Few things that will always keep a dog in the game no matter age nose will and heart. Feeding tracks might build a dog up to a level but theses things keep em there
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this is my lady gyp I think. Atleast to me. She's only 5 but after going 6-8 months without being hunted before she was handed to me. She's horribly out of shape. And I've had her about 2 months and hunted her hard as I can. I still don't believe she's 100% but she has too much heart. She can be sored up, damn near can't move. I kick her out she's gonna go hunt. Might get outran after she strikes but she's gonna give it hell. That's my "IT" factor for a dog. It don't have to be an Allstar, heck I don't own a Allstar, but I own a few dogs that will give it hell and I enjoy feeding them and hunting behind them. Even today, we hunted all day long, hit 2 spots with old sign if any at all, Lady was sore from chasing track stars all week, and she and the rest of the dogs we kicked out went hunting. And didn't quit till we threw em back in the box
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You have had this dog 2 months and spoken many times about how out of shape this dog is and even had to carry her out. First off, no respectable dog man would allow an unfit dog to go so hard that the dog breaks itself down time and time again without getting the dog in shape enough to handle being hunted hard. Most dogs hunted on this forum can be easily whipped in shape just through normal hunting and handle it BUT their are breeds that have so much hunt drive and physical abilities that allow them to quickly wreck themselves if they are allowed to hunt out of shape. Your lady dog is neither of these. She just normal cur and cur does not fall under the dogs which I am referring to with the natural physical abilities to wreck themselves to a big degree. You either have some underlying issues with this dog that make you think she is so horribly out of shape or you are doing something wrong. Either way, I'm constantly reading where your allowing this dog to run herself down. My advice to you is to stop this practice of allowing her to get this way. Two months is too long for this to have continue with this dog the way it has.
