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L3Outdoors
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« on: June 22, 2009, 09:46:49 am » |
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You should try the dogs in a quiet pin without anyone around as singles, and then in doubles. The next bay comp you go to run them in every event they can be run in and observe what they do. If they act different in the singles and hard in the doubles then as a breeder you will know that these dogs are help dogs and not a dog that has the personal drive to hunt away from other dogs. As a breeder I feel that if the dogs will only hunt in a pack they are help dogs at most. These dogs will never have the drive to make great strike dogs and follow there nose if it leads them away from comfort of the pack. In my eyes the Ridgeback is a pet owner ruined breed. As breeders if we ever want this dog to get back to the way it was it will take some HARD culling and never allow anything but the very best dogs to breed. I feel each dog should be tested for many years to see if they have the drive to hunt without help from any other dogs. Then you will know very quick if you are breeding help dogs, or great strike dogs. A dog that's trained to hunt alone will always hunt with a pack, but a pack dog may not hunt at all alone. This drive to hunt alone and not stop a hot trail because the rest of the pack took of in the other direction is what makes a good strike dog. Its one thing for a dog to quit a hot trail to honor a bay, but its a bad thing if the dog quits a hot sent because he has gotten to far away from the comfort of his pack.
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