Message #287099

[Circle C]

Range is how far one hunts looking for a track/hog.

Bottom is how long one sticks with it before quitting.  Either grinding out the track, or sticking with a hog after it breaks.

A dog that hunts out a hundred yards, finds a hog, bays it a minute, then it breaks and the dog comes back 15 minutes later... To me that's a short range dog, without much bottom.  Something you may want if you have small acreage.

A dog that finds a hog, then the bay breaks, and 3 hours and 7 miles later you find them bayed. That's a dog with bottom.