Message #574080

[t-dog]

First off, Hunting Heritage, this is a redneck ramble and redneck rambles don't have correct punctuation and paragraph structuring so don't judge me, I've been dealing with that all.my life lol.

"Sometimes ego impedes rational thought and analysis and sometimes emotion prevents it. I seem to bring this to surface in several people on here." I personally think it's you that has this nerve struck. I'm not writing this to bash you or your dogs or your style. You yourself should read and listen to your own writing. You don't like the fact that people say your dogs are limited to crop work. Your first reference was the dogs catching rice field hogs as well as in the brush. First off, this individual has more than a few years of experience. Second, he doesn't claim to have the best or only dogs that work in either place but he obviously catches his share of hogs in both places and they are different in type and style from yours. Next is he doesn't knock anyone else's style or dogs. "You can't use junk or bay blood", "this weird stuff like police service dogs don't cut it either", "these 45 pound pocket rockets can certainly lug up on a big boar but it isn't physically capable of controlling it", these are your words in just this thread. It comes across as insulting and all knowing. This is why people find you offensive, not your difference of opinion. It's about like telling a man his wife is ugly when he thinks she's gorgeous,  difference of opinion. He may think yours ought to have to walk backwards. I'm not saying you have an ugly wife if you have one. Just making a point as to difference of taste and opinions. The police dog wasn't said to be the best or greatest just that he caught that hg well and had a lot of desirable qualities. That he may or may not prove out and there may have to be some tweaks made. There's a right way and a wrong way to to disagree. One causes a defensive response and the other brings out discussion. Both parties can come to and agreement whether it's one or the other changing their opinion or agreeing to disagree. Either way they walk away respecting and not feeling disrespected. The way your writing reads, YOU are saying that everyone that isn't doing it the same way as you is dumb and that they get lucky and catch hogs here and there. The Aussies that you adopted your style from don't even know what they are doing. They use stag, greyhound, and even whippets in their crosses and it's been working for quite some time. Different percentages and different seed stock make big differences ad even you admit to in your writing about the one stag in your dogs.many of those guys are going to bay dogs (bailers). They are having pretty good success with it. There's always more than one way and the best way is relevant to the individual doing it. I have my reasons for liking and using what I use as do most.  Most of our references come from things we learn from experience. A hog is one of the most intelligent animals around. Anytime anyone catches one its something to be proud of, it's a win. If that individual enjoyed it and is proud of the efforts put forth then who is anyone else to knock it. If its isn't your way or seal to you then do it differently. We start 99% of hogs in the woods. I'm not gonna spend hours busting bays to try and get it to hit the open field so I can say I caught him on my terms. After 30 years of having my own set of dogs, I've learned some things and still learning. Not only that, the men that mentored me were very successful at pretty much everything they did including hunting game of all kinds with dogs. I know for fact they were common sense smart and book smart too. There are hunters, enthusiasts, and true dog people. True dog people know how to care for their animals, how to train and breed, and what works for the job at hand. The number deaths and injuries has several variables not just breed and style. Sometimes there isn't anything they can do to avoid it, just facts. Terminology is something that has been discussed on here before. Hard doesn't mean hard headed but references the mental toughness of the dog (gameness). If a dog never faces adversity then their hardness can only be speculation. Everyone hunts for their own reasons. I do it because I love watching dogs work( bay and catch dogs) and I enjoy my hunting circle. It seems you do it because you enjoy catching hogs. That's fine if that's what you like but that too has affect on the style of dog that you use.

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