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Author Topic: What do you expect out of your dogs?  (Read 7433 times)
JoshStokley
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« on: September 19, 2012, 04:17:57 pm »

I have only been at this for 4 or 5 months now but I am quickly learning what I like and don't like.  A good dog to me will take a track and finish it.  If a dog can't find its own hog consistently I don't want it.  As far as range I like a short to medium range dog until he's on a hot track.  As for bottom they better have a ton!  I understand dogs get beat occasionally but it better have the heart and drive to finish the task at all cost.  In regards to handle as long as a dog leads well, comes in when I call them and is intelligent enough to stop what its doing and recognize its wrong when I tell them I'm good.  I also want a fast dog that will put teeth on a runner and then sit back and bay.  This is why I'm starting to believe more in stock dogs for running hogs.  I understand dogs like this can be hard to come by and I don't yet have the luxury of culling this hard but am working in that direction.  Finding these type of dogs and keeping that line alive is my goal and something I will strive for.
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Bottom is the determination to finish a task at all cost, even his life.
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