Over time I have learned, if a dog is something you are planning to breed in your program one day, as soon as you see the hint that the dog and littermates could possibly be what you expected, you better breed them. My buddy Sid lost his Fancy gyp over night at the vets office. She was 7yrs old and rarely got cut. He thought she was safe. Thing is, it's a hazardous occupation. We have some dogs out of her and the 5 or 6 that were in the litter are really nice dogs. But, the plan was to breed her one more time, now we can't. I say this to say don't wait too long because like the song says, if tomorrow never comes.....
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Yep, I know there's always exceptions to every rule but looking at averages the life expectancy of a hog dog isn't very long in comparison to other disciplines of dog hunting, if the hog or environment don't get them then the wear and tear that comes with the job will finish them off, then factor in vehicle incidents, yard accidents, and just plain bad luck and if not breeding strategically a man put quickly put himself out of dogs real quick, years ago I hunted with a fella a time or two and he had a good boar show up behind his house and he put on him and got all four of his dogs killed, all he was left with was two pups, he had hog hunted just about his entire life and got out that day, he didn't breed very much only when he needed dogs and by doing so he got put out the game in one bad roll of the dice, he wasn't so upset about getting his dogs killed as it was his entire family he had built up was gone and he knew what he had invested in creating them and breeding them up to what they were, that's always stuck with me and why I raise at least two litters a year...
