This something I'm always interested in doing. Too bad we only live about 15minutes apart and hunt the same kind of areas. I guess you and I could swap hunts if nobody takes you up on it! Brair patch for brair patch! hahaha Good Luck! Maybe you can find somewhere to go between now and February 10 and March 15 and April 30

I have a dog that lost enough blood last Friday that I was beginning to think he wasn't going to make it. He was in a vegetative state of shock for several minutes before I was able to get some fluids in him and get him back alert. The cut wasn't deep or bad, just in the right spot. He has ate very good since Friday, lots of deer trimmings and good dog food. He looks and acts like his normal self. Heck he wanted to go hunting the morning after. My question is this, HOW LONG SHOULD A DOG THAT HAS LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD BE LAID UP BEFORE HUNTING AGAIN? I appreciate any replies!

Scott, not to be misunderstood. The dogs daddy is a Denison dog and his mother was a Cat, but I don't know her exact lineage. He's all Catahoula.


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Double K I didn't mean to jack your thread. I misread things and just went back and read everything. For some reason I thought this was a puppy thread? My bad. Those are some good looking pups you have there. I hope they will turn out for you.


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In the past, I've noticed broad range of colors in my dogs eyes on the yard. The bulldogs seem to be more colorful than the my Catahoulas, other than the ones that have glass eyes or cracked glass eyes. I have a white cat that has glass eyes that GLOW red, but my phone won't do them justice. When I fed this evening I snapped a few pics. The quality isn't very good, but should show their colors good enough.






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That's a good looking dog you have there Todd!


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I know a lot of you guys run those yellow dogs and don't care too much for spots. But I'm gonna run this line of catahoulas till I find something better. I was hesitate to breed my bitch because she is almost solid white. But she was getting some age on her and one of my male dogs has proven himself to be worthy of breeding. He is black with brindle points. They sure did through a lot of color! I'm looking forward to getting these started.



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Axman is a half dennison bred catahoula and his weight hangs around 75lbs. He is one of the bigger cats I've hunted around.


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This is Axman. 4 yrs old. He has only barked in the woods about 15 times, and most of those barks were on a hog that he never got his teeth on. The Garmin has kept him alive for the time being. He casts decent by himself but will rollout with company. Better than average nose for a Cat but less bottom than my other dogs. Handles great and is a pleasure to hunt. Knock on wood, I've only had to staple him up twice out of the 100 or so hogs he has caught.
Here are 3 of the biggest boars he soloed this year.






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   After reading the long thread about the Dogo's, it brought back an old question to my mind. Does anyone cast hunt or hunt them as you would your baydog? From what I have read on the history of the dogo, Antonio Nores Martinez intended them to be something other than a walk-in catchdog. Several sites have his intentions for the breed being......

"He is expected to track the wild boar across vast pampas, corner the animal and attack and hold it for the hunters. He is capable of dazzling bursts of speed for short distances, but his forte is covering long distances at a gallop (hence the arched loins to give impetus at the gallop). Having cornered the boar, he must have enough strength in reserve to attack and hold a wild boar weighing up to 400 pounds. In a traditional boar hunt the hunter will jump on the boar and kill it with a knife thrust to the heart while the Dogos are locked on with a death grip."

 

I didn't say it affects drive, but I do believe it effects a dogs independance.  This is not something I just think...I have observed it MANY times over the years both with dogs I've raised (and screwed up) myself and pups from the same litters that go to people who handle them differently.

Think of it like this.  I know someone who seldom puts their catchdog on a lead.  They can walk the dog 20 yards from a bay, stand there looking at the hog and until the command is given that dog won't go.  Doesn't mean the dog is any less driven, just means it's been trained as such.  Now take a puppy and pet it, play with it and let it think it is okay and proper to stay near you for the first year of it's life.  Now at a year old you take same dog, drop it in the woods and guess what it does.  What you've done even unknowingly is train that dog to stay close.  Doesn't mean it's any less driven, just that it's been conditioned to act the way it is and not necessarily the dogs fault.  Now someone with enough patience may undo what has been accidentally done, but me personally I would rather just not create the issue than have to deal with it later.

As for having the wrong pups, I've seen VERY few good solid lines of dogs that consistantly have the go-yonder hunt that I require in my dogs yet almost any dog can be trained to handle.  I think I'll stick with the hunt.

Again, just my personal observations of what I've seen and done over the years.

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I agree with this 100%

Up until the past year or so I didn't take many pictures of caught hogs, just a few of the biggest. But now that I have gotten into the internet hog hunting I take a lot more.  The PROOF has to be shown to be believed. I know very few people on here and very few know me. It’s a shame a man's word can't be taken for that, but thats the way it is. There are a lot of dishonest and ignorant people who post pics of hogs and throw a weight out there. I hear 300 lbs get thrown around a lot by the unknowing, way more than it ever should. In my opinion a 300lbs hog is a definite trophy, and few and far between. What has brought us to this point are the pics of 175lb hogs that are claimed to be at least 300. Don't throw weights around till they hit the scales! The last real big hog we caught I went by the local store, and there were a couple guys that came out and looked at the hog. They had come to the conclusion that it has to weigh between 450 and 500lbs. All I could do was laugh and they thought I was crazy .  Several months back I bought a new set of scales of my own just for the "Proof" in the future. I'm sorry all the pics I posted didn't have scales included. There are some large hogs in this thread that dwarf some of those that claim to be. A great place to look back for a comparison.

She has to let you bring pups home? Man up, put your foot down, get what you want. You think she's gonna ask you before she buys something? Pups are alot easier to justify than what most women buy.

I will put up with some things while they are young, but being under my feet is unacceptable at any age.

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It would be nice to get in close to watch a bay and turn the bulldog loose. Unfortunately away from the river bottoms in this part of the country that opportunity arises very seldom. Some hogs will bay up around here; the majorities are just stopping to lace up their running shoes. For the most part run a pretty rough pack of dogs that will try anything if they think they got some help. A majority of the hogs we catch are caught by the bay dogs, either run down or we the hog stops to take a breather. I’ve turned my bulldog loose several time 250yds +, but I’m never very far behind in those situations. Terrain can be a major contributing factor to the distance the catch dog is turned loose. In decent terrain and better than average accessibility, anything within a 100yds is sought after.  Unfortunately some hogs around here are prone to break bay, they know what’s going on, they hear dogs coming or four wheelers or smell you downwind or whatever the case. They know the game. Whatever increases the chances of catching a hog, I’m open to: turning them loose near or far. I will say this; I am much braver with Garmin in hand.  On the size, I prefer one, well mannered 80lbs or so that is capable of running a mile or more if need be, in case of a broke bay. I don’t want it getting there and getting cut down because it’s tired.