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Monteria
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« on: June 17, 2008, 10:41:27 pm »

As many of these threads as I have seen on hog hunting forums, I have never seen anyone throw out a defenition even close to my own so Ill go ahead and throw it out here.

In my mind, a finished dog weather it be a strike dog, a bay dog, a help dog, a running catch dog or a catch dog, is a mature dog whom the owner feels has reached its maximum potential.

That dog may be the best dog in the woods OR it might suck by you or I's standards. Either way, if it has reached its maximum potential for that owner, it is a finnished dog.

I came up with that definition because I have never seen two people agree on what finished should mean. I feel that this is due to the handlers differing opinions on how a dog should hunt, mostly due to differences in our hunting styles.

Ill give an extreme example, someone who roads off the hood may have a finished strike dog and a damn good one in its own right, but it would do me no good because I cast, walk and road; needing dogs who have 3-400 yards of range just looking for scent. Conversly, my finished strike dogs would do ZERO good for someone in the panhandle who needs to cover miles in dry sandy conditions to find a pig, nor would they do any good for someone who hoods their dogs.

In short, everyones defenition of a finished dog is diferent so my defenition was designed to be a catch all with full consideration for both "finished" dogs that I wouldn't feed AND "finished" dogs that couldnt be bought for any amount of $$$$$!

Does that really help when trying to purchase a dog? No! You better see the dog work, like it and then get a trial because it might even work different for you than it does for its owner.

My .02

Steve
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