"Big dogs and thick brush myth"...I have been told by more than a few dog men that the best dogs to work all day and every day are less than fifty pounds...they eat less, they can maneuver better in the thick brush and are generally more agile in tight quarters and hold up better in the heat...I agree with the logic...I personally like dogs a certain size and anything past that I would cull...now I am more lenient on account I am not focused on purifying and improving on a bloodline...my main interest is in having and retaining decent dogs at this late in the game...cost too much money to do it how I bred my dogs at one time...
I like a certain size dog...I have said it many times on here...I use football players as the example for the dogs I try to breed for or acquire...
They would be the middle linebacker of the football team...not the biggest but big...not the strongest but strong...not the fastest but fast...when they hit you...you know you've been hit...
I've been told by a bunch of dogmen that your as fool of crap as a septic tank. I have high suspect you haven't caught 5 pigs in the past 5 years less you have tagged along with someone else.
There are all kinds of dogmen. pit guys, border collie guys, greyhound men, bird dog men, lab guys, finder holder guys, cur bay dog guys etc. Just cause I say I know some good dog men doesn't men they are qualified to be used as references on certain breeds or styles.
Just because you can say you know a dog man or two doesn't automatically make them qualified to speak on certain things. I strongly suspected you fudge the truth a little but I think you do this unintentionally and are unaware
you speak as if your dogs can do it all...you did have a weak moment and said a few things that were somewhat negative about your dogs...I will say this before you leave...I haven't been around your dogs but I can tell you how your dogs work probably as well as you can without me ever seeing them hunt...they do serve a good purpose in the right conditions...but your dogs in the thick briars around these parts will have a low percentage of caught hogs...the reason is that most hogs will be very close to thick cover...yep...they will get lucky now and then...take one by surprise...and if the hog runs to the thick briars they will run it for a little while...and if the hog is dog smart it will not stop and the dogs will never catch it because they are not track dogs...they will give it up shortly and they might mill around and wander off and like a blind squirrel they can sometimes stumble across a pecan now and then...and with that one instance your dogs are free casting/hog trailing machines...and as far as winding I do believe that they do...but in the thick woods where there is now wing they can not wind a hog unless they about stumble on one...
and your bloodline...how many calls to you go through to get good dogs...and having to find out after 2 years if your 110 pound dogs will work is tough to deal with...but of course the trainer that you are...there won't be any culls...
Like I told you before...you are unique...it is a good thing there aren't many like you...there is a reason for that if you believe in evolution...
you seem to attack anyone who has their own ideas/opinions and theories...you like weak minded individuals that just might listen and look up to you...
if I were only in it to for hog numbers I would consider finding 2 large catch dogs with decent speed and one top of the line cur dog with stock dog sense and free cast/rig or road him...when he went the range boundary I would implement I would tone him back whether he was running a track or a hog...that I am sure would work but for me it is not about numbers...it is about a certain type of dog that hunts/bays/stops a hog how I like...that is a challenge...
yep...go ahead and keep mouthing off as you always do...more and more folks are starting to figure you out what I already know about you...
