Threads like this is where I like to hear from the old timers and others that sure enough use their dogs as tools day in and day out...
I doubt the men who work their dogs on stock as part of their living just quit during the summer or worked stock at night...
I know what you mean, I see alot of people on here that frown strongly on working dogs during the summer and while I see what they are saying I can't say that I agree with it completely, regardless of who says what I strongly believe that it all boils down to conditioning ......... My personal dogs are not conditioned to the hunting in the heat due to my work schedule so naturally I do not hunt them during the day in the summer time....thats just common sense BUT there are guys on here who use their dogs 24/7/365 with out issue. The man that my dogs came from works cattle and hog hunts year round, 4+ days a week every week and so do his dogs, I have asked him in the past about the heat affecting his dogs and his response is that he is out there working and his horse is out there working and if they can than his dogs can and will to........it all boils down to common sense in my opinion.....I wouldnt bring one of my dogs out there to work with him and his dogs during the middle of the summer because they simply aren't conditioned to it but to say that he is wrong or ignorant for using his is simply asinine.
