I based my logic on MY personel experience! not your personel experience! I tried to give my two cents without going into e very possible sceniaro. I stated that penned up aggresion is "Part" of what gives them thier drive. I dont think it would effect an older finished dog as much as it would a younger dog, I dont think K9's posess the ability to reason to the point they could know when its OK to hang around and when its not. I have yet out of hundreds of dogs in my lifetime to see a dog that would hunt hard after it has run loose all its life. Does this mean there are none out there? probably not but I believe it is the rule and not the exception. I have found in this Hog Doggin business nothing surprizes me, I think it is a miricle when I see a cur dog you dont have to kick out from under your feet. I guess those hounds ruined me.
Part of what gives a hunting dog its drive is penned up aggresion, meaning when he is penned up all week when you turn him loose on Sat. he should knock the back of the woods out looking for something to get into.
Based on my personal experience, I question that logic.
What would your dog do if you hunted him several times a week, without the penned up agression? Would he stop hunting? Does he hunt harder if he is on a chain 6 days vs 3 days?
During the week, if not hunting, I let my dogs out to run around and cut loose, they get cut loose in the yard(2-1/2 acres) that is pipe fence and cattle panel so I don't have to worry about them leaving the country if they chose to.
