Good job. Sure would be new to the Canadian we don't have wild hogs up here, maybe too cold.

how tall is he?

I breed train & compete at the national field trials with running hounds. We hunt hard in the winter. For hunting maybe that will work but for the best top line competion I feel that you need to breed the best to the best or you likely will not get much. Its like anything else, what you get is only as good as the seed. That being said, if you are looking for specific traits, then maybe an specific out cross is required.

I have had it with a lab & a friend of mine had it with a shepard. I run Triggs & they for sure do not have it. Guess it has long since been bred out of them running hounds. Can be operated on but not likely worth it.

Sorry to hear it. I have had bad days but not quite like that.  what else can I say !!

Hey Great photos & great to see the whole family involved.

Good luck with you dog. Alway sad when this happens.

great photo!

Fine lookin dogs and good hunt. Tell about your airdale, what breeding, is he crossed with something, how old is he & how does he hunt?


thanks.

Hey that looks great. looks like they have pig in their blood.

I breed Triggs for coyote & field trial  & hunt hard in the winter & have placed at the national level. I normally have two litters a year from my best stock & run them all so I can judge results of the breeding program. Many people do believe in line breeding at that level. Sometimes I have seen very experienced breeders who do breed say sister on brother & have sucess the first time, then the time or two they breed the offspring they get into trouble. It sometimes seems they are very good or maybe totally useless or anything in between. I personally dont believe in it & feel why should I do it. They say that if you do that, then both parents had better be very very good because of the likely hood of bad traits being emphasized. The one thing it does is give you unblieveable consistency, good or bad. This is fine if you have a purbred line with a history of conistency but when you are crossing two different lines where does this come in. Thats mine opinion anyway for what its worth.  I do have experience with breeding other livestock as well. I do know that if you cross two different breeds, be it dogs, cattle, horses or even chickens the first cross is usually very healthy & often very tough. I think the fact that they are completley different genes means they seem to get the best of both, thats my oppinion anyway.

prayer are with you good luck & keep us informed.

HOGs CAN EVOLVE IN A VERY SHORT TIME. IN 15 YRS OF INTENSIVE BREEDING & GOOD SELECTIONS WE HAVE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED THE Trigg & Walker coyote hounds. look at how the  pitbull was developed in less than 100 yrs. You can go on and on with horses & cattle. the thing to remember is that hogs are prolific breeders , probably the smartest animals on a farm and are full grown in about 6 months. if the slow dumb ones are eliminated the gene pool with evolve very fast.

has anyone ever owned or hunted behind one of these dogs? do any of you all have any pics

yes I have Triggs & run them all the time on coyote mostly in Canada. Most of my Triggs are black blanket back & leggy & some have ring necks. I do have red or open marked Triggs at times. Only ran hogs once by mistake but they had no problem. Trigg hounds should not have difficulty catching hogs, they catch coyotes all the time. My Triggs have good mouths, & good cold noses. These hounds are true running hounds and will stick on a coyote all day if need be. I ran in Illinois in June and will be running in Kentucky in Oct. on coyote & fox. I preffer coyote because these hounds are so quick they generally just put a fox in the hole.