Borrowing dogs??? what do ya'll think???

[slimhogdog]

How many of ya'll let other people hunt your dogs without ya'll being there, as in "borrow your dogs"? I dont like it and dont do it for the simple fact that if something happens i want to know that I was there to do everything i could to save my dog or make the right descesion to maybe keep it alive if the worst happens. Just wondering what everyone thinks.......

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

I don't do it.  I don't recommend it.  I certainly don't lend mine out.  Same with my tracking equipment and firearms/bows.

[3-Bdogs]

dnt do it will never do it unless its a close friend and not one of my top dogs but more or less no i don't do it

[nthunter]

I would even let my old lady borrow my dogs

[Cull Buck]

Unless its a CLOSE personal friend or family......I don't borrow other peoples dogs and they don't borrow mine.  That's just the way it is.

[Nickjones]

hell no. no dogs no guns no vest no tracking systems. i wont even hunt my best friends dog even though he wants me to take him while he is out of town. lent a vest to who i thought was a friend and haven.t seen him or the vest since. and there are to many things that can happen to a dog in the woods.

[roughdog]

hell no my brother is the only person that uses my dogs

[Circle C]

I have two dogs out right now.  Got a call yesterday evening that my pup struck and bayed a group with some other young dogs, got one hog killed, then the pup rolled out and bayed another one by herself.  I was happy that the dog is out hunting right now, while I have some other irons in the fire.  If one of my dogs gets hurt/killed while on loan, I understand, and that is a risk I am willing to take.

Now would I let anyone come borrow my dogs? Nope.   Are there a handful of people that have in the past, and are welcome to again in the future? Yes.

Those same people are welcome to come use my trucks, trailers, tractors, horses, home, etc.  If they need them, I along with my "things" are here for them.

[oklahoma hogger]

I dont lend mind out.
But this old man down the road doesnt get to hunt his dogs much so he tells me to come run his dogs for him every chance i get.

[Monteria]

If one of my dogs gets hurt/killed while on loan, I understand, and that is a risk I am willing to take.

Now would I let anyone come borrow my dogs? Nope.   Are there a handful of people that have in the past, and are welcome to again in the future? Yes.

Those same people are welcome to come use my trucks, trailers, tractors, horses, home, etc.  If they need them, I along with my "things" are here for them.

Bingo, if you can't accept that number 2 happens, even when you are not there, don't do it. If you can accept that number 2 happens and trust the individual, have at it.

Steve

[chainrated]

There are only about 2 people that would be welcome to borrow my dogs, but I doubt they would ever ask. And I would not as to borrow theirs. A long time back I borrowed a good buddy's catchdog once and that was all it took.

[got2catchem]

There are a few (3) people that I trust to run my dogs. They've hunted with me enough to know the type of decisions I make and how exactly I want my dogs hunted. My only stipulations are if a dog gets hurt and your not sure you can handle it, rush to the vet and i'll cover the bill. It's better to be safe than sorry. Other than that, If it happens to them, then if would've happended to me. JMO

[mudhog24]

i would lend mine out to a good friend ,,,my job requires me gone 7 days and off 7 days so i always tell him come get my pup take her please i feel that if she is hunting and gets killed she died doin what she loves that is just something u have to accept i guess but

i did borrow my uncles plott one day and we hunted two days in a row before so i took him out he kept bumpin deer so i took him back to truck but in dog box 2 or 3 hrs later we were done and came back to a dead dog dont know what happened but he had water so not sure i immediatley called my unc and told him i felt bad and he said come get the other dogs lol he didnt care because he knows things happen  

[Cull Buck]

For me, its not that I can't accept the fact that #2 could happen when I'm not there.  Rather, its because that I know #2 can happen at any moment.....I want to be there to deal with it when it does.  For example, if a dog gets hurt so bad in the field that it may need to be put down, I'm the only one that's making that call and I can't make it if my dog is there without me.  That's just one of hundreds of examples I can think of.

[rdjustham]

Ive only let one person borrow one of my dogs and that was because he gave her to me when she got a little older than his good dogs, and i didnt have a finished dog.  He got into a hard spot and lost his finished dogs and i had to work.  The man also live right next door so it wasnt like i wasnt going to see him when i got home in the morning..  

[BarrNinja]

I have two dogs out right now.  Got a call yesterday evening that my pup struck and bayed a group with some other young dogs, got one hog killed, then the pup rolled out and bayed another one by herself.  I was happy that the dog is out hunting right now, while I have some other irons in the fire.  If one of my dogs gets hurt/killed while on loan, I understand, and that is a risk I am willing to take.

Now would I let anyone come borrow my dogs? Nope.   Are there a handful of people that have in the past, and are welcome to again in the future? Yes.

Those same people are welcome to come use my trucks, trailers, tractors, horses, home, etc.  If they need them, I along with my "things" are here for them.

This is almost my policy to the T. Catch dogs and pups are one thing but my favorite curs and breeder are another. If number 2 happens with them, I and /or my son will be there! So don’t go inviting my older dogs hunting without inviting me!
Everything I have thats worth anything is a blessing from the Lord and I dont figure he would want me to be stingy with it if a friend of mine needs it. If they treat it right they can barrow it again!

[Circle C]

The beauty if the original question, is that there is no right or wrong answer, only personal opinions.

For example, if a dog gets hurt so bad in the field that it may need to be put down, I'm the only one that's making that call and I can't make it if my dog is there without me.

The friend of mine that is hunting two of my dogs right now, also happens to be the man I bought both dogs from. With the pup, I told him to cull as he would his own...   I figured he bred her, and he knows what his expectations are of his dogs. If she does not fit the bill of what he was looking for in that breeding, then do what needs doing.  That same person went hunting with 5 dogs yesterday, and came home with three. My pup made the cut yesterday.

I would also trust him to make the right call about when to hit the vet, vs when to put one down if needed.

It's not for everyone, but it works for me.   BTW, he is about to ship 15k in heifers for me to use team sorting... If he can trust me with 15k in his cattle, I can trust him with a couple dogs.

[UNDERDOG]

I have two dogs out right now.  Got a call yesterday evening that my pup struck and bayed a group with some other young dogs, got one hog killed, then the pup rolled out and bayed another one by herself.  I was happy that the dog is out hunting right now, while I have some other irons in the fire.  If one of my dogs gets hurt/killed while on loan, I understand, and that is a risk I am willing to take.

Now would I let anyone come borrow my dogs? Nope.   Are there a handful of people that have in the past, and are welcome to again in the future? Yes.

Those same people are welcome to come use my trucks, trailers, tractors, horses, home, etc.  If they need them, I along with my "things" are here for them.

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[tonyamm30]

Lending my dogs out would be about the same as someone borrowing my husband!!  I dont share!!  lol if thtey were hog hunters.... they would have their own dogs!! my 2 cents!!

Tonya Waterman

[make-em-squeel]

if one of my friends who i hunt with alot and know there style of hunting is like mine then i have no problem with it, may even appreciate it at times. But of coarse not everyone or every dog in some situations.