The Dogo was bred to hunt in packs. But I would only run two because there are only two ears I personally don't think most real hog hunters have much experience with Dogos. Mostly because of the price. Then when a hunter does get one they don't get it from someone that actually hunts. So the hunter is raising and training a new breed without any real advice. I only have a puppy right now. I am finding it difficult to find real advice from multiple sources. I like the way Dogos catch. They adapt to what the hunter wants. But you have to be smarter than the dog. Dogos are smarter than most hog hunters and that is the problem (That was a joke so don't get your panties in a wad!)
No offense, dub, but most of the "real hog hunters" I know on this board have hunted with and seen plenty of Dogos. I'd venture to say, a good number of them have owned at least one. My personal opinion is, from the above, you aren't giving those "real hog hunters" much credit. Personally, I've seen a few good Dogos and have absolutely nothing against those who hunt them. Matter of fact, I enjoy hunting with a good one. But, from what I've seen, taking the breed as a whole, they have a higher cull rate than other breeds. For those out there that are putting them in the woods, breeding, sorting, and culling...I applaud their efforts. The problem is, there aint that many of them. In fact, they are the extreme minority here in the States.
It is evident you like the breed and your pup, but your experience with the breed pale's in comparison to many that post on these (dogo) threads. They have formulated their opinion after seeing many, many of them in the woods (and as I said, most have owned, or still own them).
Please don't take my post as confrontational, because it is not intended as such. Good luck with your pup.
The reason theses DOGO threads go the way they do is because, People come on here and want to act tlike they have the best damn dog, or have hunted with the best damn dog in the world.
Those are the same people who have usually not seen hundreds of crappy dogs to make a comparison. Then when they boasting, gets slammed, they get all swoll up. If your experiences have only let you see a total of ten dogs and they all caught good then you can speak from experience of only those ten dogs, wow what a good catch dog! and out of those ten dogs you have seen catch maybe a 100 hogs? Wow, thats alot of hogs
NOT! but how many of those did you see that DOG CATCH? or most likely it was holding on when you got there,hhhhhmmm. did he catch or Bite? Don't really know the difference?
The people will defend and argue until you get so caught up in defending the breed,
it ridiculous. How about calling it a good dog if its a good dog and QUIT trying to make a blanket statement of the WHOLE BREED, COMPARE THE numbers of crap to the good ones, the crap out weighs the good ones. Thats why people get tired of hearing how great, the GREAT WHITE UNICORN IS, THis breed is NOT NEW TO THE US, I had one ten years ago, and seen many, since and have had communication with alot of those that have real hard experiences with them since. not talking about "Free" or rescues either talking about Big Money dogs from Big Money Breeders.
IF THE DOG HAS ALLERGIES, ITS A HEALTH ISSUE, and not one you want to reproduce. I have dogs that won't please everyobody, I love and hunt them, but I am not on a Message forun trying to defend them as the best hunting dogs ever, sounds like something off a marketing tool.
There are a couple people on this Forum that breed and Raise good dogs, of the breed and I have given references on several, If I was going to buy one I would go here, because they don't trying to blow smoke about the dog as a breed, but have plenty of proof to back up the dogs of certain lineage as being "CATCH" dogs, and not regripping, biters, that can't do it one on one, which thats going to be a big difference when all this arguing takes place.
"REAL HUNTERS" have been getting by for
decades with
one dog that cost $50-$300 bucks. WHY DOES IT MAKE IT BETTER TO NEED 3 or MORE That cost a $1000.00 or more to get the same job done? ( I say real hunters in reference to these people that "instinct test the dogs a couple times a years, and only compare the dogs ability to other Dogos of the same caliber, not to other dogs that catch for a living, nowhere in the same ballpark)
Because the world we live in, if it costs more than its Better?
