I must have a handle on my dogs, probably more so than what is needed. That said, my dogs are not going to hunt as wide as some, but whether thats from the cow dog breeding or from me making them handle?
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I just know that if I have a young dog that won't go back in its pen, won't come when its called, runs from you when you go to load it in the truck....it won't stay here.
I link "handle" with intelligence. If a dog is smart enough to figure out what you are trying to get it to do, you can teach it a lot. If its an idiot that runs through the woods chasing anything that moves and doesn't care if you are around or not......I call those .."someone elses dogs".........
