By request

A hog dog IMO opinion needs to be well rounded in all aspects of striking, trailing, jumping, and baying hogs. I do not prefer them to catch alone but small hogs is acceptable. In being "well rounded" I mean able to preform all at high levels. I've personally owned top strike dogs that couldn't move a track and fast dogs that wouldn't finish enough races and many other combinations of positives and diffiencies, they need to do it ALL to earn the name HOG DOG. I don't currently own a true hog dog IMO but I still catch hogs every trip so production alone by no means defines my dogs to me.

When a true hog dog is turned loose he should preform consistently with or with out company. I don't personally like my dogs hunting deep until I get into sign but how they find hogs when turned loose Is truly of no consequence to me. They need to be good rig dogs on the truck because thats how I hunt mostly and is most valuable to me. I mean good rig dogs too, not just bark if the hog just crossed and is standing in the ditch, but thats another topic. Once on a hog they must move the track adequately and I have no ideal how fast is fast or what but if they finish a good precentage of races and stay in the lead in their early development I just assume they're fast enough. When running most.my dogs are open with chop mouths and it is VITAL that when they make a lose and break down to find it they SHUT UP until the line the track back out. The bottom of the dogs is important to me and although most hard running hogs will escape even the best track dogs, I still damand that they try hard. I am smart enough to tell if a hog has them out ran and often times I catch them to procede to another in possible but the better not be quitting on there terms, I'll make them decisions. Now if a hog dog gets bayed it should not be catchy or too loose because either of each will often times result in a busted bay. If they dog is a good bay dog and the hog sits for him he should stay bayed alone for NO LESS than 5-10 hrs. I have a couple right now that probably won't make the 5 hr mark alone but they're young and I never called them a hog dog. I need my dogs to stay bayed until my fat butt gets to them eith catch dogs.

I have owned 3 hog dogs in my life and each three were a little different in the way they accomplished the task but all reading would agree they were HOG DOGS.