Thanks guys. Yeah, i've some awesome black & tans but they never get too live long. The oldest one i've had is 2.5yrs. He was killed by a car & his some "Thumpa" was killed by a vet who overdosed him on anethstetic.
Both awesome young dogs. That black & tan in the pics is the last from that line. He's just gone a year old. He is bailing well & improves with every hunt. Jumping off the quad on scent now...
Here's a bit of video of the Boar that Mace ended up lugging & getting his jaw broken. He's doing fine & will be able to hunt again later in the year. On approach to this boar(sleeping) the young/inexperienced dogs were getting restless in the back. I told them to settle as i thought it was mob number 2 they were looking.... It was apparently this boar (i spotted just afterwards)they could smell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-G7ZF3ILcSome of the mobs we passed up on. The aim was to put the young/inexperienced dogs onto good boars in the open to watch em pull up & get there hands around stopping big boars in the open. Most boars took em to water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x76Ti6DBn8 
