Look, plain and simple, people will defend help dogs because they own them and feel a sence of pride in that good ol me too dog, BUT have any of you ever heard of anyone saying "man I am really short on help dogs, I think I'm gonna breed a couple of my crummy no hog findin me too dogs so I'll have more help dogs around."
Oh, wait. Actually I think that happens everyday and they end up in classified ads

i dont own any me to or help dogs but i have a good friend who has a good help dog and i wouldnt cull it, never said it would be bred and he has never sold ANY dogs so my point was in my opinion a good help dog is not a cull. and we both have dogs that can get a hog struck and bayed by their self but some times that help dog has helped us produce caught hogs when with out her i belive the hog would have broke and not bayed again...
not everybody hunts the same places and not all big smart hogs will stand easy even with a good hog dog baying him, jmo
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