I get a kick out of the peple thinking along the lines of a perfect scenario with with gritty dogs they will just reach out and tag that hog and make hih stop, well if grss, weeds, brush and trees is between your dog and the hog and the dog he can be holding onto the hog to "make him stop"
BOTTOM is refferring to the hog that got 10-20 ft and then 40ft and then sixty ft of junk brush, weeds, trees and barriers blocking SIGHT of the dogs, The dog
can't stop what he cant see, or touch, and a smart hog will GO like lightening while a good dog with bottom works his butt off having to use his nose back and fourth to find that hog again and while this is going on don't you think that hog is putting a whole lot of distance between himself and that dog? When many dogs will give up and loose this hog or take off and find another in the heavy populated areas the DOG WITH BOTTOM WILL STAY on tryworking that hog and this may go several times until that hog finally gives up and it may take several miles and hours tp accomplish.
I am here to admit my dogs don't have that kid of BOTTOM, I don't want it, and most places I hunt I can't afford to have it in my dogs.
Its very funny to hear all these people talk about Bottom in dogs when the talk about the dogs were able to RUN for a mile and fast speed and not overheat sorry thats stamina, Or dogs that stayed bayed for six hours while they had to get permission to get to dogs, not the same thing if a dog is looking at something either, prey drive will cause a dog to do that
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Bottom COMES FROM DETERMINATION and SKILLS combined in a dog thats got a goal. its inherited not trained,
