Here is a scenario that really gets to me...but first an explanation...just like many differences in bay dogs so is the same with bay pen hogs...most hogs in the bay pen circuit know to not run from the dog but to just face the dog...the dog does a great job and bays the hog...dog gets lots of points...it should be extra points for the handler to make the hog break so the dog can show he can stop a hog and bring it to bay...
Yeah Reuben....a lot of your score can be luck of the draw as far as what kind of hog you get. Back in the day
at my "home pen" there were a couple of pretty rank hogs that didn't like to be pressured to much. First thing outa the chute they would make a run at ANY human they saw.... Then they would go sit in a corner and wait. If the dogs bayed tight...it was a good chance there would be a full charge. Then the dogs would have to show their stuff. They would test some dogs.
Other hogs would just set up... Pretty as you please.
Some dogs did good on these hogs... Others didn't.
Back then you could turn out 1 hog (decline it) but you had to take the next one. Gave you a little leeway if you knew the hogs and your dog.
