Message #54715

[catchrcall]

I'm just not convinced that you can evaluate a dogs hunting performance or potential based only on what they do in a pen.  Both my grown bay dogs do just fine in the woods,  neither will do squat in a pen.  either one is able to keep a hog bayed by themselves in the woods.    On dogs that are wiling to work in a pen, it's definately fun to watch but if i was trying to decide weather or not to keep a dog, its performance in a pen would not be the deciding factor.