Was this male dog out of Jamie’s dog? I like the leg under him and that deep chest. He almost looks a little cow hocked but it could be an awkward position he was caught in. My biggest breeding philosophy is “breed to a litter, not an individual”. I’m other words no matter how good a dog is, if a high percentage of his litter mates didn’t finish out at a high caliber then you are likely making the breeding for nothing. My second rule is that if I don’t like that dogs parents and parents of the other dog being bred to it then I don’t do it. The pups are usually gonna have a strong resemblance to the most prepotent one of those four or the most prepotent line of those four if it’s an outcross. If it’s a line breeding of a tighter bred family then you should have a pretty good idea about what you’re going to get. Of course these are just my opinions and what I have experienced.I hope it works out for you.


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He’s a pretty dude Lynel. I’ve always been a sucker for ear and a bawl mouth. I can’t hardly hunt a short eared dog. I just don’t like looking at them.

Cajun I bet you were a little worried about how that was going to turn out. We are the same way here. Dogs that will bay cattle are a liability. I’m sure your dogs work cattle in California made you proud. It always makes me smile when someone takes one of mine and uses them in some other discipline and they did well.


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It sure sounds like he might. That herding instinct might be paying off. Sounds and looks like my hogs are wishing they had stayed here in Texas and kept outrunning and outsmarting my pot lickers.

Lynel you have good taste in type no matter what they have in them. I sure hope your gyp pulls through ok.

Those hogs are healthy for sure. That’s a load no matter their size. When you throw in a bad boar and a huge barr, it’s sure enough a haul. In my opinion, catching those bad hairs and real big hogs takes a lot more out of the dogs than 3 average hogs. It’s more physically demanding and I think the adrenaline dump is more. So that’s a real impressive showing.


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Good luck with that. I hope it works for you.


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Not trying to highjack the thread, but do your plotts exhibit much stock sense Cajun? I’ve wondered about that being that they were originally more cur’ish in type, or at least that’s the way I understood it.


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Lynel he’s trying to bait you. Just breed that ole plott dog to good border collie. I guarantee you it might or might not work.


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Lynel that plott sounds nice. How is he built? Doesn’t sound like the dogs forgot where they left off.


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I like messing with pups like that. If you don’t have the luxury of being able to let them run out all the time you almost have to do that. If not it takes a few more hunts usually before they contribute. There are so many things to learn to navigate and new smells. I hope they turn out like your hoping. If not just blame Judge, lol.


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You’re right about being it being hard to start too many young dogs. I’ve thought about you and those two new pups several times. I’m real interested to see how they turn out for you. I have zero doubt about them making dogs just curious about their style. You did good on that whole kennel set up.


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Slim I can guarantee she tried to ham him. I don’t mind that at all because she immediately moves to the head when they stop. She doesn’t pinch and she won’t release until it squats or tries to face up. It’s good watching. You need to talk to that land owner about moving that fence.

You said a mouthful when you said it’s dry. I’m already real worried about this summer. We’ve had very little rain and even less run off. A lot of stock tanks are low and even dry already. It sounds like the dogs were hustling, win lose or draw. Myself I can live with that. Those young dogs will get better being put in harder situations. The cream will start rising to the top in those situations and you’ll find out who you should build around. Y’all have done good by the hem in hogs real regular so that they are confident and hitting the ground with pork on their mind. Just be patient and remember they are young.


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Those look real nice. They’ll be just right when you get about 4 dogs deep in each one.


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Well I’m glad you’re getting the opportunity to go. I bet you’ll enjoy the heck out of it.

Rod Barker and those bullygreys were the dogs I was referring to over there.


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Dang that’s a real good hunt. I’m not posting anymore stories. Between you and Cajun y’all are gonna end up causing me to cull all my dogs.

How long are you going to be in Australia? There’s an old man over there that raises a family of dogs that are catch dog type dogs. I think they run them like one out dogs but they could be used as lead in catch dogs. Most of them are white or white with some patch work. Man his name and what he called those dogs slips my mind now. They are specimens though. Super leggy and agile dogs. Seems like they were pit/mastiff/greyhound. I’d sure feed a couple of those.


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Yeah man that’s nice!


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How much? How much did Cajun pay you to write this one? I have some good stories but mine are all true! I would never lie or stretch the truth. This almost sounds like a make up story out of guilt for taking the poor old fella to the palmetto thicket. It’s very creative though!

Lol, I’m picking of course. I have zero doubt that his dogs are everything you described. I’ve never seen one die like that but I have seen them get stiff in a matter of a minute or so after being stuck. I have to imagine that it’s a pretty proud moment for a person when his dogs do that well. It really speaks volumes about how their ability to trail as far as accuracy and speed.


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Teaspoon I don’t use a digital hanging scale just because I haven’t taken it upon myself to get one. I wouldn’t recommend the drag scale I use either. It is very inaccurate. I weigh them as soon as I catch them and by the time I drag them to an opening they have gained weight. It never fails, they start out around 180-200 and by the end of drag are about 280-300.


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If you walk away proud then you won. Hog hunting comps are different than any other competition I can think of. Lots of variables that influence the outcome and as many times as not, the quality of the dogs isn’t the biggest one. Looks like y’all bagged some real good ones. 290# is a grown up for sure.


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Come on Highwater, he’s old!

Lol just picking of course. Sounds like it was a good time regardless of the challenges. Anybody can catch the easy ones.


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Sounds like a good thing all the way around and maybe a little less to worry about the weaker showing on those slower starting pups. I know you’re big about being natural and early contributors but though. I’m guessing how slow they progress will be your determining factor.


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One of the two hardest headed dogs I’ve ever been around or took to the woods was a blue dog. Man he was a nightmare so I have him to one of my real good hunting buddies.


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