he has reached a wet nasty stinking bottom. I look down and see a heck of a blood trail. Just like a 2 blade rage had went through something. I hallar out and he stops. When I get to Axman half of everything he has is on the ground. He was worked over mighty bad. I figured that was gonna be it for him. I put his insides back where they were supposed to be and took my shirt off and tied him up. I took my belt and tied his head down to a bay root and went and caught the other dogs up. The hog was caught about 7 and a little after 9 I got axman to the truck and strait to the vet. It was bad on me carrying all 75lbs of dog 350 yds to the nearest place I could get my wheeler across that creek swamp and crossing the creek neck deep. Every time I stooped to rest something else would fall out. I ended up seeing everything he had from the diaphragm back. After going to the vet and tending to the other dogs I had to task of getting the hog out to prove my adventure. A solid hour of work, 375 yards of vine wraps, saplings, bamboo briars, and tearing all the fenders off my wheeler I got him out. A helicopter would've been nice. I got the hog home and weighed and showed off and then headed I to work for a 12 hour night shift. So much for a quick hunt. The hog showed between 388lbs and 392lbs on the scales because of the wind on top of the hill at the barn. Axman is doing pretty good. He'd hunt right now but he's gonna sit up till after turkey season.













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It'd be fine with me if the bulldog never got unsnapped. I like em really rough. I go to catch hogs not listen to the dogs bark. But a bay in open woods is a pretty sight!


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Pretty Good Stuff. I feed it most of the time. During deer season while they don't hunt I feed some local dog food. I can't complain about the ValuePack.


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That's one for the ages! Heck of a hog story!


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This is Bailey, our 7yr old dachshund.


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Went Tuesday on another awesome hunt. Managed to put our hands on 21. Had several small ones we didn't make it to. 14 grown hogs but nothing very big. If it wouldn't have been 38 degrees and raining it would've been a tad more enjoyable. But I'm not complaining. I've been on the best 3 hunts of my life in the past month. Too bad we've gotta shut it down till May for turkey season.














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Those are some awesome teeth!


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Have had several run ins with coyotes. Have had them run with our dogs, take over a running hog, be at bays, kill pigs around our puppy pen and had one catch a hog within 40yds of where we had one caught. I believe they run and catch hogs more than people realize. On properties we hunt that have higher numbers of coyotes, the hog have more of a tendency to run. May be a coincidence, but that's my thoughts about it.


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